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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.”
Christian Latgé, Robert S. Sherman, Pierre Sere-Peyrigain
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 687-692
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-A30484
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The simulation of the units for hydrogen isotope separation by cryogenic distillation with packed columns can be carried out with a very efficient tool based on a non equilibrium model [1]. This new approach enables a better representation of the physical phenomena involved in the columns to be obtained and consequently, better accuracy for the tritium inventory in the whole process. At the TSTA facility, one of main systems is the Isotope Separation System (ISS), fitted with an on-line laser Raman spectroscopy system : it allows to obtain very accurate composition profiles in the columns, rapidly and safely. Using experimental data, provided by TSTA, CEA, associated with PROSIM S.A., have carried out calculations on column 1. This study clearly demonstrates :