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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.”
Satoshi Sato, Toshihisa Hatano, Hideyuki Takatsu, Toshio Osaki, Toshimasa Kuroda, Koichi Yamada, Mikio Enoeda, Shinichi Sato, Kazuyuki Furuya, Yoshihiro Ohara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 892-898
Fusion Blanket and Shield Technology (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963726
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A full-scale prototype mockup of the ITER shielding blanket composed of the first wall with built-in circular tubes and the shield block has been successfully fabricated. Joints of the first wall/the shield block as well as those of the DSCu/DSCu, DSCu/SS and SS/SS in the first wall, were simultaneously HIP bonded. The fabricated prototype mockup fully satisfied the specified design conditions such as dimensional accuracy, pressure-resistance, etc. After HIPping, HIPped interfaces were metallographically observed with pieces cut from the edge of the mockup. There were no harmful voids at the bonded interfaces, and good bondability of simultaneous HIP method was confirmed. In addition, engineering data on fabrication including bonding deformation were obtained.