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The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
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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.”
David H. Crandall
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1451-1459
Inertial Fusion Reactor Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29925
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Two industry-led teams have each completed new Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) reactor studies under contract from the Office of Fusion Energy (OFE). Each team studied both a heavy-ion-indirect-driven and a KrF-laser-direct-driven reactor for electrical energy production. The reactor concepts, that will be described in other papers at this conference, are attractive and contain innovative approaches that would require development programs to implement. The “believability” of the reactor concepts could be an important issue in determining the level and nature of an IFE development program pursued by OFE. The performance of radiation-compressed fusion targets (gain curves), the required features of the drivers, the systems for delivery of targets and driver energy to the reactor chamber, and the systems for conversion of thermonuclear energy to electricity are all complex and subject to issues of technical credibility and feasibility. This paper will discuss the studies and the directions suggested by them. No strong conclusions will be drawn; the assessment of these studies and the meaning of such assessment for energy development is just beginning here.