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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.
Thomas Gutman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 2 | October 1971 | Pages 162-172
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A31024
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The phenomenon of interaction between air-spaced subcritical units of fissile materials has been investigated experimentally, and more recently using Monte Carlo calculations. Studies of array interactions using Monte Carlo codes indicate that certain techniques of array analysis which proceed from the extension of available experimental data may yield nonconservative results. These areas of apparent nonconservatism cannot be verified from studies of experimental data and may be subject to further question in view of inconsistencies observed among some of the Monte Carlo calculated arrays. Studies of experimental and calculated array data show the differing conclusions which may be developed and point out the need for future work.