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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.
R.C. Haight, J. Garibaldi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 3 | November 1990 | Pages 296-298
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A29057
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A rotating gas cell has been developed as a target for charged-particle beams to produce monoenergetic neutrons via the reactions 1H(t,n), 2H(d,n), 2H(t,n), 3H(p,n), and 3H(d,n). An intense monoenergetic neutron source results when this cell is equipped with a rugged entrance foil and pressurized to 1 MPa, and when a prolific source reaction such as 1H(t,n) is chosen. Neutron flux levels of typically 4 × 109 cm-2 ·s-1 between En = 8 and 12 MeV are being used to measure activation cross sections.