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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.”
S. Vomvoris, I. Blechschmidt, O. X. Leupin (Nagra)
Proceedings | 16th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM 2017) | Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 2017 | Pages 697-705
The Grimsel Test Site (GTS) is a generic underground research laboratory (URL), owned and operated by Nagra and located in crystalline rocks in the Swiss Alps. The research activities at GTS started in 1984. Mont Terri (MT) is the second generic URL in Switzerland located in the Republic and Canton of Jura (RCJU) and constructed in the Opalinus Clay. It is operated by swisstopo, under yearly granted authorizations by RCJU. The research activities at MT started in 1996.
On the basis of its research, development and demonstration (RD&D) priorities Nagra has been actively involved in both URLs from the beginning. The RD&D priorities, and hence the activities, have been accordingly evolving with time and the advancement of the waste management program. Both URL’s have been key to provide the needed evidence from the field to the initial disposal feasibility studies to the current site selection and site license application milestones.