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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.
Mario De Salve, Giovanni Del Tin, Bruno Panella
Nuclear Technology | Volume 111 | Number 2 | August 1995 | Pages 275-282
Technical Paper | Nuclear Criticality Safety Special / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT95-A35137
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Experimental data and an analysis of outsurge transients in a small pressurizer at constant electrical power input are discussed. The test section is a vertical cylinder that is connected at the bottom to a cylindrical horizontal section where the steam is produced by electric heaters. The range of the pressure is from 3 to 6 MPa. The fluid and outer wall temperatures are measured at several elevations, and the flashing rate and the fluid/ wall heat transfer are derived from the pressure and temperature time history data. The pressure transient is simulated by means of an extension of the Lu and Simpson prediction method.