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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.
M. Kangilaski, S. L. Peterson, J. S. Perrin, R. A. Wullaert
Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 4 | October 1970 | Pages 550-560
Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28765
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Various alloys with face-centered cubic structures were irradiated to fast fluences of 1.5 × 1021 n/cm2 (E > I MeV) and tested in tension at elevated temperatures. The alloys that were investigated included pure nickel (99.999%), Nickel 200, a non-nickel manganese stabilized stainless steel (Tenelon), and two cobalt alloys. One of the cobalt alloys contained 10% nickel (Haynes Stellite-25) while the other was nickel free (UMCo-50). It was found that irradiation caused embrittlement in all of these alloys when they were tested in tension at elevated temperatures.