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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.
Michitsugu Mori, Katsunori Ogura, Garry C. Gose, Jen-Ying Wu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 142 | Number 1 | April 2003 | Pages 10-18
Technical Paper | RETRAN | doi.org/10.13182/NT03-A3370
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An analysis of the Peach Bottom Unit 2 Turbine Trip Test 2 (PB2/TT2) has been performed using RETRAN-3D MOD003. The purpose of the analysis was to investigate the PB2/TT2 overpressurization transient using the RETRAN-3D multidimensional kinetics model.
