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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.
D. N. Fry
Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | March 1971 | Pages 273-282
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30959
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Experience has been obtained with a continuous neutron-noise monitor at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and with neutron- and pressure-noise monitors at the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). Results at the HFIR show that the neutron-noise monitor can be used to detect con-tro I-rod-bearing failures. The neutron-noise monitor at the MSRE gave a continuous indication of the amount of helium void in the fuel salt circulated through the core. The value of noise analysis as a diagnostic aid was shown when the pressure-noise monitor at the MSRE aided in a diagnosis of off-gas line restrictions one week before other instruments confirmed the blockage. These experiences show that noise analysis can be used for some types of reactor malfunction diagnoses and parameter measurements when other methods cannot be used either because of the environment (radiation or temperature) or a lack of space for sensors.