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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.
Samir M. Sami, M. Kraitem
Nuclear Technology | Volume 77 | Number 3 | June 1987 | Pages 237-246
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33963
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A dynamic reliable model has been developed to predict the steam volume fraction and the dynamics of flow regime boundaries in flow boiling. The model was established from the void propagation equation and the advanced dynamic drift-flux scheme. Numerical results showed that this model compared well with existing experimental data as well as other analytical models.