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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.
C. L. Schuske, D. Dickinson, S. J. Altschuler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 23 | Number 2 | August 1974 | Pages 157-176
Chemical Processing | Nuclear Safeguards (Presented at November 1973 Meeting) | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31449
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Models for the safe and economical storage of large quantities of plutonium or highly enriched uranium have been developed. The models cover a wide range of compositions from aqueous solutions, wet and dry oxides, to full density metals. The models all use the parameters of unit surface-to-volume ratio and array surface density to define the safe storage arrays. The models take account of unit shape, size, and composition, as well as vault size. Arrays containing a mixture of different units are easy to calculate by the model. Important accident situations, such as double batching and fissile solution spills, are considered.