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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.”
J. Bourdon, F. Mannone, A Aytekin, I.S. Wheelton
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 352-358
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29770
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The European Tritium Handling Experimental Laboratory (ETHEL) is a new tritium facility at the Commission of the European Community's Joint Research Centre, Ispra Site. The Laboratory, which is foreseen to commence radioactive operations in 1992, has the basic research goal of investigating and developing safe tritium handling techniques. Therefore, during the design and construction of the facility much emphasis was given to provide research personnel with a flexible tool for performing experimental work under safe conditions. This paper describes the main types of containment in which tritium research will be performed and the various gaseous detritiation systems which serve these containments.