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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.
A. Boltax, P. Murray, A. Biancheria
Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 3 | September 1970 | Pages 326-337
Fuel Element Performance Model | Symposium on Theoretical Models for Predicting In-Reactor Performance of Fuel and Cladding Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28787
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The status of fast reactor mixed-oxide fuel performance model development, involving the OLYMPUS and CYGRO-F codes, is reviewed. Input information in several critical areas is examined including: the swelling, irradiation creep, and ductility of stainless-steel cladding; and the swelling and plasticity of mixed-oxide fuel. The predictions from the two codes are illustrated by parametric studies and application to high fluence/burnup ratio fuel rods of interest to the LMFBR program. The analytical studies indicate the major effects of stainless-steel swelling on fuel rod performance and the relationship between fuel density and cladding creep strain.