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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.
Prodyot Roy, C. N. Spalaris
Nuclear Technology | Volume 55 | Number 2 | November 1981 | Pages 259-269
Technical Paper | Materials | doi.org/10.13182/NT55-259
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A development program was undertaken to support the materials selection for steam generator piping and intermediate heat exchangers that are to be used in liquid-metal fast breeder reactors. Four major topics have been reviewed, and the results obtained as well as the direction of future tests have been described. These topics are carbon transport in sodium, the effect of carbon loss/gain on materials in the reactor intermediate heat transport system (IHTS), corrosion fatigue, and aqueous corrosion. Thus far, the results on hand support the initial assumptions made in specifying the use of Cr—1 Mo as the construction material for the evaporator and superheater and Type 316 piping of the IHTS. The future direction of the experimental programs is to verify further the materials choice and also to obtain information that will be essential during the plant installation and operation and the reliability of the components.