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From Capitol Hill: Nuclear is back, critical for America’s energy future
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened its first hearing of the year, “American Energy Dominance: Dawn of the New Nuclear Era,” on January 7, where lawmakers and industry leaders discussed how nuclear energy can help meet surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, advanced manufacturing, and national security needs.
Choong-koo Chang (KINGS)
Proceedings | 2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2018) | Charlotte, NC, April 8-11, 2018 | Pages 267-272
According to the analysis result of the faults caused plant shut down in Korean nuclear power plants during last 10 years, the share of electrical fault is 21%. The first case was instrumentation and control system faults and it is 30%. And, more than a quarter of the electrical faults are ground faults. Consequently, ground fault protection is one of the indispensable schemes to enhance the reliability of nuclear power plant electric power systems. This paper elaborated the ground fault protection system for the main generator and preferred power supply line of typical type nuclear power plant in Korea and the vulnerability of the ground fault protection system also. Then, proposed the subharmonics voltage injection type ground fault protection scheme as an alternative.