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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.”
Y. Yasaka, A. Maruyama, N. Takano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 43 | Number 1 | January 2003 | Pages 44-50
Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A11963561
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MHD stability and ion cyclotron heating are investigated in the axisymmetric tandem mirror HIEI, which is a three-cell device with a typical magnetic field strength of 0.05-0.3-0.1-0.3 T, from central cell midplane to outer throat of plug cells. A magnetic divertor configuration introduced in the central cell provides magnetic nulls and stabilizes MHD activities by shorting-out the charge separation in the azimuthal direction. The density fluctuation of m = 1 flute mode is observed to decrease significantly by using the divertor. The stabilization effect of the divertor is stronger as the nulls are located at inner radius. It is observed from the cross correlation measurement that the electrons exhibit E × B motion in unstable plasmas, while they tend to follow the Boltzmann relation in the divertor-stabilized plasmas. The second harmonic ion cyclotron heating is also investigated. In the divertor configuration where the magnetic field strength varies significantly in radial direction, the ICRF waves have a large transverse gradient in amplitudes to enhance the finite Larmor radius effect. The wave propagation and damping are investigated theoretically and experimentally.