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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.
Kunihiko Satoh, Masao Toyoda, Shigetomo Matsui, Eisuke Mori, Shigeki Shimizu, Keisuke Satoh
Nuclear Technology | Volume 55 | Number 2 | November 1981 | Pages 479-486
Technical Paper | Materials | doi.org/10.13182/NT55-479
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Hastelloy X electron beam (EB) weld metal shows higher creep rate and slightly lower rupture strength, and the tungsten inert gas (TIG) weld metal shows remarkably lower creep rate and rupture strength as compared with the base metal. Creep behavior for welded joint is determined mainly by the relation between the welding direction and the loading one, the creep rupture times, and the secondary creep rates of base and weld metal. In applying TIG and EB welding to joints of the shell or tubes, there are few problems for EB welding, but for TIG welding it is necessary to improve the weld metal.