Background The Beznau nuclear power plant in Döttingen (Canton of Aargau), Switzerland, is the world’s oldest nuclear power plant in commercial operation, having produced energy since September 1969. It is part of the Swiss energy utility Axpo. The Beznau power plant is composed of two identical pressurized water reactor units (Beznau 1 and Beznau 2). The nuclear power industry is one where each country sets its own detailed quality and safety specifications within a framework that typically could include a high profile customer working in conjunction with consultants, safety bodies, main contractors and other interested parties as and when power generation requirements (either existing or new) reach a review stage. Challenge The scope of the Beznau Project was of a Seismic Moni

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