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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.”
R. L. Fagaly, N. B. Alexander, R. A. Mangano, C. R. Gibson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 597-602
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30468
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We describe a high pressure cryogenic fill station and a novel method to retrieve and transport filled inertial confinement fusion targets at cryogenic temperatures. The fill station (currently under construction) will be capable of filling millimeter-size plastic spheres with DT or D2 to pressures exceeding 150 MPa. After filling, the thin-walled targets are cooled and kept below 20 K to prevent them from bursting. After cooling the targets, a cryogenic wrench is used to open the pressurization cell. The fill station cryostat is designed to allow a second cryostat to retrieve the filled targets. This second cold transfer cryostat features removable shrouds with seals that can be repeatably made and broken at cryogenic temperatures.