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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.
J. N. Anno
Nuclear Technology | Volume 29 | Number 1 | April 1976 | Pages 124-126
Technical Paper | Radiation | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A16297
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Specimens of polymethylmethacrylate were welded by the neutron capture process using the 10B isotope. In general, very weak bonds were obtained, of the order of a 20-psi bond strength for naturally enriched boron. Bond strength increased with thermal-neutron fluence to 1015 n/cm2. At higher fluences the strengths decreased and the specimens became very brittle, presumably from radiation damage by the fast neutrons and gamma rays present in the radiation field of the reactor. Comparison of experiment with theory suggests that only a small fraction of the interface area is being welded.