• In an electric power transmission grid system, switchyard reactors are large inductors installed at substations to help stabilize the power system. For...
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    (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located in Nyongbyon County in North Pyongan Province, about 100 km...
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    Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (category Nuclear power stations using AP1000 reactors)
    breakers in the switchyard were reset and offsite power was restored to the vital and non-vital "B" electrical trains, allowing reactor coolant pumps 2...
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    Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station (category Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors)
    struck by an F2 tornado. The plant's switchyard was damaged and access to external power was disabled. The plant's reactor automatically shut down at 8:42 pm...
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    Although the country currently has no operational power-generating nuclear reactor, efforts at developing its nuclear power sector continue. Moreover, North...
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    States. Substations are also occasionally known in some countries as switchyards. Substations may be owned and operated by an electrical utility, or may...
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    Bruce Nuclear Generating Station (category Nuclear power stations using CANDU reactors)
    pressurized heavy-water reactors, until 2016, it was the world's largest fully operational nuclear generating station by total reactor count and the number...
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    Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (category Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors)
    operations and maintenance by the operating staff. The Palo Verde 500 kV switchyard is a key point in the western states' power grid and is used as a reference...
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    Arkansas Nuclear One (category Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors)
    2013, Unit Two was taken offline due to a transformer fire in the site switchyard. The fire was contained without injuries or threats to safety. In December...
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    Oconee Nuclear Station (category Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors)
    supply Oconee's emergency systems; these are independent of the Oconee switchyard and transmission lines, which are the normal source of power. The NRC...
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    comply with procedures. On July 13, 2017, a transformer in the plant's switchyard caught fire. A thick, black cloud of smoke was formed, but no one was...
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    Indian Point Energy Center (category Nuclear power stations with closed reactors)
    permanently deactivated reactors, Indian Point Units 1, 2, and 3. Units 2 and 3 were Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. Entergy purchased Unit 3...
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    Byron Nuclear Generating Station (category Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors)
    Rock River. The reactor buildings were constructed by Commonwealth Edison and house two Westinghouse Four-Loop pressurized water reactors, Unit 1 and Unit 2...
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    Hartsville Nuclear Plant (category Unfinished nuclear reactors)
    Valley Authority (TVA), it was to have four General Electric boiling water reactors. In the 1960s, TVA began expecting a large increase in the electrical demand...
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    where a 400 kV main power hub can distribute the power. There are switchyard reactors along the cable to provide reactive power to compensate for line...
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    and damaged three fine filters, traveling filter rake and the plant's switchyard. The damage caused the plant to be offline for several days. In August...
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    current line to the 220 kV-three phase AC and the 110 kV-traction current switchyard situated east of Neckarwestheim. This line is hung on pylons of unusual...
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    transferring approximately half of the circuits from the existing switchyard to the new GIS switchyard, to improve network resilience. The project was approved...
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    uranium for fuel for commercial nuclear power reactors. The site never hosted an operating nuclear reactor. 39°00′30″N 83°00′00″W / 39.00833°N 83.00000°W...
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    static inverter transformers, which are built as single-phase units. Switchyard of former GKK Etzenricht. On the right the pylon by which the powerline...
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  • power units. A hit appeared between the Training Center and the 750 open switchyard damaging the high-voltage line 150 kV ZNPP – ZaTPS that led to the power...
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  • transformers 220 kV AC switchyard equipment and connections 220 kV AC harmonic filters 350 kV DC switchyard equipment, including DC smoothing reactor The converter...
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  • Lincoln or one mile north of Hallam in Lancaster County, Nebraska. The switchyard is located west of the plant buildings and the coal stockpile is located...
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    reaching the target chamber, the light is reflected off mirrors in the switchyard and target area in order to hit the target from different directions....
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    power generator, while the second converter in Adelanto and a tangent switchyard began rising on May 26, 1985, and finished in June 1986 in time to receive...
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    of the GPS is approximately 800. The GPS sends beams to an electronic switchyard, allowing three mass separated beams to be simultaneously extracted. The...
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    in the switchyard of the Surry Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Virginia, cutting off external power to the plant and leading its two reactors to trip...
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