usine de transformation
- Domaine
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- sécurité sécurité nucléaire
Terme :
- usine de transformation n. f.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Zijp, W.L.,Définition
A plant (except a mine or ore-processing plant) to precess unirradiated nuclear material or irradiated nuclear material that has been separated from fission products, by changing its chemical or physical form so as to facilitate further use or processing. The term conversion plant includes the facility's storage and analytical sections. The term does not include a plant intended for separating the isotopes of nuclear material.
Note :
That is, such plants change uranium ore concentrate, uranium hexafluoride, uranyl nitrate and plutomiun nitrate into forms suitable for fuel elements which currently include uranium metal or oxide, plutonium metal or oxide and mixed plutomiun/uranium oxides and carbides.
Terme :
- conversion plant