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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.”
Werner Gulden, Jürgen Raeder
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 1 | July 1988 | Pages 218-227
Technical Paper | Net Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25160
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An outline of Next European Torus safety and its impact on the environment is presented. Included are a short characterization of the basic safety approach, current radiological recommendations, and the potential hazards due to tritium, neutron-induced radioactivity, and energy inventories. Significant accidents that could be initiated and propagated by these energies and finally lead to releases of radioactivity are characterized by typical initiating events such as after-heat under loss-of-cooling conditions and ruptures of blanket components. The environmental impact of releases is dealt with by reporting experimental results on tritium behavior in the environment as well as by broadly quantifying tritium dispersion and activation product releases under both routine and accidental conditions. Finally, the categories of wastes produced, their approximate amounts, and a strategy for their final disposal are presented.