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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.”
Hiroo Igarashi, Nobuyuki Ohta, Naoshi Usui, Katsumi Ohsumi, Shunsuke Uchida, Tsuneo Matsui
Nuclear Technology | Volume 133 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 92-102
Technical Paper | Nuclear Plant Operation and Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT01-A3161
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A system has been developed for evaluating the effect of impurity intrusion on reactor water as part of the chemistry diagnostic system for boiling water reactor water. Past records of anomalous changes noted in reactor water quality were first surveyed to identify the substances presenting the highest probability of intrusion into reactor water. The ions and their concentrations were derived, taking into account mutual chemical reactions among the substances and the plant operating conditions affecting the balance equation of the reactor primary system.The results predicted for the peak conductivity of reactor water during plant startup were within ±15% of the measured data. This good agreement found on a comparison of estimated results with measured data from an actual plant substantiated the validity of the present method.