Beznau nuclear power plant hole and menacing!

[Christophe]

Yes Flytox is a bit anything ...

Bah a good layer of thick lead coating and it's off for 40 years ... right?

[moinsdewatt]

Switzerland: restart of the first reactor of the world's oldest nuclear power plant

AFP released the 20 March 2018

The Swiss nuclear power plant in Beznau, the oldest in the world, has restarted its first reactor, shutdown since March 2015 for technical reasons, its manager Axpo announced on Tuesday.

In service since 1969, Beznau, located in the canton of Aargau (northern Switzerland), near the German border, has the world record for longevity since the closure of the Oldsbury reactor in Great Britain in 2012. "L 'Unit 1 of the Beznau nuclear power plant is re-connected to the grid after the agreement given by the Swiss Federal Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety (ENSI), and after undergoing extensive inspections and tests, "said the company. 'exploitation in a press release.

Reactor number 2 was reconnected to the grid on August 7, 2017, after a three-day interruption due to a technical problem. "The plant will once again contribute to the production of domestic energy and to the security of supply in Switzerland," said Axpo.

During the shutdown of Reactor 1, "major renovation and modernization works" were carried out, underlined Axpo, citing in particular the establishment of an "additional emergency power supply system in the event of an earthquake. earth or flood "," the replacement of the reactor pressure vessel cover "and" the commissioning of a new information system ".

According to Axpo, "some 9 regular maintenance activities and 000 routine plant component inspections have been carried out over the past three years."

Switzerland has four power stations (five nuclear reactors) producing about a third of the country's electricity. On May 21, 2017, the Swiss decided to exit nuclear power in the medium term by accepting, at 58,2% of the vote by referendum, the new energy law prohibiting the construction of new power plants.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... nde-180320

[chatelot16]

between the French customs officers who stop the Chernobyl cloud and the Swiss customs officers who do not see the smuggling of Emental Entremont on the roof of a car because their cap prevents them from seeing up ...

these stories of holes in the nuclear tanks make me laugh ... if it were holes or cracks crossing the plant would be broken ... I imagine it is rather holes or cracks on part of thickness but still far from leaking

[Janic]

It is above all this point that we must remember
Switzerland has four power stations (five nuclear reactors) producing about a third of the country's electricity. On May 21, 2017, the Swiss decided to exit nuclear in the medium term by accepting, 58,2% of the vote by referendum, the new energy law banning the construction of new power plants.