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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.”
J. L. Sperling, A. J. Glassman, K. G. Moses, B. H. Quon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 1 | July 1986 | Pages 78-83
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24748
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A self-consistent method is described for determining the static magnetic-field reduction in a magnetized plasma with a specified density profile by radiofrequency (rf)-driven rotating magnetic fields (RMFs). Electron-ion collisions and transport losses are included in the analysis. Application of RMF current drive to tandem mirrors and rotomak reactors is considered. The results of the calculations show that magnetic wells can be produced in mirror configurations, and reversal of applied static magnetic fields can be generated in rotomak geometries by RMF for modest investments of rf power at frequencies for which the rf technology is economically attractive.