backwash valve pit

English translation: place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater

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English term or phrase:	backwash valve pit
Selected answer:	place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater
Entered by:	Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani

05:47 Jun 2, 2016

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Nuclear Eng/Sci

English term or phrase: backwash valve pit

The Site Superintendent then decided to inject seawater into the Unit 1 reactor from the Unit 3 backwash valve pit, where seawater had pooled after the tsunami, as it was the only available source of water at that time.

*Unit refers to nuclear units.

Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani KudoZ activity Questions: 561 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (72 closed without grading) Answers: 103 Türkiye
Local time: 08:08

place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater

Explanation:
Everything is explained in the tepco documentation (page 16 "pit for bachwash valve"):
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_11...

Full story of the accident:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/interim/images/111...

photo here:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/library/120528_02/120528_56.jpg
from this collection:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2012/201205-e/120528-02e.ht...

Selected response from:

Didier Fourcot
Local time: 07:08

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place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater

Didier Fourcot

it is the hole of the valve.

Gamal hassan habib

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3 hrs confidence:

it is the hole of the valve.

Explanation:
It is the hole and cavity of the valve which prevent the waves after it has gone in the nuclear unit.

Gamal hassan habib
Egypt
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Arabic

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Asker: What about the word "backwash"?

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater

Didier Fourcot
Local time: 07:08
Works in field
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French
PRO pts in category: 24

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Asker: Thanks! Such a great document!

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