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The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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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.”
P. Schira, E. Hutter
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 2 | September 1988 | Pages 608-613
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Third Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 1-6, 1988) | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25201
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20 g of uranium powder was used in a laboratory setup at temperatures between 500 and 900 °C to study the retention of 1% each of O2, N2, NH3, CO2, and CH4 either as single impurities or three-component mixtures in H2. O2, NH3, and N2 as single impurities can be retained down to residual concentrations of 1 to 20 ppm at 500 °C. This is also true of CO2, but a large volume of CH4 is produced in this case. CH4 as a single impurity is not retained effectively below 900 °C. O2 redecomposes the uranium nitrides and carbides already formed. The achievable degrees of conversion are between 10% and 100 % for the reactions and increase as the temperature is raised.
