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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.
Jingying Gao, Liqin Ge, Bo Li, Zhan Shi, Sufen Chen, Xiangwei Zhao, Zhongze Gu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 61 | Number 4 | May 2012 | Pages 275-281
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A13580
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Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) microcapsules for inertial confinement fusion targets were fabricated. First, density-matched double emulsions were generated with a double T-junction microfluidic device. Second, the solvents in the middle phase of the double emulsions were driven off with a rotary evaporator. The radii of the obtained PAN microcapsules with smooth surfaces were in the region of 50 to 500 m, with shell thickness from 30 to 300 m. Influences of solvents, flow speeds, and solidification conditions on the microcapsules were studied.