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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.
Saul Isserow, Robert G. Jenkins, James G. Hunt, Gerald I. Friedman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 4 | August 1966 | Pages 304-307
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27521
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Techniques were developed for the fabrication of seamless tungsten and tungsten-25%rhenium tubing. Appropriate procedures were established for primary extrusion, re-extrusion, and warm drawing. The extrusion uses the filled-billet technique, with molybdenum serving as the expendable filler which is subsequently removed chemically. Tubing diameters studied were from ≈½ in. to < 0.1 in., wall thicknesses being ≈0.1 times the diameter. A lot of 64 ft of W-25% Re tubing, 0.250-in. o.d. × 0.020-in. wall, was produced by primary extrusion and a series of moving-mandrel draws.