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Swiss nuclear power and the case for long-term operation
Designed for 40 years but built to last far longer, Switzerland’s nuclear power plants have all entered long-term operation. Yet age alone says little about safety or performance. Through continuous upgrades, strict regulatory oversight, and extensive aging management, the country’s reactors are being prepared for decades of continued operation, in line with international practice.
Heinz Peter Berg, Dietrich Ehrlich, Heinrich Illi, Bruno R. Thomauske
Nuclear Technology | Volume 79 | Number 1 | October 1987 | Pages 92-99
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A16007
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A brief survey of the safety analyses procedure for the operational and post-operational phase of the planned German “Konrad” repository is given. The geological formation that is planned only for the disposal of radioactive waste with negligible heat production is an iron ore bed. In the framework of the safety analyses, waste acceptance criteria are derived. These criteria concern the waste form, the waste packaging, and the radionuclide inventory. The potential radiation exposure during the operational and postoperational phase is given.