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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.
Werner Fiala, Carlos V. Wheeler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 215-220
Technical Paper and Note | Instrument | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30929
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An instrument proposed as a total-reflecting low-energy neutron spectrometer was designed, constructed, and tested at the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center. The tests consisted of measurements of the spectra of three slightly different core conditions at a radial beam hole of the swimming pool reactor of the PRNC. The data obtained indicate that the instrument is very sensitive and surprisingly able to detect changes in the neutron spectra due to small changes in the reactor core configuration.