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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.
P. Popa, M. De Coster, D. Langela
Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 5 | November 1970 | Pages 755-761
Paper | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28752
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Results of nondestructive methods for nuclear fuel burnup determinations are presented. It is shown that in an experimental irradiation (wellthermalized neutron spectrum, small fuel samples, and relatively short irradiation time), the results obtained by high resolution gamma spectrometry are in agreement with those derived from the application of the solid-state track detectors technique and neutron dose measurements. The importance of the experimental errors is due mainly to the poor knowledge of the fission yields.