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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.
A. K. Ahluwalia, A. M. C. Chan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 93 | Number 2 | February 1991 | Pages 252-259
Technical Note | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34509
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A newly developed computer code, FONS-AERO, is used to simulate the flow parameters of a carrier gas and an aerosol in an idealized vented containment during a blowdown. The code is a transient, multidimensional turbulent flow code that can handle gas and aerosol flows simultaneously under various flow situations. Complicated boundary conditions can also be readily incorporated. Some initial results of aerosol distribution in the containment and sensitivity to aerosol types are presented.