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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.”
M. Kwon, J. G. Bak, K. K. Choh, J. H. Choi, J. J. Choi, J. W. Choi, J. I. Chung, A. C. England, J. S. Hong, S. M. Hwang, B. C. Kim, J. Y. Kim, S. S. Kim, W. C. Kim, W. H. Ko, B. J. Lee, D. K. Lee, H. G. Lee, S. G. Lee, H. K. Na, D. C. Seo, S. H. Seo, H. R. Yang, J. G. Yang, S. J. Yoo, K.-I. You, N. S. Yoon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 10-16
Invited Review Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963409
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The first phase of the HANBIT project that started in 1996, is ending this year. The goal of the first phase is to establish a decent experimental facility based on the HANBIT mirror device and to set up a framework for operating this machine as a National Joint Users’ Facility. A five-year plan has been being undertaken to improve the performance of HANBIT, refurbished from the old TARA machine, by adding diagnostics and heating capacity. As the goal of the first phase has been achieved, the second phase is being planned, in which basic mirror confinement physics will be pursued as well as plasma applications and training of people. Most of new works are possible via close collaboration with external experts. We are exercising a new form of collaboration between universities and the institute and between industries and the institute through the HANBIT User Program, which is a key ingredient for successful operation of a National Users’ facility like the HANBIT device.