Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Une enceinte de confinement simple ou double
English translation:
single or double containment vessel
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Christina Fonthes (X)
May 8, 2012 19:10
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French term
Christina Fonthes (X)
Une enceinte de confinement simple ou double
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Nuclear Eng/Sci
Réacteurs à eau pressurisée
Hello,
this is for a non-technical audience. The context:
Plusieurs dispositifs auxiliaires et redondants garantissent l’alimentation en eau et électricité. Une enceinte de confinement simple ou double protège le cœur. Aujourd’hui, le réacteur à eau pressurisée domine largement le monde. En France, ils constituent 100% du parc nucléaire, avec 58 exemplaires
I'm struggling with simple ou double, my attempt so far: " a single or secondary confinement structure protects the reactor core"
Many thanks
this is for a non-technical audience. The context:
Plusieurs dispositifs auxiliaires et redondants garantissent l’alimentation en eau et électricité. Une enceinte de confinement simple ou double protège le cœur. Aujourd’hui, le réacteur à eau pressurisée domine largement le monde. En France, ils constituent 100% du parc nucléaire, avec 58 exemplaires
I'm struggling with simple ou double, my attempt so far: " a single or secondary confinement structure protects the reactor core"
Many thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | single or double containment vessel |
Claire Cox
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| 4 +1 | a single or double containment building |
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| 5 -1 | (An enclosure protects) single or double core. |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Proposed translations
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
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single or double containment vessel
is what I would call it
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Note added at 5 mins (2012-05-08 19:15:56 GMT)
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The UK EPR files may be useful here. See:
PCSR – Sub-Chapter 6.2 - UK EPR
www.epr-reactor.co.uk/...
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possibility of core meltdown accidents involving low-pressure vessel rupture, and aims .... The EPR has a double-wall containment concept with a leak-tight steel liner. .... A single isolation valve is provided if the following apply (section 3 of this ...
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As an ex in-house translator for British Nuclear Fuels and translator of numerous PWR/EPR documents over the years, I can assure you that this is a containment vessel rather than structure. To me a structure doesn't have any sense of enclosure, i.e. things canot leak out - which is the whole point!
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Note added at 5 mins (2012-05-08 19:15:56 GMT)
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The UK EPR files may be useful here. See:
PCSR – Sub-Chapter 6.2 - UK EPR
www.epr-reactor.co.uk/...
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possibility of core meltdown accidents involving low-pressure vessel rupture, and aims .... The EPR has a double-wall containment concept with a leak-tight steel liner. .... A single isolation valve is provided if the following apply (section 3 of this ...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2012-05-09 11:02:02 GMT)
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As an ex in-house translator for British Nuclear Fuels and translator of numerous PWR/EPR documents over the years, I can assure you that this is a containment vessel rather than structure. To me a structure doesn't have any sense of enclosure, i.e. things canot leak out - which is the whole point!
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your suggestion it seems the most accurate so far. But after a quick internet search 'containment vessel' brings up EPRs and V generation reactors. The original talks about PWRs. I have come across 'containment structre' in reference to PWRs. I welcome your input on this. |
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Comment: "Many thanks."
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Salih YILDIRIM
United States
United States
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Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) 
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
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(An enclosure protects) single or double core.
This is how I perceive the whole sentence!
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tony M
: Misinterpretation of the s/t: there is only one core, but one or two 'enceintes'
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Pardon! You are totally right. Sole core with one or tw0 enclosure.
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3 hrs
a single or double containment building
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