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Unit 1 at Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear plant, the world’s oldest power reactor, has been permitted to restart after a three-year shutdown for repairs, the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (Ensi) said on 6 March.  

Date: Monday, 12 March 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsswitzerlands-beznau-1-gears-up-for-restart-6079581

The production of a replica part of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) used at unit 1 of Switzerland's Beznau NPP has shown that aluminium oxide inclusions in the vessel were formed during its manufacture, power company Axpo said. The safety of the RPV has been undergoing investigation since the unit was taken offline in May 2015 for a routine maintenance outage. The RPV inspections, made using state-of-the-art ultrasonic equipment, "registered findings at some points in the base material of unit 1's RPV indicating minimal irregularities in the fabrication process".

Date: Thursday, 22 September 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-tests-from-switzerlands-beznau-1-rpv-5013315

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