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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.
Ciro Candela, Catello F. Cesarano, Gaetano Trezza
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 3 | November 1971 | Pages 324-328
Technical Note | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A31014
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Beta-gamma autoradiography is a widely used technique for studying fission products distribution in nuclear fuel cross sections. The contribution of individual fission products involved in beta-gamma autoradiography has been studied with and without aluminum absorbers. From the experimental results it appears that beta-gamma autoradiography as applied to fuel examination is pure beta autoradiography and, furthermore, there is a strong sensitivity of the emulsion to high energy beta, such as 3.4-MeV beta emitted by 106Rh (106Ru).
