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Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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 since 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. local time 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.”
Hiroshi Tauchia, Michiko Ichimasa, Yusuke Ichimasa, Takahiro Shiraishi, Kenichi Morishima, Shinya Matsuura, Kenshi Komatsu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 413-416
Biology | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22622
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A novel hyper-sensitive detection system was developed to detect Hprt-deficient mutations using Hprt deficient hamster fibroblast cells which carry a normal human X-chromosome. The system has been found to be 100-fold more sensitive for detecting mutations than the conventional system which uses an internal Hprt gene. The mutation frequency induced by 1 Gy of tritium radiation at different dose rates (0.9, 0.4, 0.04, and 0.018 Gy/h) was measured. No significant differences in mutation frequencies were observed within the range of dose rates used, suggesting that if a reverse dose-rate effect exists, it may not be observable with tritium radiation at dose rates over 0.018 Gy/h. Interestingly, molecular analysis of the Hprt locus in Hprt-deficient mutants induced by tritium showed that deletion sizes observed in the hamster cell's human X-chromosome under these conditions are much smaller in cells exposed at 0.04 (and 0.018 Gy/h) than in cells exposed at 0.9 Gy/h. This phenomenon seems to be specific for tritium radiation because it was not apparent after exposure to γ-rays. The novel hyper-sensitive detection system used here is useful for analysis of the mutagenic effects of low doses of tritium radiation delivered at low dose rates.