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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. W. Tedder, B. C. Finney, J. O. Blomeke
Nuclear Technology | Volume 53 | Number 1 | April 1981 | Pages 19-29
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A17052
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The U.S. Department of Energy Actinide Partitioning Program led to the conceptual design of highly integrated chemical processing facilities to achieve the required levels of actinide element partitioning from all fuel cycle wastes. These facilities utilize both conventional tributyl phosphate extraction cycles and several new extractants such as a carbamylmethylene phosphonate (bidentate) and 2-ethylhexyl alcohol. The consequences for a light water reactor fuel cycle that result from operating these partitioning facilities include increased volumes of low- and medium-level wastes and significantly increased capital investment requirements and operating costs.