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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.
Marion Petschel, Dietmar Zappe
Nuclear Technology | Volume 65 | Number 1 | April 1984 | Pages 125-130
Technical Paper | Postaccident Debris Cooling / Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33379
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Using experimental data from indicator pump tests, various theoretical migration models for radionuclides in groundwater-bearing horizons were considered. The model parameters necessary for these considerations, especially migration velocity and dis-persivity, were obtained by statistical analysis of experimental data. These results show that pulse-like indicator injection best measured values for the model of instantaneous injection in indicator-free flowing groundwater in an infinite strata.