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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.
T. W. Kerlin, S. J. Ball, R. C. Steffy, M. R. Buckner
Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 103-117
Technical Paper and Note | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30919
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A series of reactivity-to-power frequency response measurements was made on the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment. This was done for 233U and 235U fuels, for a range of operating power levels, at several points in the system operating history, and for several different test procedures. A comparison of experimental results with prior theoretical predictions confirmed the validity of the theoretical predictions. The test program included measurements using the pseudorandom binary sequence, pseudorandom ternary sequence, n-sequence, and the multifrequency binary sequence.