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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.
Wade J. Richards, Howard A. Larson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 76 | Number 3 | March 1987 | Pages 408-419
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33926
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Several neutron radiography experiments were done at the Neutron Radiography Reactor facility, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Square samples of cadmium were exposed to collimated neutrons (L/D = 185 and 300) to determine the width of the squares. Two methods of analysis, the arctangent fitting technique and the differential smoothing technique, were applied to data produced by microdensitometer measurements of several types of film. The results were compared for accuracy and precision with a carefully calibrated measurement of the samples. From the mathematical analysis a resolution parameter is obtained that might serve as a facility calibration parameter.