Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
doublement débattu
English translation:
double-ended break
Added to glossary by
Claire Cox
Oct 24, 2008 11:10
15 yrs ago
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French term
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doublement débattu
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Nuclear Eng/Sci
accident scenarios
Discussion of possible accident scenarios in a PWR:
Cet accident se définit comme une rupture **doublement débattue** de plusieurs tubes d’un même GV cumulée avec une perte totale des alimentations électriques externes au moment de l’Arrêt Automatique du Réacteur.
This phrase has come up twice now and whilst I have been assuming that it means "doubly contentious" or something along those lines, I thought I'd better check whether there was any underlying technical meaning which may have escaped me. It seems such a strange thing to say in any event, given that this is already in the list of highly improbable accidents = maybe that's why it's "doublement débattu"?
I'd appreciate any comments as ever.
Many thanks
Cet accident se définit comme une rupture **doublement débattue** de plusieurs tubes d’un même GV cumulée avec une perte totale des alimentations électriques externes au moment de l’Arrêt Automatique du Réacteur.
This phrase has come up twice now and whilst I have been assuming that it means "doubly contentious" or something along those lines, I thought I'd better check whether there was any underlying technical meaning which may have escaped me. It seems such a strange thing to say in any event, given that this is already in the list of highly improbable accidents = maybe that's why it's "doublement débattu"?
I'd appreciate any comments as ever.
Many thanks
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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double-ended break
Hi Claire, This is what I've got in my glossary. The context I used it in was a break in the reactor coolant system, but perhaps it could apply to the steam generator as well.
Note from asker:
| Hi Anna - yes that would make sense; it's just come up again, this time in brackets after rupture complète |
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Bourth (X)
: Conclusion I just came to.
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Stephen Fennell
: This EDF glossary uses "débattu" several times: http://www.edf.com/html/epr/rps/lexique/lexique.pdf
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks Anna - both AFNOR and the big SUBE multilingual nuclear dictionary give double-ended break for rupture circonférentielle complète. I'm so glad I queried it!"
Reference comments
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Reference:
conclusion
There are too many examples of it out there for it no to be technical.
des tuyauteries primaires et secondaires principales pour lesquelles la survenue d'une RUPTURE CIRCONFERENTIELLE DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE n'est pas retenue dans ...
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=INDI07004...
BRECHE PRIMAIRE GUILLOTINE DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE (APRP 2A). 2B. RUPTURE DE TUYAUTERIE VAPEUR GUILLOTINE DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE ...
www.edf.fr/html/epr/rps/chap19/somdet.pdf
Un autre exemple était l'accident dimensionnant Superphénix pour les feux de sodium : l'hypothèse de la rupture "guillotine" brutale DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE de la tuyauterie secondaire de plus gros diamètre semble avoir été uniquement justifiée par une contagion venue des REP.
eer.in2p3.fr/Saison1/resume/resume_barre.pdf [access the HTML]
The AFNOR dict. has "rupture circulaire/circonférentielle complète" as "double-ended severance", "rupture guillotine double" as "double-ended guillotine break".
Quite what that means I cannot imagine, given that any break will have two ends I would have thought.
des tuyauteries primaires et secondaires principales pour lesquelles la survenue d'une RUPTURE CIRCONFERENTIELLE DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE n'est pas retenue dans ...
www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=INDI07004...
BRECHE PRIMAIRE GUILLOTINE DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE (APRP 2A). 2B. RUPTURE DE TUYAUTERIE VAPEUR GUILLOTINE DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE ...
www.edf.fr/html/epr/rps/chap19/somdet.pdf
Un autre exemple était l'accident dimensionnant Superphénix pour les feux de sodium : l'hypothèse de la rupture "guillotine" brutale DOUBLEMENT DEBATTUE de la tuyauterie secondaire de plus gros diamètre semble avoir été uniquement justifiée par une contagion venue des REP.
eer.in2p3.fr/Saison1/resume/resume_barre.pdf [access the HTML]
The AFNOR dict. has "rupture circulaire/circonférentielle complète" as "double-ended severance", "rupture guillotine double" as "double-ended guillotine break".
Quite what that means I cannot imagine, given that any break will have two ends I would have thought.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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B D Finch
: Just guessing, but could this be about an inner and outer tube being broken simultaneously?
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