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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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.”
Mohamed A. Abdou
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1081-1090
Nuclear Technology Development Issue and Need (Finesse) | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39916
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
FINESSE is a study concerned with technical planning of experiments and facilities for fusion nuclear technology research and development. The effort is focused on: a) understanding the key issues, b) developing the scientific basis for engineering scaling and experimental planning, and c) identifying the characteristics, role and timing of major facilities required. Fusion nuclear technology is found to have many of fusion's remaining unresolved feasibility and attractiveness issues. Resolving these issues requires new knowledge from experiments and theory. Non-neutron test stands can play an important role in liquid metal blanket experiments. Fission reactors have some limitations, but they provide the bulk heating and radiation effects necessary for many solid breeder blanket experiments. Concept verification for fusion nuclear components may not be possible prior to testing in fusion devices.