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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.
Helmut Peter Thomas
Nuclear Technology | Volume 46 | Number 2 | December 1979 | Pages 241-247
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety (Presented at the ENS/ANS International Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, October 16–19, 1978) / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32323
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A meteorological information system is operated at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KfK). It consists of a tower equipped with instruments and a data processing system. An essential feature of software is the real-time computation of the local and temporal distribution of near-ground activity concentrations in the environment of KfK. After accidental activity releases, the display of concentration distribution serves to initiate concerted intervention.