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ice condenser system
Isotope Information Center (IIC)
isotone
isobar
Itemized List
einsteinium (Es)
zinc (Zn)
zinc coating
malignant tumor ( cancer sarcoma )
malignant lymphoma
accelerator
Actinium (Ac)
() actinide(s), actinide series
actinide-burning reactor (ABR), actinide-burning fast reactor (ABFR)
actinide recycle (237241)
actinouranium
actinometer
()actinides
nitrous oxide
astatine (At)
bitumen solidification, bitumenization
bitumenized waste (usually of intermediate level radioactivity), waste solidified in bitumen
bitumen solidification facility
cataclastic
()pressure tube
pressure tube reactor (PTR)
pressure vessel
() reactor vessel
() reactor pressure vessel
pressure vessel technology
pressure boundary
reactor coolant pressure boundary
pressure release system
(pressure) suppression chamber
(pressure) suppression pool
annulus clean-up fan
annulus seal
annulus clean-up filter unit
Air Force Nuclear Engineering Test Rector (AFNETR)
United States Atomic Energy Commission/USAEC/U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
American Nuclear Society Inc./ANS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/NASA
US Geological Survey (USGS)
National Geodetic Survey
American Society of Testing Material/ASTM
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement/NCRP
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Physical Society (APS)
Americium (Am)
photovoltaic cells with amorphous silicon coating, amorphous-silicon-type solar cells
argon (Ar)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
alpha-neutron
alpha-proton
alpha uranium
alpha rays
alpha emission
alpha-bearing waste
alpha decay
()alpha emitter
albedo
rhyodacite
andesite
safety analysis
safety functions
Safety Agreement
safety system(s)
safety review, licensing review of nuclear facilities; ( safety assessment )
safety dogma, presupposed safety
safety-related facilities
safety
inherent safety ( engineered safety)
safety planning, safety measures
= ECCS (); safty injection system
safety injection pump
safety relief valve
safety assessment, safety evaluation
probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) = probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)
Safety Evaluation Guide
safety valve
pressurizer safety valve
safety relief valve
safety rod drive
under clad cracking (UCC)
stabilized assay meter
stablility
amygdaloidal
an ampere (A)
ECCS
(U3O8)yellow cake (= yellowcake), uranium concentrate
() Yenliao NPP = (Lungmen) ; (), the proposed 4th NPP in Taiwan, of which the construction is being suspended due to opposition
England Weather Agency
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL)
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA, AEA)
British Nuclear Export Executive (BNX)
Central Electricity Generating Board UK (CEGB)
opinion advertising, opinion advertisement
institutional advertising
Isikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
()malfunction
unusual vibration
()abnormal, anomalous, unanticipated
unanticipated transient
toll enrichment
National Committee for Nuclear Energy (CNEN = Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleari)
primary energy supply
independent fission yield
()primary coolant system, reactor coolant system (RCS)
primary make-up water tank
primary fission yield
interim storage
first order fission products
primary make-up water pump
reactor make-up water system
primary make-up system
initial particle
hold-up tank
reactor coolant drain tank
reactor coolant pump; () primary sodium pump
(= )primary coolant, reactor coolant
reactor coolant cleanup system
component cooling water pump
() integrated fast reactor (IFR) ()
ytterbium
yttrium (Y Yt)
()members of the public, general public, the public
general design criteria
genetic effects
gene action
gene injury, genetic hazard
genetic hazards, genetic effects ()
hereditary effects ()
genetic toxicity
genetically significant dose
inlet temperature
inlet valve
iridium
medical exposure (to radiation)
radioisotope (RI) for medical (diagnostic) use, medical isotope
medical reactor
anion
negative ion formation
cathode
cathode ray
inconel alloy
indium
()inernal pumps (of ABWR), internal recirculation pumps
interlocking system
negative electron
Windscale (reprocessing plant) = Sellafield
Westinghouse (WH)
Ukraine (adj. Ukrainian)
() (ECT)
cosmic ray
uranium (U)
reprocessed uranium (RPU), recovered uranium (= depleted uranium)
highly enriched uranium (= weapon-grade uranium)
()coffinite (USiO4)
()uranium oxide
uranium trioxide
refined uranium, milled uranium, processed uranium
() uraninite ()
slightly enriched uranium (= reactor-grade uranium)
uranium dioxide (UO2) (powder)
triuranium octoxide (U3O8), uranouranic oxide; yellowcake
()pitchblende
denatured uranium ( depleted uranium )
uranium hexafluoride (UF6)
uranite ( autunite, torbernite )
uranium mine
(ISL) ISL wellfield, borefield
uranium ore ( uraninite; pitchblende)
overburden, waste rocks, uranium mullock
uranium tailings
uranium mullock
() milling, uranium refinement
on-site milling
off-site milling
()uranium exploration, uranium prospecting
()Uranium Enrichment Machinery, Ltd.
uranium enrichment plant
()upper lid
(/)operation (of a nuclear power plant / of a nuclear reactor)
commercial operation
trial run, trial operation, test-operation
full power operation, operation at full power
() load follow(ing) operation
control operation
normal operation
normal operating condition
low-output operation
pre-conditioning interim operation
once-through operation
Operation Training Center Corporation
() to start operation, start-up
(be) in operation
undergoing a trial run, being tested
30%be in operation at 30% output
stop operation, to suspend operation
commercial operation
... ...
(increase of ) sensitivity
liquefaction
epidemiological research
() liquid radioactive waste, liquid radwaste, liquid waste
()liquid waste discharge
liquid waste treatment system
X-ray
medical X-ray ( diagnostic X-ray, therapeutic X-ray)
X-ray diagnosis, X-ray examination
self-sufficient energy supply
the Institute of Applied Energy
the Committee for Energy Policy Promotion
energy forestry
area radiation monitoring
area radiation monitoring system
erosion/corrosion
latitudinally
centrifuge method
a centrifuge
ductility
ductile fracture; rupture at the extreme ductility
()plant life extension (PLEX), plant life management (PLIM)
() Yenliao nuclear power plant = (Lungmen) ; (), the proposed 4th NPP in Taiwan, of which the construction is being suspended due to opposition
the oil crisis
response spectrum
stress
permissible stress
residual stress
thermal stress
bending stress
stress index
stress intensity
stress corrosion
stress corrosion cracking (SCC)
intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC)
irradiation-associated stress corrosion cracking (IASCC)
PNC Oarai Engineering Research Center
Ohi Wharf of Tokyo Port
Helium Engineering Demonstration Loop (HENDEL)
saw-dust, wood powder
sheltering
oscillator
oscillograph
osmium (Os)
contaminated zone
sludge fermentation
overpack, bentonite overpacking
orifice
orifice orifice flowmeter?
discharge coefficient of orifice
off-gas, waste gas
off-gas treatment system
greenhouse effect (cf. global warming)
hot shutdown
()global warming, greenhouse effect
green house gases (GHG)
()the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC FCCC)
Kyoto Protocol of FCCC
thermometer
()thermocouple, thermo-sensor
()sensor casing
concentration difference power, thermal energy conversion
ocean thermal energy conversion
(= )thermal discharge, hot waste water
()decrepit, worn-out
pressurizer
pressurizer pressure control system
pressurizer safety valve
presuurizer level control system
pressurizer spray valve
pressurizer relief valve
( = ) CANDU
pressurized water reactor (PWR)
(GM) Geiger-Muller counter
() Overseas Uranium Resources Developmet (OURD)
() offshore reprocessing
Overeas reprocessing Committee (ORC)
the Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC)
outside diameter (i.d.)
inside diameter (i.d.)
Board of Audit
(= )* reprocessed uranium, depleted uranium, reprocessing product uranium, uranium recovered from reprocessing; * (denatured uranium)
) plutonium extracted from spent (= irradiated) fuel ()
recoverable product plutonium
erosion/corrosion
offshore nuclear power plant
the Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF)
the Maritime Safety Agency (MSA), roughly the equivalent of the Coast Guard
maritime transportation, sea shipment
uranium extraction from seawater
sea water system
desalting
sea concentration
sea water pump
() dismantling, dismantlement
radioactive waste produced by dismantling a nuclear plant, dismantlement waste
undersea nuclear power plant
Seabed Treaty
shaft, axle
abnormal evolution rate
rotating plug
Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency
conceptual design
external event
external shield, concrete shield ()
external exposure
external exposure
radioactive decay; disintegration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
disposal into sea
ocean dumping, dumping at sea
sea dumping ban, a ban on dumping radioactive waste at sea
oceanographic radiobiology
() Marine Ecology Research Institute
Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (APWR)
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR)
the Science and Technology Agency (STA) (of the Japanese Government)
() Bureau of Atomic Energy?
chemical and volume control system
volume control tank
chemical activity
chemical toxicity
stoichiometrics
nuclear medicine
nuclear isomerism
nuclear isomer
nuclear weapon development, nuclear program, nuclear technology development
a clandestine nuclear program
proliferation, nuclear proliferation ()
(= )Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ( NPT =Non-Proliferation Treaty)
nuclear superheat
nuclear superheat reactor
the nuclear club
nuclear instrumentation system ( , )
nuclear source material(s)
inspection, IAEA inspection
diffusion (); proliferation ()
diffusate
diffusion length
diffusion plant
dispersion model
diffusion cloud chamber
nucleon
nuclear star
the nuclear age
nuclear test, nuclear explosure test
hydronuclear test (cf. hydrodynamic testing)
small-scale nuclear test
full-scale nuclear test, nuclear explosure test
atmospheric (nuclear) test
nuclear-jacking, nuclear hijacking
(= )nuclide
clean condition
amphibolite
nuclear war-head
nuclear ###
(= )nuclear properties
reasonably assured resources
nuclear fuel cycle, uranium-plutonium cycle
nuclear fuel cycle facilities
nuclear fuel
nuclear fuel material
On the standard dosage regarding plutonium necessary for siting evaluation of the nuclear fuel plant
Japan Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Institute (JNC)
licensing of the facilities
nuclear fuel tax
fuel storage pool
nuclear fuel material handling tax
container, containment, reactor container
container, reactor container, containment vessel
containment purge supply system
containment air cleanup unit
()containment air handling system
(primary) containment vessel spray cooling system, containment spray system
containment buildind
containment atomosphere monitoring system
containment exhaust system
containment cooling system
(primary) containment vessel leak rate test
nuclear bomb
nuclear explosion; () detonation
nuclear reaction
non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (= )
nuclear material
exempted nuclear material
Institute of Nuclear material Management
() Nuclear Materials Control Center
physical protection (of nuclear material)
the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1987)
transportation/shipment of nuclear material
nucleate boiling
departure from nucleate boiling
fission, nuclear fission
spontaneous fission (SF)
special fissionable material
(1)fissile nuclide(s) ()
(2)fissionable nuclide(s) ()
fission products (FP)
fission fragment
chain reaction of nuclear fission
nuclear arms, nuclear weapon(s)
()
transmutation
()runaway, special power excursion
members of the nuclear club, the nuclear power
Zangger Committee
nuclear fusion
fusion bomb
probability
stochastic process
stochastic effect
probabilistic safety assessment (PSA)
isolation valve ()
nuclear force
breccia
granite
pegmatite
arkose
granodiorite
mozaic/granoblastic
()fuel fabrication cost
MOXMOX fuel fabrication cost
downwinders, downwind people, downwind victims of the nuclear tests
degree Fahrenheit
transient overpower accident
excess
excess reactivity
waste gas compressor
()gas centrifuge process
()gaseous diffusion
gas fired power generation
cascade
waste gas decay tank
gas insulated switchyard
gas insulation switchgear
Gas-cooled Reactor (GCR)
fossil fuel
()severe accident
hypothetical accident
hypothetical core destructive accident
talc
capable fault, active fault
seismic activity of fault
()offshore active fault
()truncate
activated sludge
orthite, allanite
() ()
(1) utilization factor, capacity factor, load factor; (2) availability factor, plant factor
75calculated for a capacity factor of 75%
75calculated for a reactor capacity factor of 75%
cadmium (Cd)
gadolinia fuel
the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (the Atomic Energy Control Board 2000
heater; () superheater
feedwater heater
low pressure feedwater heater
burnable poison
lower plenum
variable frequency generator
soluble uranium
shell
vitrification, glassification
() borosilicate
vitrified radwaste
()Tokai Vitrification Facility (TVF)
potassium (K)
gallium (Ga)
californium (Cf)
() eddy current testing (ECT)
Karman trail, von Karman's votex street
() Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering Society of Japan
thermal power
thermal power plant, condensing plants, boiler plants
petrothermal power station
gas fired power station, LNG power station
coal fired power station
()gal (= cm/sec2)
()Kalkar FBR, SNR-300 (a german prototype FBR, which was abolished at the last phase of its construction)
()cancer (), carcinoma, malignant tumor ( )
fatal cancer
cancer induction, cancer formation
carcinogenicity
childhood cancer
() metastasis
skin carcinoma
() lesion
radiation cancer
cluster around [+ site] (e.g. Childhood cancer clusters around Dournreay.)
Summary Courts
spacing
(= )heating, ventilating and air conditioning system, heat ventilating air-conditioning system (HVAC), air conditioning and ventilating system (AHVS), heating and ventilating facilities
stack; ventilating pipe?
()environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA), environmental assessment
environment impact statement (EIS), environmental and social impact statement (ESIS)
the Environment Agency
Director of the Environment Agency
environment-friendly energy (resources), ecologically sustainable energy (resources)
environmental destruction, harm to the environment
environmentalist groups, conservation groups
audit
() the Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. (KEPCO)
stem cell transfusion
blood-forming stem cell transfusio
() surveillance; () monitoring
/routine monitoring
monitor
()monitoring well
() dry cask storage, dry disposal (of irradiated fuel)
through tube
Kwanto-loam
injection gneiss
host rock (), bedrock
in the host rock
()rock lab
gamma rays
gamma shielding
gamma irradiation, gamma shine
gamma emission
gamma decay
()gamma emitter
controlled area
radiation controlled area
uncontrolled area, radiation uncontrolled area
intergranular
component
(1) []grade (of mineral), content (: the uranium content of an ore)
(2) [] content of radioactivity
relaxation
atmospheric pressure
50 50 atm
initiating event
partition factor
noble gas, rare gas
rare gas hold-up equipment
key measurement point
equipment drain sub-system
deformity, a malformation
inborn deformity, congenital deformation
a freak fish, a deformed fish
a deformed child
a teras
risk
Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
reference pressure
dilute nitric acid
meteorological conditions
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency
(= )steam-water separator, steam separator
xenon (Xe), Xe-133
xenon oscilation
gaseous diffusion plant
gaseous diffusion
gas counter
gaseous radioactive waste, off-gas
waste gas compressor
waste gas decay tank
off-gas treatment system
gaseous waste discharge (to the atmosphere, to the environment), release of radioactive gases to air (= to the atmosphere)
base load
()startup
station auxiliary transformer, startup transformer
system checkup prior to plant startup
rare earth, rare-earth elements,
(comprehensive) functional tests
()sensible nuclear technology (SNT)
void
reverse current ()
inversion layer
U ()
I -shaped tendon, vertical tendon/
flask, cask, casket
feed
absorption
(= )absorber
absorbed dose
absorptive power
differential absorption rate
absorbing substance
absorption factor
() the Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc.
feed water
feedwater heater
low pressure feedwater heater
heater drain system, feedwater heater drain system
heater vent system, feedwater heater vent system
loss of feedwater heater
feedwater system, feedwater lines
water supply & treatment system
feedwater sparger
feedwater control system
feedwater booster pump
feedwater pump
reactor feedwater pump (RFP)
main feedwater pump
turbine-driven reactor feedwater pump (TDRFP)
motor-driven reactor feedwater pump (MDRFP)
acute radiation injury
acute leukemia
() inhalation hazard zone, respiration hazard zone
endothermic
() curie (Ci)
curium (Cm)
sympathetic vibrations, sympathy ( resonance)
resonant period
to vibrate sympathetically ( to resonate)
thymus
Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University
common bus ()
()joint implementation (JI)
Kyoto Protocol of FCCC
() fishermen's union, fishermen's cooperative association
fishery rights
(= )local power range monitoring system
permissible dose
permissible dose
a crack
guillotine break, double-ended guillotine
kiloton
kilovolt (kV)
kilowatt (kW)
kilowatt-hour (kWh)
kiloelectron
scram, emergency shutdown, reactor trip
reactor shutdown capability
remote shutdown sytem
reactor trip braker
reactor trip signal
Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS)
safety injection pump
high pressure core injection system (HPCI)
low pressure core injection system (LPCI)
core spray system (CS)
high pressure core spray system
low pressure core spray system
auxiliary core cooling system
() Chin Shan nuclear power plant
homogenized solid waste ??
cordierite
Metal Mining Agency of Japan
National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM)
metallic fuel element
metal fatigue
high-frequency metal fatigue
metallic plutonium, inorganic plutonium compounds
air dose rate
air compressor
air cleanup unit
air ejector
(?? normal atmosphere??)
nitrogen atmosphere
heating & ventilating board
()high-probability area (of earthquake)
()
rod cluster control assembly
crud
ground condenser ()
krypton (Kr), Kr-85
creep fracture, creep rupture
renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS)
green salt, solid U238 ()
() gray (Gy)
()grating
() Kurop Island, South Korea
()chromium (Cr)
() coulomb (C), C/kg
()military utilization, non-commercial utilization (of nuclear material)
()weapon-significant, weapon-capable
partitioning
warning level
proposed, planned
instrument range
oral dose, oral intake
fluorescence
fluorescent radiation
()Economic Planning Agency
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
economic waters ( (EEZ) )
viability, cost performance, economics
poor economics, poor economy, economic burden, cost-inconpetitiveness, waste of money
expensive, uneconomical, wasteful, costly
Tank-type Critical Assembly (TCA)
light water reactor (LWR)
coefficient, factor
partition factor
moderator temperature coefficent
power factor, power output coefficient
power reactivity coefficient
power peaking coefficient
positive void coefficient
hydraulic conductivity, permeability coefficient
doppler coefficient
reactivity coefficient
negative void coefficient
counting
region
counting loss
scaling circuit
counter
counter range
counter range
counting yield
scaler
counter range
()fluorite
instrumentation
instrumented test assembly
instrumented fuel assembly
instrument engineering diagram
instrument air system
()the Federation of Economic Association, or "Keidanren"
system design specification
grid connection, (going) on-grid (); system interconnection
aging
alarm
water treatment plant
()sewage sludge
()design flaw
rush platoon, kamikaze troope
crystallization temperature
sucrystalline rock
sucrystalline host rock
chemical shim
germanium semi-conductor detector
depressurization, depressuring
automatic depressurization system (ADS)
flashing
threshold dose, critical dose
(1) PWRdeparture from nucleate boiling ratio (DNBR); (2) BWR critical heat flux ratio (CHFR)
research and development (R & D)
research reactor
prototype reactor
()JAERI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)
health injury
atom
atomic energy, nuclear energy
valence
nucleus
nucleonics
nuclear engineering
atom nuclear transformation
atom nuclear fusion
atomic cell
Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.
atomic bomb, A-bomb
atomic number
detector
minimum detectable activity
detector
atomic volume
identity data
atomic weight
atomic energy, nuclear power
Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC)
the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (the Atomic Energy Control Board 2000
the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
meteorological guide for reactor safety evaluation
() Nuclear Safety Technology Center
Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES) 2003
() Nuclear Safety Research Association (NSRA)
()Dept of Nuclear Safety, STA
Nuclear Power Training Center
Annual Report of the Nuclear Safety Commission
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) (of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Atomic Energy Commission of Japan (AEC)
AEC's working group on radwaste treatment
()Long-Term Program for Development and Utilization of Nuclear Energy
()Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ)
nuclear gasification process
Radioactive Waste Management Center
()the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
the Atomic Energy Fundamental Law (1955) = the Atomic Energy Basic Law
nuclear engineering
nucleonics
() Nuclear Power Engineering Test Center (NUPEC)
()Nuclear Engineering
() Japan Atomic Energy Welfare Association
indemnification against atomic energy risks
atomic-powered icebreaker
nuclear industry
()Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF)
Atomic Industry Newspaper (a JAIF weekly)
Association Technique pour la Production et l'utilisation de l'Energie Nucleair/ATEN
nuclear facility, atomic energy plant
Citizen's Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)
Nuclear Energy Liability Insurance Association/NELIA
atomic-powered ship, nuclear ship
atomic-powered submarine
the Law on Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Nuclear Energy Data Center
atomic battery
Atomic Energy Day
Anti-Nuke Day
Nuclear White Book (Annual Report prepared by the Science and Technology Agency)
nuclear power, nuclear power generation
Nuclear Power Safety Information Research Center
() Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (NUPEC)
nuclear power plant, nuclear power station ()
General Designe Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants
International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (ICPUAE)
three principles on peaceful uses of atomic energy (article 2 of the Atomic Energy Fundamental Law 1955)
( ) Japan Atomic Energy Relations Organization (JAERO)
() Japan Atomic Energy Insurance Pool (JAEIP)
reactor, nuclear reactor, power reactor ()
research reactor
experimental reactor
prototype reactor
demonstration reactor
()commercial reactor
() reactor pressure vessel
reactor pressure control system
Nuclear Safety Research Reactor (NSRR)
reactor neutron monitoring system
core isolation, reactor core isolation
reactor core isolation cooling system
reactor cavity
()reactor-grade uranium
reactor feedwater pump (RFP)
reactor-grade plutonium
recirculation system, primary loop of recirculator
reactor shield wall
at reactor storage
reactor manual control system
chief technician of reactor
reactor period
period meter
period range
reactor water level control system
reactor control system
reactor building (R/B); secondary containment
reactor trip system, emergency shutdown system ()
remote shutdown sytem
the Law for the Regulations of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors Nuclear Reactor Regulation Law)
reactor trip braker
reactor trip signal
decommissioning
sea water system, RCW service water system
component cooling water
component cooling water heat exchanger
reactor building closed cooling water system
reactor makeup control system
auxiliary building
auxiliary building
reactor vessel
reactor site criteria
Guidelines in Reactor Site Evaluation
reactor coolant system
engineered safeguard system control benchboard
reactor coolant ( )
reactor coolant pressure boundary
reactor water clean-up system
atomistics
()decay, attenuation
decay time
period of decay
decrement
under construction
element
() radionuclide
moderation, slowing down
moderator
moderator temperature coefficent
slowing-down power
slowing-down density
slowing-down area
moderator-coolant
depletion
()* depleted uranium* (denatured uranium)
depleted fuel
depleted material
Detection Probability/DP
Detection Time/DT
electroscope
thinning, pipe wall thinning
verification
...
Japan Nuclear Fuel, Limited (JNFL)
() Japan Nuclear Fuel Service Company Limited (JNFS)
() Japan Nuclear Fuel Industries, Inc. (JNFI)
local control panel/LCP
() A-bomb, fission bomb
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC)
() nuclear power plant, nuclear power station, atomic power station; ( NPP NPS APS )
XX1XX-1, XX Unit 1, the Unit 1 plant of the XX nuclear power station, Unit 1 reactor of XX
nuclear nomads
()
nuclear plant workers
exposed workers, radiation-exposed workers, workers exposed to radiation
basalt
volume reduction
high pressure turbine
()high pressure core injection system ()
safety injection pump, high pressure injection pump
high pressure condensate pump
high pressure core spray system ()
high-temperature gas-cooled reactor
hot functional test
HTTR (high-temperature engineering test reactor, in Oh'arai, operated by JAERI) *graphite-moderated and 950C-helium-cooled
hot shower drain system
hot-spot
pyrometallurgy
engineered safety features, engineered safety features system
engineered safety features actuation system
engineered safety features actuation signal
engineered barrier
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
public enterprise, public work, public utility
tailings (); mining residue ()
high-frequency metal fatigue
()active lattice
public casualties
thyroid gland, thyroid
thyroid cancer, thyroid gland cancer
thyroid abnormalities
thyroid dysfunction
thyroid disease(s)
thyroid tumor
thyroid dose
thyroid hypertrophy, enlargement of the thyroid
The Election Law (= the law regarding election for public office)
violation of the Election Law
election irregularities
renewable energy
#
the Ministry of Health and Welfare
high performance fuel
high efficiency particulate air filter
geological fault (line)
design flaw
fast breeder reactor (FBR), fast breeder
loop-type FBR (= Monju-type)
pool-type FBR (= Superphoenix-type)
### #
fast neutron
fast multiplication factor
fast neutron reactor
Fast Critical Assembly (FCA)
fast reactor, fast neutron reactor
() FBR Engineering Co., Ltd.
public hearing
high conversion light water reactor
high burn-up
highly enriched uranium (HEU), weapon-grade uranium
as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)
high-level liquid waste
high-level liquid waste storage tank
high-level radioactive waste, HLW (= high-level waste)
high-level radioactive waste repository, interim high-level nuclear waste storage facility
Council for promotion of HLW treatment ( = STA, MITI, FEPCO, PNC)
Chemical Processing Facility (CPF)
() Kuonsheng nuclear power plant
solidification
bitumen solidification
vitrification, glassification
synroc solidification
ceramic solidification
vitrified radwaste, vitrified HLW ()
black liquor
graphite, black lead
()
graphite moderated
graphite-moderated gas-cooled reactor
graphite-moderated sodium-cooled reactor
graphite-moderated helium-cooled reactor ( )
RBMK, large power channel-type reactor (= light water graphite reactor, LWGR)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
accusation, allegation (), prosecution ()
national genetic dose
()KMT Government
National Institute of Genetics
The Institute of Public Health
() cogeneration, CHP (combined heat and power)
failure, malfunction, trouble, fault
single failure
multifailure
solid waste, solid radwaste
(, adj.) stuck
(be) stuck open
(be) stuck closed
osteoma (pl. osteomata)
marrow, bone marrow, the medulla (pl. medullae)
bone marrow transplantation, transfusion of bone marrow
stem cell transfusion
blood-forming stem cell transfusio
transfusion of umbilical cord blood
myeloma
multiple myeloma
bone marrow dose
myeloid leukemia
Bone Marrow Donor Registry
bone tissue
osteosarcoma, bone sarcoma
cobalt (Co)
coffinite (USiO4)
fine (powdery) dust
fine radioactive dust
refuse-derived fuel (RDF)
COMMOX (MOX), subsidiary of Cogema and Belgonucleaire
()inherent safety, inherent reactor safety ( engineered safety)
inherently safe reactor, a "walk-away" reactor
inherently-safe, high temperature gas coolaed reactor (with helium coolant, graphite moderator and silicon-carbide-coated uranium oxide particles as fuel)
Calder Hall type power reactor
cold leg
concrete shield
concrete waste
mixed oxide (MOX) fuel
mixed reprocessing ??##
co-firing
mixed reactor core ??##
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core differential pressure tap
()SG tube, heat-transfer tube, heat-conducting tube
damage to SG tubes
reflood
()Japan Nuclear Fuel Cycle Development Institute (JNC)
recombiner
()laboratory enactment, simulation experiment
permanent disposal
permanent disposal program
recirculation
primary loop of recirculator
recirculation pump (for the reactor core coolant), primary loop recirculation pump
() internal recirculation pump (of ABWR)
recirculation flow control system
bottom demand
refill
final barrier
minimum critical power ratio
reprocessing, fuel reprocessing
commercial reprocessing
plutonium separation for weapons
reprocessing contract
(= )*reprocessing product uranium, depleted uranium, recovered uranium * (denatured uranium)
reprocessing plant
unit reprocessing cost (= cost per ton HM)
()(annual) reprocessing capacity ( tHM)
offshore reprocessing
reprocessing contract
renewable energy
regenerative heat exchanger
chemical drain sub-system
transfusion of umbilical cord blood
stem cell transfusion/transplantation
maximum linear heat generation rate
() ( = Vmax)
peak demand
reconversion (UF6 UO2)
side-stream condensate system
site characterization
reheating cycle
reheat stop valve
reheat system
under clad cracking (UCC)
Japan Material Test Reactor (JMTR)
criticality resumption, recriticality
recriticality accident
garnet
()inspection, IAEA inspection
routine inspection
special inspection, extraordinary inspection
unannounced inspection
Saskatchewan
miscellaneous solid waste
surveillance test
rust, rusting, oxidation
gather rust
clean the rust
iron rust
a preventative against rust
subcool film boiling
survey meter
"thermal sleeve"?? (?)
sheath
()(thermo-)sensor casing
the House of Councilors, the Senate
three crystal method
three crystal scintillation
Trilateral Safeguards Agreement
uranium trioxide
()steam/water system (of FBR)
the Sunshine Program
()tritium (T)
()triton
acid rain
boron trifluoride (BF3)
sampling system
analysis of sample
sample cooling system
residual stress
after-power
residual heat removal system
after-heat
trial, trial operation, test-operation, trial run ()
being tested, being given a trial run, undergoing a trial run
JCO, Inc. (a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metalic Mining Company) = Japan Conversion
ultraviolet (UV) rays
Chicago Pile (CP)
availability factor
()threshold
linear-nonthreshold dose-responses (LNT)
threshold dose, critical dose
Shikishima = lightly armed coast guard cutter of the Maritime Safety Agency which escorts the plutonium freighter Akatsuki-Maru
axle
shaft
pivot
bearings
trial mining; () mining exploration
()
Japanese Nuclear Data Committee (JNDC)
Agency of National Resources and Energy (ANRE)
accident, nuclear accident
() severe accident
hypothetical accident
transient overpower accident
maximum credible accident (MCA)
recriticality accident
major accident
control rod ewjection accident
control rod withdrawal accident
design basis accident (DBA)
postulated accident
credible accident
incredible accident
multifailure accident
the Chernobyl disaster
(?? fuel rod damage accident??)
reactivity accident, RIA (= reactivity insertion accident, reactivity-initiated accident)
2the accident at Mihama Unit 2 (1991), the Mihama-2 accident
siting evaluation accident
nuclear criticality accident, criticality accident
loss of coolant accident (LOCA)
loss of pressure accident
loss of flow accident
severe core damage accident
core destructive accident
ex post facto approval
(Nuclear) Accident Investigation Committee
self-regulating characteristics, inherent negative feedback characteristics
Incident Reporting System (IRS)
() the Shikoku Electric Power Company, Inc. (SEPCO)
trial manufacture, trial product
produce experimentally
a trial product
a stillbirth; (a baby was) born dead (= stillborn)
grid
incident
casualties
(an) earthquake, quake
design earthquake
() (an earthquake directly above its epicenter, an earthquake with a vertical shock)
horizontal
vertical
S1maximum probable earthquake, S1-level quake
S2theoretically maximum earthquake, S2-level quake
the center (of an earthquake), the epicenter ( = ), hypocenter ()
()seismic area, seismic region
()high-probability area
earthquake wave
sheath
a new generation (model of) reactor, future model of nuclear reactor
... ...
renewable energy
spontaneous combustion
background radiation
naturally ocurring radioactivity
natural cooling (vs. forced cooling)
subcontract workers
effective dose equivalent
aqueous reprocessing method
()wet storage, wet disposal
demonstration plant, demonstration reactor
devirtification
shipping test
()moisture separator & reheater
moisture separator
commercial plant
mass number
automatic depressurization system (ADS)
automatic voltage regulator
(1) [] radioactive waste (radwaste), irradiated fuel
(2) [] radioactive fallout
spontaneous fission (SF)
the ground
firm ground
soft ground
bedrock
()severe accident ()
() sievert (Sv)
mSv
Sv, uSv
mortality
infant mortality
newborn baby mortality, mortality of newborn babies
() ()a striped pattern, a banding
People's Research Institute on Energy and Environment (PRIEE)
() LDP (Liberal Democratic Party)
ophicalcite
() Social and Economic Congress of Japan (SECJ)
() SDP (Social Democratic Party)
Jabiluka Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia
shield, radiation shield
external shield
###
shielding
() entombment
() the United Social Democrats (USD)
()serpentine
??? poly-uranic acid ammonium ???
the House of Representatives
heavy metal poisoning
deuterium (D)
D2O Critical Assembly (DCA)
heavy water reactor (HWR), deuterium reactor
heavy-water moderated light-water cooled reactor ()
heavy-water cooled reactor (CANDU )
major accident
collective dose
charger
charging pump
monitoring area
off site radiation monitor
referendum
hold an N-plant referendum
main feedwater pump
()
main steam safety valve
main steam isolation valves (MSIV)
main steam pipe rupture accident
main steam system
automatic depressurization system
automatic depressurization system valve
main steam stop valve
main steam relief valve
steam flow restrictor
intake and discharge structure
order(s)
receive an order
breeding
power, power output
combined output
thermal output
low output
30%be in operation at 30% output
()special power excursion, runaway
power transient
power ramp
output meter
reactivity power coefficient
power fall
power excursion, power increase; [] power ramp
full power
load following ()
load following test
power decline
power reactivity coefficient
power ratio
minimum critical power ratio
power peaking coefficient
power density
maximum linear power density
power range
average power range
power range monitoring system
local power range monitoring system
power-cooling mismatch (PCM)
power level
passive safety system () cf.
active safety system ()
main control benchboard
()life, life span
mean life
()plant life, service life, operating life; durability () ()
period of decay
()plant life extension (PLEX)
plant life management (PLIM) ()
()shortening in the life span
tumor
benign tumor
malignant tumor ( cancer sarcoma )
thyroid tumor
brain tumor
()shroud
core shroud
demineralizer
() grade
specifications, design
energy saving
fire protection system, fire protection facilities
governing valve
MSIV ()
steam dryer
steam condensing mode
steam turbine
steam generator (SG)
steam generator replacement (SGR)
SG level control system
small-scale hydro power
incinerator
()plutonium burner, plutonium incinerator
() commercial plant
sintering
heat sintering
warpage
a sintered crack
small break accident ()
nitric acid
dilute nitric acid
strong nitric acid
plutonium nitrate solution
irradiation
external irradiation
internal irradiation
post-irradiation examination
irradiated food
exposure, exposure dose, irradiated dose
radiation field
annealing
annealing equipment
spent fuel, irradiated fuel
dry-type storage (of spent fuel), storage of spent fuel in dry casks
wet-type storage (of spent fuel), storage of spent fuel in water pools
spent fuel pit
spent fuel pit heat exchanger
spent fuel cask, shipping flasks for irradiated fuel
childhood cancer
childhood leukemia
(??concentration by evaporation??)
upper grid
freedom of information, information disclosure
()closure of information, classified information, secretism
annihilation disposal, transmutation
normal bus ()
occupational cancer
()radiation workers/???
cf. members of the public
food irradiation
food chain
dust extractor
decontamination, "clean up"
shot p......
short ton
plant auxiliary power supply system
auxiliary transformer
cooling, removal of heat
Shoreham NPS (New York, USA)
()disposal (of radioactive waste)
permanent disposal
shallow disposal
formation disposal
direct disposal (without reprocessing)
()interim storage
capacity
annual capacity
Szilard
Szilard-Chalmers' reaction
silicon-carbide-coated uranium oxide ()
zircaloy
zircaloy-steam reaction
zirconia
zirconium (Zr)
zirconium alloy
zircon (ZrSiO4)
zircex process
zirflex process
a human error, human misoperation
New Energy Development Organization (NEDO)
advanced thermal reactor (ATR)
advanced power reactor
() Japan Society of New Metals
(e.g. )degree of vacuum/??
vacuum relief equipment
vacuum breaker
()hypocenter (), the epicenter (), the center (of an earthquake)
cloud seeding operation
engineered barrier
artificial radioactivity
forced cooling (vs natural cooling)
Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (Zhejiang Province, China; PWR, 300MW)
()water leeching rate
the New Frontier Party
toughness
notch toughness
fracture toughness
mortality of newborn babies, newborn baby mortality (cf. infant mortality)
the Japan Renewal Party
(= )defense in depth
sinterwrought
progress
scintillation
scintillation counter
scintillator
vibration, oscillation, swing
()shock, quake, [] concussion
(an) earthquake wave
design earthquake
duration of the shock
penetrant test (PT), dye penetrant test
depth dose ()
thimble
synthetic rock, Synroc (a synthetic rock made from a mixture of titanate minerals, developed by Australian scientitsts and engineers)
Synroc solidification (of HLW)
hydraulic control unit (HCU)
water level
presuurizer level control system
reactor water level control system
SG level control system
ground water level
water treatment plant
steam explosion
()pro-nukes
hydrogen (H)
deuterium (D)
()tritium (T)
hydrogen recombiner gas dacay tank
hydrogen recombiner
hydrogen waste gas processing system
hydrogen bomb, H-bomb
hydrogen explosion
hydrogen separator
longitudinally
latitudinally
()H-bomb, fusion bomb
thermonuclear test, H-bomb test
flow
turbulence, flow impingement
flow impingement
hydraulic power, waterpower generation
small-scale hydro power
waterpower plant, hydro power plant
skyshine
skimmer surge tank
(spent fuel pit) skimmer pump
()scram, reactor trip ()
scram reactivity curve
anticipated transient without scram (ATWS)
scram valve
()debasing of standard, categorization, "fringe cutting"; to set or apply a less demanding standard (for treating radwaste)
steroid medication
strontium (Sr)
Superphoenix (Spx)
()spray fire, spraying sodium fire
(1) (); (2)
spectrum hardening
Sumitomo Metalic Mining Co./##
Sumitomo Atomic Energy Commission
() The Sumitomo Atomic Energy Industries, Inc. (SAEI)
sludge
smear method
sleeve repair (i.e. applying a tubular piece of metal fitting over a rod or a tube; to insert reparation sleeves into an SG tube)
shift
embrittlement
control room
control panel, consol, control consol, control desk
control rod
() inadvertent withdrawal of control rod (at startup)
rod cluster control assembly
control bank
shutdown bank
Dcontrol rod bank D
control rod guide tube
control rod position indication system
control rod ejection accident
control rod worth
control rod drive mechanism (CRDM)
CRD hydraulic control system
control rod control system
CRDM housing/??
rod block monitor
control rod withdrawal accident
withdrawal rate
/ () fabrication
() Institute of Policy Sciences (IPS)
genital organ
brittleness
brittle fracture
null ductility transition temperature, nil-ductility transition temperature (NDT, NDTT)
biological concentration
positive void coefficient
negative void coefficient
positive feedback
negative feedback
product uranium (= enriched uranium)
biological half-life
() refinement
()milling, refinement
on-site milling
off-site milling
() stationary blade
()sacrophagus
coal gassification combined cycle
coal fired power generation
coal fired power station
petroleum dependence proportion
petrochemical products
ton oil equivalent (toe)
ktoe
Mtoe
the oil crisis
Pet-coke ()
petroleum resources
cesium (= caesium) (Cs)
plugging
a plugged SG tube
design basis accident (DBA)
()design flaw
design earthquake
bad electrical contact
investment costs
load factor
cemented waste (of low or intermediate level radioactivity)
(BNFL)Sellafield (= Windscale)
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP)
MOX Demonstration Facility, Sellafield (MDF)
()Sellafield MOX plant (SMP) --- 1998?
ceramic solidification
cell ventilation system
zero-power reactor
zero release plant
()
transition temperature
nil-ductile transition temperature
theater nuclear weapons
() uraninite ( = )
pivot
?? reflux mode, ?? back-flow mode (UF6 )
radiation source
tactical nuclear weapons
linear power density
laundry and hot water processing system
laundry and hot water tank
chromosome aberration
laundry drain sub-system
() chopping
shear modulus
(= )chop and leach
shallow disposal (of radioactive waste)
latent period
strategic nuclear weapons
dose
genetically significant dose
permissible dose
warning level
absorbed dose
() threshold dose, critical dose
national genetic dose
50%50% lethal dose, LD50)
collective dose
exposure dose, irradiated dose
depth dose
lethal dose
exposure dose
allowable dose
dosimeter
personal dosimeter
thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD)
dose limit
dosimetry
dose equivalent
effective dose equivalent
dose-equivalent limit
dose commitment
dosage rate, dose rate
spacial dose rate
dose rate meter
operation
start operation
operation cost
blood-forming stem cell transfusio
Advisory Committee for Energy
National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
combined output
breeding
()breeding ratio
breeder, breeder reactor
()relative model
postulated accident
credible accident
incredible accident
power transmission, power supply
transmit electricity, supply power
cf. supply power
power transmision line, power lines; () power grids
(?? transmission braker ??)
() cut of power supply; the power supply is cut off
transmission board
(=?)total dose
measurement point
key measurement point
prompt neutron
prompt criticality
go prompt critical
source term
(chemical/nuclear-chemical) composition
isotope composition
plutonium isotope composition
etc.
solar powered car
damage (), breakage (), rupture ()
damaged SG tubes
wear, damage, exhaustion
(, )Daya Bay NPP (Guandong Province, China; two 900MW PWRs)
()The First Atomic Power Industry Group (FAPIG)
(= )external irradiation
(= )external exposure
nuclear test in the atmosphere
airborne
()
seismic design ( ())
quakeproofing/??, earthquake-resistance
earthquake-resistent, quakeproof
seismic assessment
waterproofing, water-resistance
waterproof
( )aquifer
()heap cheaching, in-situ leaching (ISL), in situ leach mining (= solution mining), () acid-leaching method
sedimentary rock
sedimentary formations
volume control tank
chemical and volume control system
(= )internal irradiation
(= )internal exposure
tie plate
()diaphragm valve
a large ( excessive) dose of radiation; heavy ( massive) exposure (to radiation)
downcomer
large break accident ()
metabolism
thermal test
photovoltaic power generation (PV), solar power
solar cell, photovoltaic cell (PV)
solar thermal power generation
the life, service life, durability, the period of durability
multifailure accident
multiplicity
defense in depth (= )
rise
rise time
demineralizer
(= )filter demineralizer
deaerator
denuclearization
multiple myeloma
turbine building
()turbine driven reactor feedwater pump (TDRFP), turbine driven feed water pump
turbine driven auxiliary feed water pump
turbine gland steam system
vibration serveillance system
turbine steam control valve
turbine bypass system
turbine bypass control system
turbine bypass valve
turbine turning??
turbine building closed cooling water system
heating auxiliary steam system/auxiliary steam system
turbine missile
protecction for turbine missile
() Daya Bay NPP (Guandong Province, China; two 900MW PWRs)
(, PHWR 2)Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), near Nombay, India
thallium (Tl)
single failure
single failure criteria
waste gas decay tank
skimmer surge tank
hydrogen recombiner gas dacay tank
laundry and hot water tank
spray additive tank
recycle holdup tank
() exploration, prospecting
(tonnage of) CO2 exhaust, CO2 discharge
carbon (C)
fault, geological fault
active fault
seismic activity of fault
carbon steel
single-phase carbon steel
two-phase carbon steel
carbon tax, CO2 tax
insulation, thermal insulation
district heating and cooling (DHC)
Chernobyl
4 Chernobyl Unit 4, Unit 4 reactor of Chernobyl
Cerenkov
underground nuclear test, underground nuclear explosion
ground water; *underground water
ground water level
()aquifer
global warming, greenhouse effect
(= )the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(COP3)The 3rd Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC, Kyoto 1997
"earth-friendly"
accumulator system
accumulator
thorium nitride (ThN)
thermal storage
lethal dose
50%LD50
()
geological disposal
nitrogen waste gas processing system
nitrogen atmosphere
geothermal power generation, geothermal energy
() late radiation injury, latent health injury
delayed neutron
fatal cancer
channel-type reactor (RBMK)
channel box
the Central Electric Power Council
main control room
remote shutdown sytem
main control board
(= ) interim storage (of radwaste), temporary storage
intermediate range
intermediate range monitor
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
() the Chugoku Electric Power Company, Inc.
neutron
prompt neutron
thermal neutron
fast neutron
delayed neutron
neutron absorption
()neutron absorber
neutron source
source range, neutron source range
source range monitoring system
neutron detector
neutron shielding
Keff+3
neutron flux
high neutron flux
(neutron) flux measurement
()
flux-time
neutron velocity
flux distribution
neutron leakage
neutron bomb
neutron emitter
neutron active
neutron capture
neutron density
ILW/LLW
inlet nozzle
() the Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc.
intermediate level radioactive waste (ILW)
TRU, Trans-Uranium (= transuranic) radionuclides, transuranic elements
ultrasonic test (UT)
(longer-term) fatality
()Long-Term Program for Development and Utilization of Nuclear Energy
(?? set-up operation, tune-up operation ??)
regulating valve??
tidal power, current power
()direct disposal (of irradiated fuel), no reprocessing
linear-nonthreshold dose-responses (LNT)
direct current power supply system
stockpiling, storage
Storage Engineering Test Center
storage pit, waste pit
sedimentation, precipitation
precipitation tank
aerated zone
normal operating condition
() the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
packing
low pressure feedwater heater
low-pressure turbin
low pressure core injection system, low pressure coolant injection system ()
low pressure condensate pump ()
low pressure core spray ()
rated output
() periodic inspection, routine inspection, planned outage
low-alloy steel (LAS), high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLAS), e.g. chromium-molybdenum alloy steel
shutdown margin
diesel-generator sea water system
diesel-generator lubeoil system
diesel-generator cooling water system
diesel-generator fuel oil system
diesel-generator air exhaust system
low-dose radiation, low radiation dose, a small dose
low radiation dose, small-dose exposure to radiation
peat
reactor-grade uranium, slightly enriched uranium
concentrated low-level liquid waste
low-level radioactive waste, cool waste, low activity waste (LAW)
low-level radioactive waste storage facility
()Rokkasho LLW Repository, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Burial Center in Rokkasho-mura
outlet valve
technetium (Tc)
the MOX fuel fabrication plant in Dessel, Belgium
slipshod work, "cut corners", ommission of work, not enough work
debris
()tailing
()metastasis ( metastasize)
() conversion
() conversion, breeding ()
() conversion ratio
converter, converter reactor
an electrical fault
Electric Utility Industry Council
the Electric Utility Industry Law
()the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPCO, FEPC)
electricity rate, electric utility rate
() carry/shift (the cost) onto electricity rate, top up the electricity bill
()Electric Power Development Co. Ltd (EPDC)
Electric Power Development Tax ()
Electric Power Development Coordination Council (EPDCC) now renamed of the (###)the electric power development legislation package, the three laws for power development
the Electric Power Development Taxation Law
the Special Budget Law for the Development of Electric Power
()the Law for the Adjustment of Areas Adjacent to Power Generating Facilities
(), ?? special subsidies for power development, subsidies for power plant siting
cf. fixed property tax payable on nuclear power plant
cf. nucear fuel tax
cf. nuclear fuel material handling tax
loss of power
ACloss of AC power
electromagnetic wave
electromagnetic field
(PCCV)tendon
()hoop tendon
U ()
tendon gallery
heat transfer characteristics
natural gas
natural reactor
natural barrier
ionization, ionizing effect
ionizing radiation
non-ionizing radiation
power, electric power
utility, (electric) utilities
power supply
the electric industries
official forecast (prognosis) of power demand and supply
electric energy demand, electricity demand, power demand
() () the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industriy (CRIEPI),
()Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
(= ) isotope
isotope composition
Tokai(-mura) Nuclear Complex
Tokai Vitrification Facility (TVF)
() the PNC Tokai Reprocessing Plant
(of PNC, Tokai)
Recycle Equipment Test Facility (RETF)
()curie-equivalent substitution
()the Tokyo Atomic Industrial Consortium (TAIC)
() the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO)
()moratorium, a freeze, suspension, temporary ban; the project is shelved, the program is put on hold
put on hold, suspend, shelve, mothball
() Toshiba Corporation
hydraulic conductivity, permeability coefficient
()toxicity-equivalent substitution
() the Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc.
()blade, turbin blade
Japan Power Demonstration Reactor (JPDR)
(= ) power reactor
(1964-66)
() Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC)
60 (60)JAERI Tokamak-60 (JT-60)
special fissionable material
toxicity
()toxicity-equivalent substitution
radio-toxicity
special nuclear material (SNM)
The Law on permanent disposal of special radioactive waste (2000)
() Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law
coating, painting
repainting
the paint peels off
mutation
tonalite
Doppler effect
doppler coefficient
Tlatelolco Treaty
trouble-ridden
a drum
200a 200-liter drum
drumming facility
Tomsk-7 nuclear complex (Siberia, Russia)
drywell
solid state reactor manual control system
thorianite
thorium (Th)
thorium metal
thorium series
reload core
birdcaging, lattice expansion
() tritium (T)
tritiated water, HTO
tritium ratio
()reactor trip ( )
trinitrotoluene (TNT)
tracer scale
thorex process
Trojan NPP (Oregon, USA)
a ton, tonnage
a short ton (= 907kg) --- used in USA
a long ton (=1016kg) --- used in UK
a metric ton (= 1000kg) --- used in France, Japan
tU
tSWU ()
tHM ()
Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR)
Dounreay reprocessing plant
Dounreay Materials Testing Reactor (DMTR)
inside diameter (i.d.)
outside diameter (i.d.)
whistleblowing, inside report, insider's report/allegation; provided by an informer
internal exposure, (internal) uptake (of radioactive materials)
internal exposure
inner cooled system
()implosion design, implosion type
()rapeseed oil; cf. RME (rape methyl esther)
natural analogues
sodium (Na)
radioactive sodium (N-22, N-24)
sodium fire
sodium purification loop
sodium-cooled reactor
sodium water reaction test
lead (Pb)
pre-conditioning interim operation
softening temperature
sarcoma ()
osteosarcoma, bone sarcoma
uranium dioxide (UO2) (powder)
(CO2) tonnage of CO2 exhaust
carbon sink
carbon-neutral
plutonium dioxide (PuO2) (powder)
secondary coolant system
secondary sodium circuit
secondary coolant, secondary cooling water
two-phase flow
() the Japan-Australia Uranium Resources Development Co., Ltd (JAURD)
()Japan Federation of Bar Associations
barrels per day (bpd)
JGC Corp.
Sino-Japan Atomic Power Cooperation Agreement (1985)
() Japan Radioisotope Association
() The Japan Institute of Energy (JIE)
() the Institute of Energy Economics (IEE)
the Japan Development Bank (JDB)
Science Council of Japan (JSC)
() Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co., Ltd. (JNFC)
() Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ)
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)
() ()Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF)
() International Nuclear Cooperation Center (JAIF-INCC)
() []Nippon Atomic Industry Group Co., Ltd. (NAIG)
() () Japan Atomic Power Company, Ltd. (JAPCO, JAPC)
() Japan Atomic Energy Relations Organization (JAERO)
Japan Nuclear Security System (JNSS)
Japan Atomic Energy Insurance Pool (JAEIP)
()
() Japan Nuclear Fuel, Limited (JNFL)
() Japan Nuclear Fuel Service Company Limited (JNFS), now mergered with JNFI to form JNFL
() Japan Nuclear Fuel Industries, Inc. (JNFI), now mergered with JNFS to form JNFL
() the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ)
() Japan Industrial Technology Association (JITA)
() Consumer Union of Japan
the New Japan Party
() the Japan Electric Association (JEA)
Japan Electric Association Guide (JEAG)
Japan Electric Power Survey Committee
() Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd. (JNF)
() Japan Chemical Analysis Center
() Japan Industrial Location Center, Inc.
a bid (), a tender (); put in a tender for
a private tender
a public tender
a closed tender
the price tendered; contract price
()a tenderer, a bidder; () a successful tenderer/bidder
NEWJEC (a subsidiary of KEPCO and Mitsubishi)
approval, licence ( permission); the governor approved the plan for building ....
()authorization; / get authorization from the ministry, etc.
unauthorized
human chain
person-rem ( man-rem )
thermal stress
thermoluminescence badge (TLB)
thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD)
heat exchanger
thermal efficiency
() 40%give a 40% thermal efficiency
thermal test
thermal shock
thermal neutron
cogeneration, CHP (combined heat and power)
heat conductivity
thermal expansion
neptunium (Np)
annual throughput
burn-up ( MWd/t)
annual limit of intake (ALI), annual dose, annual dose limit
fuel enthalpy
()fuel fabrication
lower tie plate
acceptable fuel damage limits
fuel inspection
refueling, fuel rods exchange
refueling machine
refueling water system
refueling water storage tank
fuel support
(= ) fuel assembly
fuel assembly hull
intergrid50latticelattice
circulating reactor
fuel loading, fuel charge
fuel loading pattern
fuel cell
fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV)
fuel handling machine
(= )fuel handling system
fuel handling building
fuel handling & storage system
unloading machine
fuel sodium interaction
fuel failure
burst slug detector
fuel energy deposition
()fuel clad, fuel cladding, sheath, can
peak clad temperature
chopped fuel clad
fuel storage pool
fuel pool cooling system
fuel pool cooling and filtering system
fuel rod(s)
burst slug ()
doppler coefficient
fuel oil system
energy forestry
fuel element
(1) ()enrichment
(2) ()concentration, concentrations
()enriched uranium
concentrator
concentrated waste (CW), concentrated liquid waste
concentrated liquid waste storage tank
brain tumor
()concentration
a rise in radioactivity concentration
a rise in (radioactive) iodine concentration
100(radioactive) concentrations up to 100 times background
active safety system () cf.
passive safety system ()
relief valve
pressurized relief valve
main steam relief valve
safety relief valve
()nozzle separation process
()dodecanoic acid, n-dodecan
() Maanshan nuclear power plant
waste evaporator package, waste evaporation equipment
waste holdup tank
biogas
biofuel
biomass
piping, pipework, pipe systems
pipe systems, piping structure
piping replacement
piping trouble
degradation of pipes
degraded piping
exhaust system
radioactive waste treatment ()
radioactive waste treatment building
abondoned mine site
emission reduction
international emission trading
solvent waste
decommissioning
lung cancer
doubling dose
an edema of the lungs
water treatment plant
bystander effect(s)
exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 200-mile (320km) Exclusive Economic Waters
bad geometry
power supply, electric supply
power lines, power grids, power transmission system,
(= )waste uranium (U238), denatured uranium; depleted uranium () ()
Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell (AERE)
fracture toughness
withdrawn, cancelled, abandoned, given up
() (= ) Byelorussia, Belarus
()implosion design, implosion type
gun-type design
explosion, blast
atomic blast, nuclear explosion
steam explosion
hydrogen explosion
()
residues from wood mills
() Pacific Crane
break, breakage
The break is located in
failed fuel; burst slug
failed fuel detection and location
failed fuel location
failed fuel detection; failed fuel detector
burst slug detector/burst cartridge detector/BSD
break, rupture
creep fracture, creep rupture
guillotine break
main stream pipe rupture accident
small break accident
large break accident
leak before break (LBB)
(= )triuranium octoxide (U3O8), uranouranic oxide; yellow cake
()carcinogenesis, cancer formation, oncogenesis
cancer is caused (=induced, initiated)
cause (= induce, produce, initiate) cancer
cancer production, cancer induction
carcinogenicity
cancer-initiating (= -producing, -inducing, -causing), carcinogenic
cancer rate, cancer inducing probability
carcinogen, cancer initiator, carcinogenic agent, cancer-inducing substance
cancer promoter
platinum metals, the platinum group
back-end (= downstream)
background radiation
leukopenia
leukemia
childhood leukemia
chronic leukemia
acute leukemia
myeloid leukemia
generator
power generation
() Japan Power Engineering and Inspection Corporation (JAPEIC)
()
power cost, energy cost ()
power station, power plant, electric power generation plant
thermal power plant, condensing plant ()
nuclear power plant ()
hydro power plant
geothermal power plant
windpower plant
unit cost of power generation, cost per kW ()
()Law for the Adjustment of Areas Adjacent to Power Generating Facilities ()
heat generation
exothermic reaction, exothermic chemical reaction ()
exothermic decomposition reaction
()burnable poison
Bubcock-Hitachi
palladium (Pd)
barrier
engineered barrier
natural barrier
barium (Ba)
wave power
pulsed neutron
pulsed neutron technique
pulse ionization chamber/pulse-type ionization chamber
pulse height
pulse reactor, pulsed reactor
pulsed column
Palo Verde NPS (##, USA)
burn out
anti-nuke movements, actions against nuclear weapons/power
half-life
All Japan Anti-nuclear Liaison Association
Anti-Nuclear Newspaper
coefficient of reflection
reflector
non reflector
reflector
reflected
opposition, opposition movement(s)
()anti-nukes
pro-nukes
reactivity, core reactivity
reactivity coefficient ()
power reactivity coefficient
moderator temperature coefficent
doppler coefficient
RIA (= reactivity insertion accident), reactivity accident
reactivity control
() latent injury, late radiation injury, latent health hazard
Hanford (nuclear facilities of the US Dept of Energy)
nuclear-free zone
nuclear-free declaration (by local governments)
()withdrawal rate
()peak shaving
pico-curie (pCi)
non-reheating cycle
ratification
NPTJapan's ratification of NPT (in 1976)
()pitchblende
()emergency shutdown
emergency gear oil pump
stand-by gas treatment system
filtration recirculation and ventilation system
emergency power sofurce system in the plant
emergency diesel generator
emergency power source system, emergency generator
emergency cooling service water system
emergency bus
(ECCS)
undecleared facility
undecleared material
bismuth (Bi)
()track
arsenic (As)
non-breeding
()[] hypertrophy; enlargement
thyroid hypertrophy, enlargement of the thyroid
hypertrophic, enlarged
() Hitach, Ltd.
fine regulating
regulating rod drive
(pitchblende)
()range
non-ionizing radiation
hydroxylguanosine (a type of nucleoside the concentration of which in urine indicates certain DNA damage)
()evacuation zone
evacuation drill
specific heat, specific heat capacity
nondestructive examination
non-destructive test
non-destructive assay
exposure, radiation exposure
medical exposure (to radiation)
external exposure
internal exposure, uptake (of radioactivity)
a large ( excessive) dose of radiation; heavy ( massive) exposure (to radiation)
llow radiation dose, small-dose exposure to radiation
() occupational exposure (to radiation)
XXdosed with XX mSv
radiation victims, hibakusha, the exposed
()victims of an atomic air raid, victims of an atomic test, hibakusha
exposure pathway
dose limit
()the annual dose limit
reduction of radiation exposure
radiation exposure evaluation
(= ) dose, exposure dose
total dose
mean dose
() 3exposed at the 3 times the dose limit
exposed workers, nuclear workers
a crack, cracking
skin carcinoma
clad
fuel clad, sheath, can
chopped fuel clad
pellet clad intereaction (PCI)
under clad cracking
shielded metal arc welding/covered metal arc welding
covered detector
cladding material
unclad
coated fuel particle
coated-particle
coated-particle fuel
()in-situ leaching (ISL), in situ leach mining (= solution mining), heap leaching
ISL wellfield
injection wells, ISL injection wells
leach liquors; () pregnant solution
production wells
specific activity
1000MW-class reactor
purex process
()lesion
cracking caused by metal fatigue
broadening
()gun-type design
() grade
()anaemia (= anemia)
aplastic anemia
pin-sized hole(s)
()
Phantom
()filter vent
film badge
wind power
wind power plant, (wind farm
eutroficaton
fail safe design
fermium (Fm)
()fallout , radioactive fallout
Centre d'Etude Nucleaire de Fonteney-aux-Roses (CENFAR)
load
generator load rejection
() load follow(ing) operation ()
load factor
enrichment, enhancement (; enrichment )
smear
Bukit Merah, Malaysia
combination structure
combined cycle power generation
radiation
condensate
condensate water transfer pump
condensate pipes, condenser pipes
condenser, steam condenser
grand condenser
air off take system
condenser water box priming system
condensate feedwater system
condensate demineralizer system
(= )condensate demineralizer
condensate storage tank (CST), condensate water storage tank
condensate pumps
high pressure condensate pumps (HPCP)
low pressure condensate pumps
feedwater pumps
condensate water transfer pump
condensate booster pump
condensate filter demineralizer
Fugen, the so-called ATR (advanced thermal reactor), or light-water coolant deuterium (heavy water) reactor
() Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
corrosion, erosion/corrosion (
intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC)
corrosion product
()sub-stoichiometric combustion
sterility
fluoride
fluoride volatility
fluorine (F)
physical protection (= )
boiling water reactor (BWR)
()hoop tendon
airborne particles
concrete plastic combination
[]thermal recycle, thermal use of plutonium, MOX burning in thermal reactors
plutonium (Pu)
fissile plutonium (Puf)
plutonium metal, inorganic plutonium compounds
reactor-grade plutonium
plutonium nitrate
plutonium dioxide (PuO2)
weapon-grade plutonium, weapon-strength plutonium
weapon-capable plutonium (); weapon-significant quantity of plutonium ()
organic plutonium compounds
oversupply of plutonium, excessive stockpiling of plutonium, excess plutonium stock
plutonium inventory, plutonium stockpile, (inventory of) plutonium stock
()plutonium burner, dedicated plutonium burner, plutonium incinerator
plutonium isotope composition
(of PNC, Tokai)
separation (= extraction) of plutonium, plutonium recovery (from irradiated fuel)
(= ) plutonium extracted from spent (= irradiated) fuel
, reluctance in plutonium utilization; to abandon utilization of plutonium; Plutonium utilization is on the ebb.
Plutonium Waste Treatment Facility (PWTF)
plutonium stockpile
plutonium freighter, ship carrying plutonium
plutonium utilization, plutonium recycling
plume
prestressed concrete
prestressed concrete pressure vessel (PCPV)
prestressed concrete containment vessel (PCCV)
prestressed concrete reactor vessel (PCRV)
()plenum chamber
blowdown system
blowdown sampling system
blowdown heat transfer
flow nozzle
protoactinium (Pa)
front-end (= upstream)
decentralized energy system
() dust
comminution; ) pulverization
fractional effect
fog cooling
()plutonium separation ()
separation process
separation factor
SWU (= separative work unit)
(amount of) isotope separation work, tSWU (separative work tonnage)
physical separation
separation unit
fractional distillation
()fission
fast fission factor
fission chamber
() weapon-grade uranium, weapon-strength uranium (highly enriched uranium)
weapon-grade plutonium, weapon-strength plutonium
() weapon-capable plutonium (), weapon-significant quantity of plutoium ()
weapons usable material
mean free path
average power range monitor
mean life
mean dose
... ...
flattening
peaceful nuclear explosion
commercial use, industrial use (of atomic energy); () peaceful uses of atomic energy
() becquerel (Bq)
beta rays
beta emission
beta decay
() beta emitter
(pH) pH control
pebble-bed reactor
Belarus, Byelorussia (adj. Byelorussian)
beryllium (Be)
() Belgonucleaire
pellet, fuel pellet
pellet clad chemical interaction
pellet clad
pellet clad interaction
pellet clad mechanical interaction
pellet clad interaction (PCI)
valve
intercept valve
pressurizer spray valve
pressurizer relief valve
isolation valve
main feedwater valves
main steam safety valve
main steam isolation valves (MSIV)
main steam stop valve
main steam relief valve
governing valve
scram valve
diaphragm valve
turbine control valve
turbine bypass valve
transformer
startup transformer
auxiliary transformer
emergency transformer
radioactive waste to be returned (from Europe to Japan), reprocessing waste to be brought back to Japan
()
()void
void coefficient
positive void coefficient
negative void coefficient
void effect
Defense Facilities Administration Agency
Defense Agency
decay
()daughter nuclides
radon daughters
calcite
decay heat
radiogenic heat
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
physical protection
defense in depth (= )
radiological protection
protection factor
protection action guide (PAG)
National Reserch Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
emergency drill, emergency exercise
evacuation drill
## X ##
emergency planning, countermeasures
boron, boric acid, B(OH)3
()boron recycle system (BRS)
boric acid evaporator package
standby liquid control system
liquid control inlet nozzle
stand-by liquid control system
boron injection tank
()radiation
activationradioactivation activation
radiochemistry (cf. radiation chemistry)
emitter
activated water
activation products
radioactive
radionuclide, radioactive nuclide
active area
radioactive fallout
()radioisotope, radioactive isotope (RI)
radioisotope thermoelectric generator
radioactive waste, radiowaste, radwaste
high-level waste (HLW)
low-level waste (LLW)
concentrated waste (CW)
returned waste, waste to be returned
radioactive waste produced by dismantling a nuclear plant
interim radwaste storage facility, retrievable storage
interim radwaste storage facility
radioactive waste disposal, radwaste dump
radioactive waste disposal system
radioactive waste treatment system
radioactive waste disposal building
AEC's working group on radwaste management
radioactive heat
radioactive material, radioactive substance, radio-toxic material
radiogenic heat ( )
radioactive iodine
a rise in radioactive iodine concentration
radiation
ionizing radiation
non-ionizing radiation
(= ) background radiation
() Japan Radiation Safety Technology Center
radiology
National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
() The Japan Radiation Research Society
() Association of Radiation Effects
() Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), Hiroshima
radiological consequence evaluation
radiation chemistry (cf. radiochemistry)
radiation cancer
radiation monitoring system
radiosensitivity, radiation sensitivity
radiation controlled area ( controlled area)
wood-plastic composite/wood-plastic combination/WPC
() the Institution of Radiation Measurements
radiation detector
Radiation Dose Registratiuon Center for Workers
radiation sterilization
radiograph
radiation sickness
radiation injury, radiological injury, radiation hazard
acute radiation injury
() late radiation injury
the Law Concerning Prevention from Radiation Hazards due to Radio-Isotopes, etc.
() Irradiation Development Association
radioecology
radiobiology, radiation biology
Radiation Council
radioresistance
radiographic test
chief technician of radiation
radiation field
radiation dermatitis
radiolysis
(= )radiometric analysis
radiological protection
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB)
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement
Radiation Protection Guide (RPG)
radiation monitoring
radiation burn ( beta-ray burn)
radiation dose
radiotherapy, radiation therapy
emitter
radioactivity, activity
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