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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.”
R.J. Thome, B.A. Smith, R.D. Pillsbury, Jr., M.M. Olmstead, J. Bates, R. Vieira & J. Feng, P. Titus & R.L. Myatt
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1059-1064
Ignition Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29483
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The CIT design has evolved recently from a system in which the central solenoid outer boundary interacts with the inner legs of the toroidal field coils for mutual radial support during operation, to a system in which the central solenoid is radially self-supporting. The machine has also undergone some dimensional changes with a resulting increase in the demand for the total flux swing by the poloidal field (PF) coil system from 61 to 75 volt-seconds. This paper summarizes features of the two central solenoid designs and selected requirements for fabrication and operation. It also presents an update on results from the R&D program for this 20+ tesla coil system, together with future plans.