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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.
W. R. Martin, J. R. Weir
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 3 | March 1967 | Pages 167-177
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27871
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The creep ductilities of irradiated Hastelloy N at 650°C have been determined at several neutron exposures. Elevated-temperature irradiation embrittlement greatly reduces the stress-rupture strength as measured in postirradiation uniaxial stress tests. The reduction in ductility to values as low as 0.4% is due to an irradiation effect related to the process of intergranular fracture. Intergranular cracks, once formed, propagate with greater ease in the irradiated alloy as compared with a sample exposed to a lesser radiation exposure.