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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.”
Craig E. Peterson, John G. Shatford, Ardesar Irani, Nicholas G. Trikouros, Antonio F. Dias, Lance J. Agee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 128 | Number 2 | November 1999 | Pages 233-244
Technical Paper | RETRAN | doi.org/10.13182/NT99-A3028
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A main-steam-line-break accident analysis for Three Mile Island Unit 1 is performed with point kinetics and three-dimensional kinetics with RETRAN-3D MOD002. These analyses were performed to demonstrate differences in results that can be expected due to different reactor kinetics models. To illustrate the difference in kinetics models, the RETRAN-3D models used for both analyses were the same with the exception of the reactor core modeling. The key assumptions and methods used to model loop mixing are described.The point-kinetics analysis demonstrates a significant return-to-power following the reactor trip while the three-dimensional kinetics case does not. This study shows that three-dimensional core transient modeling provides margin to recriticality over a point-kinetics approach. Such margin is desirable to allow for power uprate and extended refueling cycles.