Traduction de «réacteur à coeur fermé » (Français → Anglais) :

What I want to ask about is the fact that in June, the minister told us in this committee, Mr. Chairman, that the Chalk River reactor, the NRU, would be down for three months.

We have also failed — and this is something our Energy and Environment Committee noted in its report two years ago — to require that our nuclear power plants undergo even a level two assessment; that is, a comprehensive study, when aging reactors are shut down for years and significant modifications are made to the power stations and utilities attempt to restart the reactors, as Ontario Power Generation plans to do this summer at its Pickering station.

A flaw in the American design system did not alert the control room that the valve was open, so the emergency core cooling system was manually turned off, which prevented the core from being adequately cooled, and a substantial part of the core melted.

a closed composting reactor, which cannot be by-passed, with:

If we contrast that to the Candu reactor, when the safety mechanisms are shut off, the entire nuclear reactor shuts down.

75. Stresses the importance of strong commitment on the part both of the candidate countries and of the EU in the field of environment and nuclear safety; recalls that nuclear power reactors of first generation Soviet design are considered as 'high risk' for Europe in general; urges the candidate countries to fulfil their obligations concerning their closure; is of the opinion that these nuclear reactors should be closed down at the latest by the time of accession; supports the Commission's plan for EU funding for scientific and technical cooperation to assist with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities; acknowledges the need to ...[+++]provide social support for displaced workers; calls on international financial institutions as the EIB and the EBRD to provide multi-lateral strategic investment and bilateral financial assistance in the realisation of energy saving projects and the development of renewable energy sources in the candidate countries;