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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.
Charles Jacquemart, Mabruk Methnani, Juan Jaliff, Sigurd Børresen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 84 | Number 1 | January 1989 | Pages 108-112
Technical Paper | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34200
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An on-line core supervision system, “CORE MASTER,” has been installed at the boiling water reactor (BWR)-6 plant of Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt. The system, based on the three-dimensional nodal simulator PRESTO, has been a valuable support tool for on-line core monitoring and tracking of thermal margins, predictive calculations, and on-line data management and display.