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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) — nuclear plant for producing electrical and heat<br />

energy in given modes and application conditions situated on a definite site where<br />

there is a nuclear reactor (reactors) and complex of systems, equipment and installations<br />

necessary for its functioning.<br />

Atomic energetics — Nuclear energetics.<br />

Atomic nucleus — central positive part of an atom around which electrons are<br />

moving and which has almost the whole atom mass. It consists of protons and neutrons.<br />

Nuclear ship — a general name of vessels with nuclear power plants.<br />

Basic load — part of electrical energy consumption which remains constant for<br />

24 hours; it is approximately equal to minimal daily load.<br />

Becquerel (Bq) — measuring system unit of activity of radioactive isotopes,<br />

named after French physicists Anry Becquerel, 1 Bq is 1 decay per second.<br />

Nuclear and radioactive security of a nuclear power station (further – nuclear<br />

station security) — capability of nuclear station at normal operation and normal<br />

operation failures including emergencies to limit radioactive impact on the personnel,<br />

population and environment.<br />

Beta-particle — particle emitted from the atom during radioactive decay. Betaparticles<br />

can be both electrons (with negative charges) and positrons.<br />

Biological protection — complex of constructions and materials surrounding<br />

the nuclear reactor and its units designed to reduce radioactive radiation to biologically<br />

safe level. Biological protection is a barrier designed to prevent or limit radioactive<br />

impact on the personnel in the conditions of normal operation, failures of normal<br />

operation including project emergencies. The main means of biological protection is<br />

concrete; different metals can also be protective materials with good absorbing properties.<br />

Bituminization of radioactive wastes — hardening of liquid concentrated or<br />

dry radioactive wastes by mixing them with fused bitumen and thermal dehydration of<br />

the resulted mixture.<br />

Nuclear power plant unit — a part of nuclear plant that is a nuclear reactor<br />

with generating and other equipment providing functions of nuclear power station in<br />

the scale determined by the project.<br />

FN — reactor on fast neutrons in which the first and second coolant circuit is<br />

sodium, the third coolant circuit is water and steam. In Russia it is used in Beloyarsk<br />

NPS.<br />

Boric company — period of WMWC reactor operation between fuel overloads<br />

(till the moment when boric acid concentration in first coolant circuit is zero).

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