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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.”
John N. Harb, William G. Pitt, H. Dennis Tolley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 4 | December 1990 | Pages 669-677
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29261
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Experiments are conducted to examine neutron emissions associated with electrolysis of 3 M LiOD in heavy water with a palladium electrode. The data show evidence of an increase in the number of neutrons detected during heavy water electrolysis relative to light water background experiments. No anomalous heat, tritium, or helium is detected. A rigorous statistical analysis is used to describe the distribution of both the neutron burst size and burst rate, each of which is characterized by a single parameter. The background neutron emission can be characterized by a burst size of 2 and a burst rate of 0.123 s−1, although some variability is observed. Analysis establishes the statistical significance of increased neutron emission during foreground (heavy water) runs, even when background variability is taken into account. In one case, the neutron emission is characterized by large but infrequent bursts. In the other case, only the burst rate increases to 0.203 s−1. Although the data are limited, the need for careful statistical analysis and the importance of experimental design are shown.