used fuel

18:31 Dec 13, 2010
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci / nuclear waste management
English term or phrase: used fuel
spent fuel vs. used fuel

I am currently translation "spent fuel" as "combustível queimado" in Portuguese. Is that correct? And if so, what would be the appropriate translation for used fuel (or are the synonymous?)?
Nattalia Paterson
United States
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4 +2combustível utilizado ou combustível gasto
Vivs
4 +2combustível usado
Carlos Vergara
5combustível nuclear gasto
airmailrpl
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Marlene Curtis

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combustível utilizado ou combustível gasto


Explanation:
Used fuel could be translated as combustível utilizado ou combustível gasto and depending of the context can have the same meaning of spent fuel.

Vivs
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor
20 mins

agree  Flavio Steffen: Combustível utilizado; 'gasto' não é exatamente um termo usado na área.
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combustível usado


Explanation:
I don't think the fuel in theis case is burned. Rather, its capability of undergoing fission is lost. So, I would use the word "usado " instead of queimado. And, yes, used and spent" are synonimous, in this case.


    Reference: http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?pid=S1139-670920050003000...
Carlos Vergara
Local time: 03:13
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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agree  Marlene Curtis
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agree  Leonor Machado
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combustível nuclear gasto


Explanation:
Combustível nuclear gasto
Combustível nuclear gasto, chamado ocasionalmente combustível nuclear usado, é combustível nuclear isso irradiated em a reator nuclear (geralmente em a ...
www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/pt/Spent_nuclear_fuel

Planta de Processamento de Combustível Nuclear Gasto
Planta de Energia Nuclear de Chernobyl Pripyat Complexo Subestação CHAES Planta de Processamento de Combustível Nuclear Gasto Canal de drenagem d'água Lago ...
www.wikimapia.org/.../Planta-de-Processamento-de-Combustíve...

Reciclagem visa reduzir a Crescer EUA Inventário das armazenados
Alguns países, incluindo Japão e França, atualmente reprocessar o seu combustível nuclear gasto utilizando um processo conhecido como PUREX (plutônio e ...
www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=4210&lang=pt

airmailrpl
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Reference information:
spent fuel
Resíduos - [ Translate this page ]
Os elementos retirados são conhecidos por combustível irradiado, gasto ou “queimado”. No invólucro e nos materiais estruturais aparecem os denominados ...
nuclear.com.sapo.pt/index_ficheiros/Page851.htm

[PDF] Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel
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Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel. February 2008. Background for Position Statement 76. AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY • Outreach Program (708) ...
www.ans.org/pi/ps/docs/ps76-bi.pdf

Used Fuel storage
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) allows two types of storage methods for used nuclear fuel using these shielding methods. ...
www.connyankee.com/html/usedfuel_storage.html

Marlene Curtis
United States
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