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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.”
U. Tamm, E. Hutter, G. Neffe, P. Schira
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 983-987
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29879
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In a three-stage tritium cleanup system the gaseous impurities O2, N2, CO2, CO, CH4, NH3 and H2O are removed from a contaminated hydrogen stream. Cleanup is performed with uranium getters which operate at temperatures between 500°C and 900°C. In long term experiments carried out in the VERDI test facility a capacity factor of approximately 60% has been achieved so far. The impurities have been retained down to values between < 1 ppmv and 10 ppmv. The cleanup system for the Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe is presently under construction.