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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.”
L. Giancarli, Y. Severi, L. Baraer, P. Leroy, J. Mercier, E. Proust, J. Quintric-Bossy
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 2081-2088
Blanket Shield and Neutronic | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30028
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Within the framework of the European DEMO blanket study programme, this paper describes the design work performed on the “box-shaped” concept for water-cooled Pb-17Li blankets in the past two years. The first part of the paper describes the general design, and the thermo-mechanical and neutronical analyses of the main segment structure leading to the optimization of the thickness of the various component. The second part describes specific analysis of particular segment regions, like water-and Pb-17Li-headers, box bottom and support, which have required detailed design development. All results indicate that the “box-shaped” concept is a very promising candidate for DEMO reactor blankets.