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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.
A. J. Buslik, R. E. Hall
Nuclear Technology | Volume 46 | Number 3 | December 1979 | Pages 566-570
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32367
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A calculation of the probability distributions for the radioactive releases of 131I and 133Xe in a steam generator tube rupture accident is given; the effects of iodine spiking are included. The accident sequence considered involves loss of off-site power after the steam generator tube rupture. Two models are considered for iodine release, one of which yields upper bound releases, and the other of which is our best-estimate model. With the best-estimate model, the probability of a 131I release >2 Ci is 1 × 10−6 per reactor-year. With the upper bound model, the probability of a 131I release >66 Ci is 1 × 10−6 per reactor-year. The probability of a release exceeding 600 Ci of 133Xe is 2 × 10−6 per reactor-year.