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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.”
N. A. Uckan, ITER Physics Group
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1493-1498
ITER | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST19-1493
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The physics requirements for the ITER design have been set to provide reasonable assurance that the plasma performance will be sufficient to meet the goals of ITER in both physics and technology phases of operation. Considerations for an adequate level of energy confinement with a stable plasma, a satisfactory power and particle control system, an efficient heating and current drive scheme, a suitable plasma control system, a sufficient level of volt-seconds, a need for high-fluence burn, etc., along with several engineering and technology constraints, set the machine parameters (current, size, field, etc.). The physics guidelines for the ITER design are based on reasonable extrapolations of the tokamak physics database as assessed during the ITER Conceptual Design Activities (1988–90). The reference ITER design has a nominal plasma current of 22 MA (with capability up to 25–28 MA for limited pulse duration), magnetic field of 4.85 T, major radius of 6 m, minor radius of 2.15 m, and a plasma elongation (at the 95% flux surface) of ∼2 that produces a nominal fusion power of ∼1 GW.