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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.
James P. Phelps and Eugene V. Weinstock
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 34 | Number 3 | December 1968 | Pages 237-250
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE68-A21089
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Accurate critical parameters have been obtained for bare, nearly homogeneous assemblies of enriched uranium and graphite having C/U atom ratios in the range 960 to 23 000. Among the quantities measured were keff, critical bucklings, extrapolation distances, spectral indices, and neutron lifetimes. Particular attention was paid to the problem of neutrons returning from the surroundings.