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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.
A. Boltax
Nuclear Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | August 1965 | Pages 337-347
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT65-A20531
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Fast-neutron irradiation experiments were performed on a series of solution-treated, aged, and cold-worked copper-rich Cu-Fe alloys. The results obtained by electrical and magnetic measurements confirm data reported earlier that fast-neutron irradiation can cause aging or re-solution depending upon the pre-irradiation condition of the sample. The results obtained on the aged alloys are consistent with a displacement spike model, where the calculated value for the spike radius is approximately 35 Å (15 000 atoms).