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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. E. Levin, J. L. Wantland
Nuclear Technology | Volume 67 | Number 1 | October 1984 | Pages 132-148
Technical Paper | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33536
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Data from steady-stale tests in the Thermal-Hydraulic Out-of-Reactor Safety (THORS) facility, a large loop for testing simulated liquid-metal fast breeder reactor fuel bundles at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, were examined to determine whether the results from tests at similar conditions in the same bundle are reproducible. Comparisons of different tests at similar powers and coolant flows were made for several THORS bundles. The results show that the data were in fact reproducible and can be used with confidence by analysts to quantify computer codes and models.