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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. H. Ko, D. K. Park, W. S. Choi, B.C. Kim, W.C. Kim, M. Kwon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 229-232
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963448
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The end loss ion energy distributions are measured in Hanbit1 mirror plasma produced by a 3.75-MHz, 500 kW° amplifiers with the slot antenna. The measurement of the ion energy distribution in the end region gives us the important information on the loss cone region of mirror plasmas.
The ion energy analyzer, mounted on the end region of cusp in the Hanbit, is versatile diagnostics designed to measure the parallel ion energy distributions. We can obtain the ion energy distribution from the current-voltage curve by sweeping the voltage on the ion repeller while keeping the other grids properly biased to repel the unwanted species. We show that the end loss ion currents, involved the magnetic confinement, vary according as the strength of magnetic field
We compared an end loss ion distribution obtained from the Hanbit with ion energy from DC discharge to test the analyzer.