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FUEL CLASSIFICATION [6 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2011-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

... wastes that are only slightly contaminated and can normally be transported without special precautions such as shielded containers. (This definition of low level waste is commonly used in Canada for classifying beta-gamma emitters...)

CONT

Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) is composed of a variety of substances that are generated by a large number of processes. Due to this heterogenous mixture, there is no universally accepted classification scheme. The following is used in this report: - Low-Level Waste (LLW) - requires no shielding and does not generate significant heat. - Intermediate-Level Waste (ILW); High-Level Waste (HLW).

CONT

The Task Force's assessment of this problem led it to develop its own definition and classification system, based primarily on the specific activity and half-life of the materials involved. First, it defined low-level radioactive waste as being : all those radioactive wastes, other than spent fuel, arising from the mining, milling, refining or use of materials containing radionuclides. Second, it divided low-level wastes into four categories or classes... based on the concentration of radioactivity... of the waste material...

OBS

Such wastes produce a dose rate of less than 100 millirem/hour at a distance of 30 cm from the waste.

Key term(s)
  • low activity waste

French

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

[...] déchets [...] de 0 à 200 mCi/m³ [...]

CONT

Les déchets peuvent présenter des activités très diverses; on les classe en déchets de haute, de moyenne ou de faible activité, mais il faut noter que les distinctions ne sont pas toujours nettes : si, par haute activité, on désigne des concentrations de centaines ou de milliers de Ci/l, (curies par litre; 1 Ci = 3,7 X 1010 désintégrations par seconde) et par faible activité des concentrations de l'ordre du mCi/l, on trouve entre ces cas extrêmes toute une gamme de déchets d'activités intermédiaires.

CONT

Les déchets radioactifs de faible activité. Il s'agit de la catégorie 2 des effluents liquides et de la catégorie 1 des résidus solides.

OBS

Dans la classification normalisée établie par l'AIEA, la catégorie 2 des effluents liquides représente les effluents ayant un niveau d'activité compris entre 10 exposant moins 6 et 10 exposant moins 3 Ci/me; la catégorie 1 des résidus solides représente les déchets ayant un débit d'exposition au contact égal ou inférieur à 0,2 R/h.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
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Record 2 2002-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
CONT

Finally, some SUVs and pickups are so large(greater than 8, 500 lbs. GVWR [gross vehicle weight rating]) that they do not qualify as "light trucks" under the current standards. These include the largest full-sized pickups and passenger vans, and larger models of the Ford Excursion and Chevrolet Suburban SUVs. However, EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] recently added the classification "medium-duty passenger vehicle" to include heavy passenger vehicles-passenger vans and SUVs up to 10, 000 GVWR starting in MY2004. Heavy pickups and cargo vans will not be affected, since their main function is transporting cargo, as opposed to passengers. This change is only for emissions standards, and will not affect fuel economy standards.

Key term(s)
  • medium duty passenger vehicle
  • medium duty pax veh

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Camionnage

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Mechanics
  • Gas and Oil Heating
OBS

In the National Occupational Classification(NOC), an official occupational title in Group 7331-Oil and Solid Fuel Heating Mechanics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Mécanique
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 7331 - Mécaniciens/mécaniciennes en chauffage au mazout et aux combustibles solides.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Grades of fuel oil. Voluntary commercial standards recommended by the U. S. Bureau of Standards for different classification of fuel oils, based on characteristics such as specific gravity and viscosity.

CONT

Pour Point Test. This tests is designed to provide a guideline figure for the pour point of residual fuel oils, specifically fuel oil grade RMA-RMK of ISO 8217 1996.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Burners and Steamfitting
CONT

Domestic oil burners. a) Gun and rotary burners are in this category as used in residential and small commercial and industrial structures.

CONT

Oil burners... can be divided into two major groups, residential and commercial-industrial.... Residential oil burners are ordinarily used in the range of 0. 525 to 3. 68 ml/s fuel consumption rate. However, burners up to 7, 35 ml/s sometimes fall in the residential classification because of basic similarities in controls and standards... No. 2 fuel oil is generally used, although burners in the residential size range can also operate on No. 1 fuel oil.... The majority of residential burner production(over 95%) is of the high pressure atomizing gun burner type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
OBS

Brûleurs pour combustibles liquides, (...) ces brûleurs domestiques ont généralement une seule allure de marche (réglage par tout ou rien); ils sont entièrement automatiques; l'allumage est obtenu par étincelle électrique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
OBS

ATB Classification of accounts, account 1509, Fuel Storage & Distribution Equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)
OBS

d'eau, d'huile, etc. (Harrap - Technique).

Spanish

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