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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.”
Hiromu Momota, Yukihiro Tomita, Motoo Ishikawa, Yasuyoshi Yasaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 60-66
Invited Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963827
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The principle of the traveling wave direct energy converter is introduced. The mechanism is understood as a combination of the traveling wave tube and the linear accelerator. Hardware of the traveling wave direct energy converter is also introduced. It becomes obvious that the applied engineering and materials are conventional. The traveling wave direct energy converter is studied numerically. Self-excitation in a transmission circuit has been verified and optimized geometry is obtained with one-dimensional calculations. For a case of ARTEMIS, 69.8 % of overall conversion efficiency was obtained. Experiments on traveling wave direct converter have been carried out. Self-excitation of a traveling wave has been observed. As conclusions, a traveling wave direct energy converter appears promising to apply to an open magnetic system with D-3He fusion fuels.