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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.
Ken Amano, Kotaro Inoue
Nuclear Technology | Volume 65 | Number 3 | June 1984 | Pages 409-414
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33396
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An analytical model describing pressure fluctuation of turbulent flow in liquid-metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) fuel assemblies has been proposed, and the oscillation amplitude of a fuel pin thus caused has been calculated. In the treatment, the statistical model for pressure fluctuation in stable turbulent flow was assumed, and the fluctuation was estimated from pressure loss of flow and velocity gradient. The vibration amplitude was calculated by solving a Langevin equation. According to the comparison of the calculated results with experimental data, this model realistically describes the fuel pin vibration in LMFBR fuel assemblies.