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FUEL DISMANTLING [2 records]

Record 1 2016-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Nuclear Power Stations
CONT

Mothballing is the process of stabilizing a facility so that no damage occurs to the facility should it make sense at a later time to incur the capital expenditures associated with continuing to operate, extending the life, or repowering the facility. Typically, a decision to mothball a facility might be made as a hedge against, or in anticipation of, changes in market conditions; i. e., increases in relative fuel prices, or an increase in the value of installed capacity.... Typical activities involved in mothballing a facility might include the following types of activities intended to preserve existing equipment :-’Racking Out’ or removal and storage of motor control center circuit breakers or 'switchgear’(this would also be done for a facility that has been retired and is scheduled for dismantling)-Placing a heat source or desiccants in the furnace to maintain a temperature above the dew point(at which condensation collects and corrodes the boiler structures.)-The application of grease or other coatings to reduce corrosion of components such as pumps and motors.-The installation of an air desiccant system to blow dry air through the steam turbine, condenser, boiler tubes and pipes.

CONT

decommissioning: Shutting down and placing a plant permanently out of service ... The three stages of decommissioning are mothballing, encasement and dismantling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Centrales nucléaires
OBS

D'après un spécialiste en gestion des déchets nucléaires qui travaille chez Whiteshell Laboratories au Manitoba, «mise sous surveillance» est préférable.

OBS

Lorsqu'on veut signifier qu'un lieu, après avoir perdu sa destination première, ne comporte plus les équipements correspondants à sa fonction première, on utilise le terme «désaffectation».

OBS

«Mise sous cocon» nous apparaît un peu trop spécifique, la «coconisation» signifiant l'enrobage de matériel sous pellicule plastique pulvérisée. On pourrait peut-être songer à des expressions plus neutres, du type «mise sous protection», «entreposage de sécurité».

OBS

mise sous cocon : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
CONT

The proposed plan for decommissioning the temporary infrastructure sites at the end of the construction phase includes... decommissioning, cleaning, dismantling, removing and transporting fuel tanks, fuel lines and related fuel facilities from the site to designated salvage facilities...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
CONT

Le plan proposé pour la désaffectation des emplacements de l'infrastructure temporaires à la fin de la phase de construction comprend [...] la désaffectation, le nettoyage, le démontage, l'enlèvement et le transport des réservoirs de carburant, des conduites d'alimentation de carburant et des installations pour le carburant du site jusqu'aux installations de récupération désignées [...]

Spanish

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