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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.
B. Radak, O. Gal, V. Marković, Lj. Petković, Boris Kidrič Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Vinča, Yugoslavia, M. Labrousse, J. Libmann, J. Roger
Nuclear Technology | Volume 7 | Number 5 | November 1969 | Pages 409-414
Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28443
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Dosimetric intercomparison in the core of the ISIS reactor is performed using two different types of calorimeters: a pedestal differential device designed at CEN Saclay (France) and a heat-flow calorimeter designed at the Boris Kidrič Institute of Nuclear Sciences (Yugoslavia). The results obtained in graphite and polyethylene as reference materials are intercompared for both types of calorimeters and an agreement within a few per cent obtained. From the neutron measurements, the neutron dose rates are calculated and compared to the values derived from calorimetry; the agreement within 15% is obtained. Several chemical dosimetric systems (i.e., oxalic acid dissolved in light and heavy water, solid oxalic, malonic, and succinic acid) were irradiated and the curves of dose effect obtained.