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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.
Kunihiko Takeda, Yoshikazu Nishigaki, Hatsuki Onitsuka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 89 | Number 3 | March 1990 | Pages 372-380
Technical Paper | Radioisotopes and Isotope Separation | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34375
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The total separation energy, including redox and pumping energy, was calculated using recent experimental data from the “super” chemical enrichment process. The redox energy mainly depends on the reflux ratio of the redox agents and the inverse redox reaction in the enrichment columns. The total energy consumption is ∼100 kW·h/separative work unit and the redox energy per separative work unit decreases with higher product assay. This chemical enrichment process is advantageous for recovering higher (1 to 5%) enriched uranium.