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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.
R. Riess
Nuclear Technology | Volume 29 | Number 2 | May 1976 | Pages 153-159
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31574
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Chosen for this description of the selected Kraftwerk Union (KWU) pressurized water reactor units were Obrigheim [KWO, 345 MW(e)], Stade [KKS, 662 MW(e)], Borselle [KCB, 477 MW(e)], and Biblis [KWB-A, 1204 MW(e)]. The experience at these plants shows that with a special startup procedure and a proper chemical control of the primary heat transport system that influences general corrosion, selective types of corrosion, corrosion product activity transport and resulting contamination, and radiation-induced decomposition, KWU units have no basic problems.