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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Pressurizer Placed At Vogtle Unit 3 (With Video Clip)


Pressurizer Placed At Vogtle Unit 3 (With Video Clip)
 
Georgia Power’s Vogtle nuclear expansion project achieved a major milestone on Jan. 22 with the placement of the Unit 3 pressurizer, which will provide pressure control inside the reactor coolant system once the unit begins operating. The company provided a video clip.

The 225,000-pound pressurizer for Vogtle Unit 3 arrived via rail at the construction site in August 2014. The component was fabricated in Italy and shipped to the Port of Savannah, before being loaded onto a rail-car for the final leg of its journey.Read more and comment

http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2018/01/23/pressurizer-placed-at-vogtle-unit-3-_2800_with-video-clip_2900_-012301#.Wmj2CoJG1Sx

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