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Convention on Nuclear Safety

The eighth and ninth review conference of the Convention on Nuclear Safety praised Switzerland for the federal partial funding of ENSI’s research programme. The long-term retention of competence for nuclear safety in Switzerland was also highlighted as a challenge. In summary, Switzerland performed well in an international comparison.

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KORA: Corrosion Crack Growth in Austenitic Structural Materials. KORA deals with ageing processes that affect steel components in the primary circuit in nuclear power plants, focusing specifically on two processes: stress corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue. Stress corrosion cracking can cause long and thin branched fissures which cannot be detected with the naked eye. The […]

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