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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.
D. Oesterwind
Nuclear Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | April 1978 | Pages 11-18
Technical Paper | Low-Temperature Nuclear Heat / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A16149
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The economic security of the future energy supply requires the introduction of new energy technologies. The reason is the gradual exhaustion of the fossil energy carriers and the fossil emissions. In countries with population density, district heating is advantageous. For reasons of economical convenience and the conservation of fossil energy reserves, nuclear district heat coupling is better than fossil district heat coupling. District heat can provide the industry only with ∼200°C; therefore, the potential of district heat in the residential and commercial sectors of consumption is larger than in industry. High-temperature reactors enable the expansion of the central supply of energy by using district heat and/or synthetic gas.