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Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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.”
Yuji Torikai, Seichi Sato, Hiroshi Ohashi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 115 | Number 1 | July 1996 | Pages 73-80
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT96-A35276
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Compacted bentonite is a promising material as an engineering barrier to enclose nuclear waste. The migration of nuclides occurs in the water of bentonite, where the major mineral is sodium montmorillonite. To determine the thermodynamic properties of water in compacted sodium montmorillonite, the equilibrium vapor pressure of the water in the montmorillonite was measured as a function of water content and temperature, without external pressure. The thermodynamic properties depend on water content but not on the dry density of unsaturated specimens. In montmorillonite, single-layer adsorption may proceed from 0 to 16 wt% water content, two-layer adsorption from 16 to 27 wt%, and three-layer adsorption above 27 wt%; pore water appears only in the last region. It is probable that 30 wt% of the total water included in saturated montmorillonite is not in the interlayer between platelets at 45.0 wt% water content and 0.80 × 103 kg/m3 dry density. There is a very slight amount of water, which is not bound between platelets at dry densities of 1.20 and 1.76 × 103 kg/m3. This water is not a dilute electrolytic solution but has higher ionic strength, like typical seawater of salinity 23‰ and saturated NaCl.