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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.
Lee A. James
Nuclear Technology | Volume 74 | Number 1 | July 1986 | Pages 84-92
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33821
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Fatigue-crack growth specimens from a number of austenitic stainless steels and weldments [annealed Types 304 and 316, 20% cold-worked Type 316, SA-351 Grade CF8, Type 304/308 shielded-metal-arc (SMA) weldments, and Type 316/IN-82/IN-718 gastungsten-arc weldments] were irradiated in Experimental Breeder Reactor-II. Postirradiation crack-growth testing showed little or no effect of irradiation on the crack growth behavior of annealed Type 304, coldworked Type 316, and Type 304/308 SMA weldments. On the other hand, irradiation produced a minor reduction in crack growth rates in annealed Type 316 and minor increases in crack growth rates in SA-351 Grade CF8 castings and Type 316/IN-82/IN-718 GTA weldments over certain ranges of ΔK.