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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.
G. L. Ritter
Nuclear Technology | Volume 43 | Number 2 | April 1979 | Pages 194-202
Technical Paper | The Back End of the Light Water Reactor Fuel Cycle / Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A16311
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The Purex solvent extraction process will be used in the nuclear fuel recovery and recycling center to reprocess up to 2100MT/yr of spent light water reactor fuels. Modifications to the process will be made to improve fission product decontamination and to treat gaseous and liquid radioactive waste streams. These modifications will allow overall decontamination factors for most fission products from recovered uranium and plutonium of >1010. No liquid process wastes will be released, and releases of radioactive materials in gaseous effluents will be as low as reasonably achievable.