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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.
Alireza Haghighat, Ramana Veerasingam
Nuclear Technology | Volume 101 | Number 2 | February 1993 | Pages 237-243
Technical Note | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT93-A34785
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Several neutron cross-section libraries used for fluence calculations at the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) based on one-dimensional SN transport calculations are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the BUGLE-80, SAILOR, and ELXSIR libraries yield similar results, while the CASK library predicts significantly different results through and beyond the RPV. The use of the revised ENDF/B- V iron cross sections yields a significant increase in the neutron fluxes beyond the ironcontaining regions. This result has direct impact on the reactor cavity dosimetry that is being considered for the RPV fluence estimation.