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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.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 7 | Number 2 | August 1969 | Pages 170-178
Accelerators | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28361
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Formation of fission-fragment etch pits in glass was investigated with emphasis on the application of the method to the measurement of uranium distributions in solids and low-flux neutron dosimetry. The application of the method to the determination of uranium distributions, in both small and large specimens, was illustrated with specimens ∼450 µ m in diameter and with large, uranium-doped cesium iodide crystals. Upper and lower detection limits for uranium and neutron fluence were established for the glass slides employed. The purpose of the research was to illustrate the applicability of etch-pit techniques to a range of problems in nuclear technology.