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A series of firsts delivers new Plant Vogtle units
Southern Nuclear was first when no one wanted to be.
The nuclear subsidiary of the century-old utility Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., joined a pack of nuclear companies in the early 2000s—during what was then dubbed a “nuclear renaissance”—bullish on plans for new large nuclear facilities and adding thousands of new carbon-free megawatts to the grid.
In 2008, Southern Nuclear applied for a combined construction and operating license (COL), positioning the company to receive the first such license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2012. Also in 2008, Southern became the first U.S. company to sign an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a Generation III+ reactor. Southern chose Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, which was certified by the NRC in December 2011.
Fast forward a dozen years—which saw dozens of setbacks and hundreds of successes—and Southern Nuclear and its stakeholders celebrated the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4: the first new commercial nuclear power construction project completed in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
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Nuclear Forensics Methodology for Reactor-Type Attribution of Chemically Separated Plutonium
Jeremy M. Osborn, Evans D. Kitcher, Jonathan D. Burns, Charles M. Folden, III, Sunil S. Chirayath
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 1-10
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1401442
A Nuclear Jet at Chernobyl Around 21:23:45 UTC on April 25, 1986
Lars-Erik De Geer, Christer Persson, Henning Rodhe
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 11-22
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1384269
Wear Depth Prediction for Steam Generator Tubes Using an Estimated In Situ Wear Coefficient
Chi-Yong Park, Huinam Rhee, Ki-Wahn Ryu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 23-40
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1392396
A Feasibility Study on the Transmutation of 100Mo to 99mTc with Laser-Compton Scattering Photons
Jiyoung Lee, Haseeb ur Rehman, Yonghee Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 41-51
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1392397
High-Temperature Oxidation of a Sponge-Based E110 Cladding Tube Material: Weight Gain and Reaction Layer Kinetics
J. Krejčí, V. Vrtílková, J. Kabátová, A. Přibyl, P. Gajdoš, D. Rada, J. Šustr
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 52-65
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1389595
Numeric Determination and Validation of Neutron-Induced Radioactive Nuclide Inventories for Decommissioning and Dismantling of Light Water Reactors
Peter-W. Phlippen, Luc Schlömer, Michael Nekipelov, Roger Vallentin, Bernard Lukas, Stefan Palm, Thomas Mispagel
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 66-79
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1399039
Novel Methodologies for Modeling the Net Fission-Poison Reactivity Transients to Accurately Predict Criticals and Hot-Startup ECPs for the MURR Core
N. J. Peters, K. Kutikkad
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 80-98
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1398582
Hydraulic and Heated Equivalent Diameters Used in Heat Transfer Correlations
Juliana P. Duarte, Michael L. Corradini
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 1 | January 2018 | Pages 99-102
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1389594
Natural Heat Convective Coefficient Measurements Around a Large-Diameter Cylindrical Surface Equipped with Axial Fins
Olivier Bardon, Ludovic Garnier
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 103-112
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1409054
Radiation-Induced Damage–Based System and Method for Indirectly Monitoring High-Dose Ionizing Radiation
Karen Colins, Yu Liu, Liqian Li, Kiranpreet Birdee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 113-121
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1411718
Use of Er Burnable Absorber for Improvement of CANDU6 Safety Parameters
Mohammad Abdul Motalab, Woosong Kim, Yonghee Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 122-137
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1414541
Measurement and Analysis for Determination of PCR of the CANDU6 Core
Jaeha Kim, Mohammad Abdul Motalab, Yonghee Kim, Gwangsoo Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 138-154
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1415087
Development of Chinese Female Computational Phantom Rad-Human and Its Application in Radiation Dosimetry Assessment
Yican Wu, Mengyun Cheng, Wen Wang, Jing Song, Shengpeng Yu, Pengcheng Long, Liqin Hu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 155-164
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1411717
Enhancing Workload Assessments for Validation Activities Associated with DBA and BDBA Scenarios
Aaron Derouin, Alice Salway
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 165-173
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1413922
Calibrations of the FDS Long Counter for Neutron Fluence Measurement
Bing Hong, Chao Liu, Taosheng Li, Yongfeng Wang, Yanan Li, Mohamed Mazunga
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 174-179
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1406270
Safety Criteria and Dependability Management Practices: A Case Study with I&C Systems of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
Srikantam Sravanthi, R. Dheenadhayalan, K. Madhusoodanan, K. Devan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 2 | February 2018 | Pages 180-189
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1407594
ATR Compendium: Irradiation Test Capabilities
Samuel E. Bays, Gilles J. Youinou, Misti Lillo, Paul Gilbreath
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 3 | March 2018 | Pages 191-208
Critical Review | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2018.1432967
Upgrading Limiting Peak-Power Analysis Techniques with Modern Validation and Uncertainty Quantification for the Advanced Test Reactor
Samuel E. Bays, Cliff B. Davis, Periann A. Archibald
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 3 | March 2018 | Pages 209-227
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1415091
Extension of the Advanced Test Reactor Operating Envelope Via Enhanced Reactor Physics Validation Techniques
Joseph W. Nielsen, David W. Nigg, Daren R. Norman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 3 | March 2018 | Pages 228-246
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1356647
Evaluation of the Enhanced LEU Fuel (ELF) Design for Conversion of the Advanced Test Reactor to a Low-Enrichment Fuel Cycle
Mark D. DeHart, Zain Karriem, Michael A. Pope
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 3 | March 2018 | Pages 247-266
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1322451
Evaluation of Corrosion in YA-Type ATR Fuel Element During Reactor PALM Cycle 153B
Jeffrey O. Brower, Michael V. Glazoff, Thomas J. Eiden, Aleksey V. Rezvoi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 3 | March 2018 | Pages 267-285
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1341278
Reducing Uncertainty in Hydrodynamic Modeling of ATR Experiments Via Flow Testing, Validation, and Optimization
W. F. Jones, W. R. Marcum, A. W. Weiss, C. B. Jensen, G. L. Hawkes, P. E. Murray, D. S. Crawford, J. W. Herter, J. C. Kennedy, N. E. Woolstenhulme, J. D. Wiest, D. B. Chapman, T. K. Howard, G. D. Latimer, A. M. Phillips
Nuclear Technology | Volume 201 | Number 3 | March 2018 | Pages 286-303
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1407907
