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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.
Gerhard Deuster, Peter Zenker
Nuclear Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | April 1978 | Pages 35-40
Technical Paper | Low-Temperature Nuclear Heat / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A16152
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Todays marketable light water reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants allow an appropriate design to extract heat for the purpose of district heating. Besides the desired reduction of thermal emission, the electrical output will also decrease. With helium-cooled lugh-temperature reactors or modified LWRs, nuclear generation of low-temperature heat can possibly be made more economical The presence of widespread district heat networks would allow distribution of more than 1000 MJ/s from these power plants. The desired saving of primary energy, however, can be attained only by high investments.