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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.
James H. Roberts, Song-Teh Huang, Roland J. Armani, Raymond Gold
Nuclear Technology | Volume 5 | Number 4 | October 1968 | Pages 247-252
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A28026
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Solid-state track recorders (SSTR) of muscovite mica have provided absolute fission rates and fission ratios for 235U and 238U in ZPR-6, Assembly 5. The results agree well with diffusion theory and satisfactorily with radiochemical fission rate measurements. However, comparisons with fission chamber measurements reveal some differences, which can be attributed to the perturbing influence of the fission counter itself. Due to the high sensitivity of the SSTR method, measurements were readily extended into the blanket region of the assembly. Simplicity, reliability, and the wide sensitivity range make SSTR measurements an unusually powerful method for fission rate studies in low-power reactors.