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THERMAL RELEASE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Air Pollution
  • Thermal Power Stations
OBS

An increasing amount of attention has been given to thermal pollution, the raising of the temperature of a waterway by heat discharged from the cooling system or effluent wastes of an industrial installation. This rise in temperature may sufficiently upset the ecological balance of the waterway to pose a threat to the native life-forms. This problem has been especially noted in the vicinity of nuclear power plants.

Key term(s)
  • thermal waste

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Centrales thermiques
DEF

Dans l'industrie ou les centrales thermiques, chaleur excédentaire rejetée soit dans l'atmosphère, soit dans l'hydrosphère (fleuve, mer, etc.).

CONT

Rejets thermiques des centrales nucléaires. [...] Comme toutes les autres centrales thermiques les centrales nucléaires doivent rejeter une certaine quantité de calories par suite de la nature même du cycle thermodynamique qui est utilisé.

PHR

Rejet thermique des centrales nucléaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Centrales térmicas
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