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Vogtle-3 shuts down for valve issue
One of the new Vogtle units in Georgia was shut down unexpectedly on Monday last week for a valve issue that has been investigated and repaired. According to multiple local news outlets, Georgia Power reported on July 17 that unit 3 was back in service.
Southern Company spokesperson Jacob Hawkins confirmed that Vogtle-3 went off line at 9:25 p.m. on July 8 “due to lowering water levels in the steam generators caused by a valve issue on one of the three main feedwater pumps.”
R. J. Lawrence, L. C. Chhabildas
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | October 2007 | Pages 494-498
Technical Paper | The Technology of Fusion Energy - Inertial Fusion Technology: Targets and Chambers | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1537
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Fully understanding and controlling the strong shocks generated in an IFE environment is a complex issue that will require detailed simulations using multi-dimensional radiation-transport hydrocodes. However, simple one-dimensional numerical and analytical models can be used to set limits on the problem. One-dimensional shock propagation and attenuation in water is first examined as a surrogate for the first-wall working fluid, FLIBE; the effects of geometry, equation of state, and loading parameters are considered. Next, using the available properties of FLIBE, the energy deposition from a representative x-ray load is calculated, and is then used to develop an approximate scaling relation for the peak instantaneous pressure in the material. Finally, the energy-deposition results are used to estimate the blow-off impulse, which will drive the structural response of the containment.