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CONTAINMENT SPRAY SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2001-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

An energy-absorbing system employing water to limit the value and duration of overpressure within the reactor building following an unintentional loss of coolant.

CONT

Inside the building housing a reactor which is undergoing a major nuclear accident, internal steam pressure can be greatly reduced by using a dousing system to condense the steam. All CANDU reactors are provided with such a dousing system. It is much more difficult to reduce the pressure from non-condensable gases which are formed in great quantities during meltdown.

CONT

The Containment System forms a continuous, pressure-confining envelope around the reactor core and primary heat-transport system. In the CANDU 6 design it consists of a pre-stressed, post-tensioned concrete structure, an automatically-initiated dousing system, building coolers, and a filtered air discharge system. In Ontario Hydro's multi-reactor designs, containment includes a vacuum building connected to all reactor vaults in the plant, with its own dousing system for reducing internal pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Système d'absorption d'énergie qui, à la suite d'une perte accidentelle de caloporteur, utilise de l'eau pour limiter la surpression à l'intérieur du bâtiment d'un réacteur.

OBS

mécanisme d'aspersion : terme extrait du Glossaire de l'énergie nucléaire (1992) et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'OCDE.

Spanish

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