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NUCLEAR WASTE OPERATIONS [2 records]

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Record 1 2009-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
DEF

In the head treatment of irradiated combustibles, the operation of removing the cladding by chemical means.

CONT

The Eurochemic Company has built a bituminization plant to solidify... the various medium-level waste solutions originating from the chemical decladding of nuclear fuels and other nuclear fuel reprocessing operations.

OBS

chemical decladding: term standardized by ISO and ANSI.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Déchets nucléaires
DEF

Enlèvement de la gaine par des procédés chimiques au cours du retraitement du combustible. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

pelage; dégainage chimique : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingenieria química
  • Centrales nucleares
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 2 - external organization data 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

CNSC staff explained that the water quality of Lake Huron is monitored, but this is designed to assess the overall cumulative effects of the BNPD [Bruce Nuclear Power Development] operations as opposed to the specific effects of the WWMF [Western Waste Management Facility].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le personnel a expliqué que la qualité de l'eau du lac Huron est surveillée, mais en vue d'évaluer les effets cumulatifs globaux des opérations du complexe nucléaire de Bruce plutôt que les effets propres à l'installation Western.

Spanish

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