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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.
Hisayoshi Mitamura, Seiichiro Matsumoto, William J. Buykx, Shingo Tashiro
Nuclear Technology | Volume 85 | Number 1 | April 1989 | Pages 109-117
Technical Note | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34232
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SYNROC blocks containing 1.61 wt% of the curium source were fabricated for an alpha radiation stability test using the calciner and the hot press, which were newly installed in the hot cell. The calciner could dry and then calcine the curium-doped SYNROC slurry with very little powder carryover. The calcined powder had pour and tap densities of 0.50 and 0.85 g·cm-3, respectively. Four SYNROC blocks with almost equal densities (4.302 to 4.308 g·cm-3) were fabricated by hot pressing.