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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.
Peter J. Millett, James M. Fenton
Nuclear Technology | Volume 108 | Number 2 | November 1994 | Pages 256-265
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A35033
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A detailed model of the transport processes that produce concentrated solutions locally in pressurized water reactor steam generators has been developed. The model describes the heat, mass, and momentum transfer processes that occur in porous deposits such as those found in tube support and tubesheet crevices and in the sludge pile on top of the tubesheet. The model is used to predict the concentration of a species in the pore solution as a function of time and at steady state, and the model predictions are compared to available experimental data. Several parametric studies were performed with the model to identify important design and operating parameters.