This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. German to English
  3. Nuclear Eng/Sci

Auslegungsstörfälle

English translation: design accident

16:19 Sep 14, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Nuclear Eng/Sci
German term or phrase: Auslegungsstörfälle
Das Notfallhandbuch (des Betreibers) beschreibt Maßnahmen und Prozeduren, die unter Verwendung der vorhandenen technischen Einrichtungen des anlageninternen Notfall¬schutzes anzuwenden sind, um ein auslegungsüberschreitendes Ereignis (kerntechni¬scher Unfall) zu beherrschen oder seine radiologischen Auswirkungen zu begrenzen. Es ergänzt bei solchen Ereignissen den Teil des Betriebshandbuches, in dem die Beherr¬schung der Auslegungsstörfälle beschrieben wird.
Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, was damit gemeint ist, das bezieht sich auch auf auslegungsüberschreitend
lehmannanke
Local time: 20:14
English translation:design accident
Explanation:
In this case I would translate Störfall as accident. See reference.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 9 mins (2009-09-14 16:29:22 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Or accidents for the plural
Selected response from:

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 20:14
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5design accident
Alan Johnson
4 +1design basis accidents (DBA)
Johannes Gleim
3 -2lay-out design incidents
Rolf Keiser
Summary of reference entries provided
Info
Kim Metzger
Auslegungsstörfall
Johannes Gleim

  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
design accident


Explanation:
In this case I would translate Störfall as accident. See reference.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 9 mins (2009-09-14 16:29:22 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Or accidents for the plural


    Reference: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j4520147n1242387/
Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 20:14
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claire Cox
4 mins
agree  Kim Metzger: Or design-basis accident? http://www.kta-gs.de/d/versch/ktags_58.pdf
33 mins
  -> Appears to be widely used in this context, thanks Kim.
agree  Blaess
1 hr
neutral  Johannes Gleim: Would first agree, than searched in the internet for verification and found the standard term "design basis accident". You cited springerlink, but omitted "basis" unfortunately.
6 hrs
  -> The link provided does not use the term "design basis accident".
agree  writeaway
7 hrs
agree  Ulrike Kraemer
16 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
lay-out design incidents


Explanation:
in this case I would specifically refer to lay-out design as the latter may imply only the material

Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 20:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: There really are ways to find the relevant terminus technicus. No need to guess. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_technicus
19 mins
  -> apparently the message in my explanation didn't get across to you.
disagree  Ulrike Kraemer: agree with Kim
15 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
design basis accidents (DBA)


Explanation:
Kernenergie, ENERGIE [Council] Vollständiger Eintrag
DE Auslegungsstörfall
EN DBA
design basis accident
FR accident de dimensionnement
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do

Design-basis accident
A postulated accident that a nuclear facility must be designed and built to withstand without loss to the systems, structures, and components necessary to assure public health and safety.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/design-basi...

Design basis accident
scroll

Design basis accidents - pipe ruptures, component failure - must be controlled by the safety facilities in such a way that effects on the environment are kept below the specified planning values of the Radiological Protection Ordinance, i.e. the effective dose to a worker or members of the public is less than 50 mSv.
http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/d/designbasisac...

Chapter 2 - Design Basis Accidents
In Chapter 1, we pointed out that the term Design Basis Accidents is not a very good term nor a very good concept. Notwithstanding, it is used by most countries in the world. We shall therefore use it, but in the following sense: Design Basis Accidents are the set of accidents for which the designer makes explicit provision (defence), while remembering that more severe or peculiar accidents can occur, and ensuring that his design has some capability to deal with them. Design Basis Accidents are often defined as those which the regulatory body requires you to analyze - but that just shifts the responsibility of making sure the list is reasonable from the designer (where it belongsa) to the regulator. The Canadian regulator (CNSC - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) has it both ways: their regulatory documents give long lists of Design Basis Accidents but then require the designer to do a systematic review and add back in any they have missed.
http://www.unene.ca/un803/2006/Chapter2-DesignBasisAccidents...

Integrity Assessment of a Fuel Pin Subjected to Beyond Design Basis Accident
..
An understanding of the fuel and clad behaviour under different
reactor conditions, particularly under the beyond-design-basis accident scenario, is always desirable to assess the inherent safety margins in fuel pin design and to plan for the mitigation the consequences of accidents, if any.
http://www.iasmirt.org/SMiRT16/C1673.PDF

(and other 15.600 Google hits)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 hrs (2009-09-14 23:17:11 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The same term is found in Dictionary of Exact Science and Technology by Kucera.

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 20:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: agree Kim Metzger: Or design-basis accident? http://www.kta-gs.de/d/versch/ktags_58.pdf 33 mins
52 mins
  -> That's what I found.
neutral  Kim Metzger: When someone has found a reasonably good answer, I usually agree and add a suggestion for improvement.
56 mins
  -> I always look for the technical term. Do you admit that's the technical term? "design accident" (shortend) is shortened. If your proposal were posted, it had been agreed and entered in the glossary. A nd: My proposal was independent from your comment.
neutral  Ulrike Kraemer: Entirely agree with both Kim and writeaway - see Kim's comment to Alan's suggestion // Kim suggested "design-basis accident" in his comment to Alan's suggestion some 5 hours before you posted your answer.
9 hrs
  -> Very astonishing. I sacrified more time than each other, independent of pior suggestions. I repeat: The true term is "design basis accident", and no shorter or modified form. And please consider the number and quality of my links!
agree  makhno: Agree.
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thank you!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Reference comments


40 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Info

Reference information:
Auslegungsstörfall (IAEA: design basis accident): Dieser gegenwärtig noch nicht sauber gegenüber Störfall abgegrenzte Begriff soll nur für die Auslegung verwendet werden. Seine sachliche Abgrenzung gegenüber Betriebsstörung erfolgt durch die Eintrittshäufigkeit der Ereignisse, gegen die ausgelegt wird. Auslegungsstörfälle umfassen zunächst alle für die Auslegung zu betrachtenden und zu analysierenden Störfälle. Sie werden in ihrer Zahl eingeschränkt durch die Auswahl von "zugrunde zu legenden oder abdeckenden Auslegungsstörfällen."

http://www.kta-gs.de/d/versch/ktags_58.pdf

Design-basis accident
A postulated accident that a nuclear facility must be designed and built to withstand without loss to the systems, structures, and components necessary to assure public health and safety.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/design-basi...

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Johannes Gleim: Found same term.
6 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 hrs
Reference: Auslegungsstörfall

Reference information:
Kernenergie [Council] Vollständiger Eintrag
DE WAC
Ganzcore-Störfall
EN whole-core accident
WAC
FR WAC
accident généralisé à tout le coeur
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

The next nuclear power station generation: Beyond-design accident concepts, methods, and action sequence
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j4520147n1242387/

Johannes Gleim
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 7
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search