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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.”
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 281-286
Results from Current Large Fussion Experiment | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39716
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The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) is scheduled to begin DT operation in late 1990. Intense nuclear radiation that will accompany this phase of operation necessitates the installation of additional radiation shielding to satisfy various radiological and diagnostic design objectives. In this paper the design basis of the bulk shielding and the shielding for the major penetrations is presented. The results of neutronics analyses, which were used to formulate the design basis and to guide the detailed engineering designs, are summarized.