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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.
Y. Kirihara, M. Hagiwara, H. Iwase, S. Ban, T. Itoga, T. Nakamura
Nuclear Technology | Volume 168 | Number 3 | December 2009 | Pages 773-779
MC Calculations | Special Issue on the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (PART 3) / Radiation Protection | doi.org/10.13182/NT09-A9305
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We performed a systematic benchmark study of several Monte Carlo codes for neutron deep penetration experiments at 0 deg, which were previously performed using 40-, 65-, and 137-MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutrons and using continuous-energy neutrons up to 400 MeV. Neutron energy spectra behind shields and the attenuation lengths of the neutron flux are compared between the experiments and the calculations. All calculations generally well reproduce the energy spectra and the attenuation lengths measured in the experiments. The attenuation length obtained as a function of the incident neutron energy in this study rapidly increases with the incident energy.