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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. Del Grosso
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 2 | February 1967 | Pages 94-101
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27806
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Brazing techniques for joining dissimilar materials considered for tube-to-armor joints of high-temperature graphite space radiators have been investigated. The combinations tested consisted of Cb-1Zr and type-316 stainless-steel alloys, each brazed with developmental alloys to Graphitite-G and an expanded form of pyrolytic graphite. Stability test results are reported for specimens brazed and aged 500 h at 1350°F (734°C) or thermally cycled 500 times between 350°F (177°C) and 1350°F under a pressure of 10−5 torr (max). Brazing and thermal stability tests indicated that compatible braze bonds can be made between the graphites and potential tube materials.