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URANIUM OXIDE PELLET [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-04-06
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Nuclear Power Stations
- Nuclear Fission Reactors
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- uranium oxide pellet
1, record 1, English, uranium%20oxide%20pellet
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In Canada, high-level nuclear waste consists of used fuel bundles from Canada's CANDU nuclear power plants.... Each fuel bundle ... comprises zirconium-alloy-clad pencils, or fuel elements. A fuel element contains 30 uranium oxide pellets, each about 2 cm long, stacked end to end. 1, record 1, English, - uranium%20oxide%20pellet
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
See also "fuel pellet". 2, record 1, English, - uranium%20oxide%20pellet
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Centrales nucléaires
- Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- pastille d'oxyde d'uranium
1, record 1, French, pastille%20d%27oxyde%20d%27uranium
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le réacteur à eau ordinaire sous pression ou filière REP. [...] Les assemblages de combustible sont constitués de crayons, tubes de zircaloy (Alliage de zirconium et de métaux dont l'étain, le fer, le chrome et le nickel), de diamètre de l'ordre du centimètre et de longueur quelques mètres, emplis de pastilles d'oxyde d'uranium légèrement enrichi. Le cœur du réacteur contient quelques dizaines de milliers de crayons regroupés en éléments combustibles contenant chacun environ 250 crayons. Le fluide de refroidissement, qui sert aussi de modérateur, est de l'eau ordinaire maintenue liquide sous une pression supérieure à sa pression de vapeur saturante. 2, record 1, French, - pastille%20d%27oxyde%20d%27uranium
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
pastille : Forme sous laquelle se présente le combustible de nombreux réacteurs nucléaires. (Les pastilles, souvent cylindriques, sont constituées, par exemple, d'oxyde d'uranium fritté.) 3, record 1, French, - pastille%20d%27oxyde%20d%27uranium
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Au Canada, les déchets de haute activité (HA) consistent en des grappes de combustible irradié provenant de nos centrales nucléaires CANDU [...]. Chaque grappe [...] se compose de tubes en alliage de zirconium ou éléments combustibles. Un élément comprend trente pastilles d'oxyde d'uranium, mesurant chacune environ 2 cm, empilées bout à bout. 4, record 1, French, - pastille%20d%27oxyde%20d%27uranium
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Centrales nucleares
- Reactores nucleares de fisión
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- pastilla de óxido de uranio
1, record 1, Spanish, pastilla%20de%20%C3%B3xido%20de%20uranio
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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