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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. A. Emami, S. K. Loyalka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 2 | February 1981 | Pages 162-169
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32661
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The role of condensation in influencing the source term in the cover-gas region of a liquid-metal fast breeder reactor was analyzed. A computer program was developed that considers both coagulation and condensation to solve the integro-differential equation governing the aerosol behavior in the cover-gas region. Our results for a representative case show that condensation can have a very substantial effect on the particle size distribution in the cover gas and hence on the source term in the containment aerosol behavior computer programs.