Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

dry wells

Italian translation:

pozzi secchi

Added to glossary by Mario Altare
Feb 2, 2015 17:25
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English term

dry wells

English to Italian Science Nuclear Eng/Sci Recupero contenitori di rifiuti radioattivi
Context:

The XXX manages historical waste coming from previous nuclear research activities.
The technical study consists of the recovery of two radioactive waste containers from ** dry wells ** present in the reactor building to be put into shielded containers and then stored in a dedicated room.
The size of the containers is 30 cm in diameter and 50 cm in height, they respectively contain: the first miscellaneous contaminated material with an inventory equal to 28.6 GBq of beta/gamma emitters and 0.8 GBq of alpha emitters; the second activated metals with an inventory equal to 15.4 GBq of beta/gamma emitters.

Proposed translations

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pozzi secchi/asciutti

pozzo secco : dry well
http://www.systranet.com/it/dictionary/italian-english/pozzo


dry well, pozzo asciutto
http://www.sapere.it/sapere/dizionari/traduzioni/Inglese-Ita...





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pozzi di infiltrazione

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pozzi secchi

In ambito nucleare, il termine dovrebbe riferirsi a una delle strutture di contenimento dei reattori ad acqua bollente (BWRs, Boiling Water Reactors).

Fonte:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/drywell.htm...

Drywell: The containment structure enclosing the vessel and recirculation system of a boiling-water reactor. The drywell provides both a pressure suppression system and a fission product barrier under accident conditions. For related information, see Boiling-Water Reactors.



Example sentence:

Unlike the Mark III, that consists of a primary containment and a drywell, the Mark I and Mark II designs consist of a <b>drywell</b> and a wetwell (suppression pool).

I contenimenti Mark-I e Mark-II sono realizzati da un vero e proprio contenimento primario a tenuta (o Primary Containment Vessel, PCV), composto da un <b>pozzo secco</b> (o drywell) ed un pozzo umido (o wetwell), e da un edificio secondario o reattore (R

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