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GUARANTEED SHUTDOWN STATE [1 record]

Record 1 - external organization data 2008-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

... the condition of subcritical operation of a nuclear reactor in which the probability of a subsequent inadvertent increasing nuclear reaction can be considered to be of an acceptably low value ...

CONT

With respect to the planned restart of Bruce 'A' NGS Units 3 and 4, staff added that the fuelling operations at Unit 4 is now complete and that 26 of the 55 licence condition prerequisites for removal of the guaranteed shutdown state have been met for Unit 4. For all units in guaranteed shutdown state (GSS) during the quarter, or part of the quarter: bi the number of hours that parameter "i" is in specification during the quarter while the plant is in GSS ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Condition du fonctionnement sous-critique d'un réacteur nucléaire où le taux de probabilité d'un emballement ultérieur accidentel peut être considéré assez bas [...]

CONT

En ce qui concerne la remise en service prévue des tranches 3 et 4 de la centrale nucléaire Bruce-A, le personnel signale que les opérations de rechargement du combustible à la tranche 4 sont maintenant terminées et que 26 des 55 conditions préalables à la levée de l'état d'arrêt garanti ont été mises en place.

Spanish

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