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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.”
W. D. Nelson, D. C. Lousteau, J. A. O'Toole, J. N. Doggett, L. J. Perkins, B. G. Logan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1312-1317
Next-Generation Device | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39950
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This paper summarizes the 1984 Fusion Power Demonstration (FPD) design study. Three major configurations were investigated. Two were based on the Mirror Advanced Reactor Study (MARS) end cells, which use “C” coil magnets in Yin-Yang pairs to help stabilize the plasma. The third configuration utilized an octopole in the end cell. Detailed studies of major components were underaken and critical issues were identified and examined. Integrated configuration drawings of each of the machines were prepared and are presented here. A Tandem Mirror Reactor Systems Code (TMRSC) was assembled for use in optimizing future device designs but will not be discussed. The various sections of this paper address the mission, goals, and brief design descriptions of the three configurations.