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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.”
Friedrich Burtak, Gerhard J. Schlosser
Nuclear Technology | Volume 123 | Number 3 | September 1998 | Pages 268-277
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2898
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
It is proposed that weapons-grade Pu recovered under the strategic arms reduction agreement be used in existing light water reactors under the current safety and licensing criteria. Based on experience with the commercial use of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in German pressurized water reactors, MOX fuel assemblies containing weapons-grade Pu have been designed. The related fuel management studies are presented. The possibility of using corresponding hexagonal MOX fuel assemblies in Russian-type VVER 1000 reactors is also discussed. In addition, the use of weapons-grade Pu in modern boiling water reactors is addressed. It can be stated that safe normal operation and benign accident behavior are achievable.
