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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. S. Snyder, H. A. Wright, J. E. Turner, Jacob Neufeld
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 4 | April 1969 | Pages 336-343
Technical Papers and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28342
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Calculated depth-dose curves for protons and neutrons in the energy range 400 to 2000 MeV normally incident on a tissue-equivalent slab are compared with experimental values. The significance of these results for practical problems of radiation protection are discussed. In this energy range, a dose equivalent of 2 × 10−7 rem/fluence seems adequate for most exposure situations.
