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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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