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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.”
H. Y. Khater, M. E. Sawan, R. R. Peterson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1003-1007
Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963373
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Hands-on maintenance activities outside the X-1 aluminum chamber may be allowed within a few hours following radiation (photoneutron) shots. Dose rates outside the chamber following moderate yield (200 MJ) shots are four orders of magnitude higher than those following radiation shots. In the mean time, dose rates following high yield (1000 MJ) shots are a factor of five higher than those following moderate yield shots. Hands-on maintenance is allowed outside the chamber and inside the water tank within 10 and 14 days following moderate and high yield shots, respectively. Access to the area outside the water filled tank is allowed after only a few hours following moderate and high yield shots.