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NON-NUCLEAR PART NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [1 record]

Record 1 - external organization data 2009-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

... the part of a nuclear power plant used for power generation ...

CONT

A nuclear power plant can be said to include a nuclear island and a balance of plant. ... The balance of plant would generally be stated as including those portions of the plant not included in the nuclear island ...

CONT

The balance of plant (BOP) consists of the turbine building, steam turbine, generator and condenser, the feedwater heating system with associated auxiliary, and electrical equipment. The BOP also includes the water treatment facilities, auxiliary steam facilities, pumphouses and/or cooling towers, main switchyard, and associated equipment ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

L'ensemble du circuit primaire, y compris les générateurs de vapeur [...] est enfermé dans une enceinte étanche en béton : le bâtiment réacteur. [...] Le groupe turbine-alternateur, qui constitue la partie classique d'une centrale nucléaire est aménagé dans un bâtiment attenant appelé salle des machines.

OBS

[La partie classique d'une centrale nucléaire constitue l']installation de production d'énergie (hors chaudière nucléaire).

Spanish

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