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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.
David E. Sterritt, George T. Lalos, Richard T. Schneider
Nuclear Technology | Volume 25 | Number 1 | January 1975 | Pages 150-165
Technical Paper | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24357
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Experiments with a ballistic piston compressor were made to investigate certain thermodynamic properties of gaseous UF6. Measured gas pressures, volumes, and temperatures were analyzed with a computer program employing a numerical optimization scheme to arrive at the desired properties. The thermodynamic properties deduced include the UF6 constant volume specific heat, specific heat ratio, and the viscous coupling constant for UF6/He mixtures at temperatures up to 1500 K.
