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NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNIT [1 record]

Record 1 2022-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Nuclear Power Stations
DEF

A power generating unit that includes a nuclear boiler and a turbogenerator unit.

OBS

A nuclear power plant may have one or more nuclear units.

OBS

NPP unit: designation standardized by ISO in 2018.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Centrales nucléaires
DEF

Unité de production électrique comportant une chaudière nucléaire et un groupe turbo-alternateur.

OBS

Une centrale nucléaire peut comporter plusieurs tranches.

OBS

tranche nucléaire : désignation, définition et observation publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 18 juin 2004.

Spanish

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