Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
covering
English answer:
had roof on
Added to glossary by
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Aug 23, 2016 22:34
7 yrs ago
English term
Türkiye
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani 
The Best or Nothing
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Persian (Farsi), and 1 more.
covering
English
Science
Nuclear Eng/Sci
Unlike in Units 1, 3 and 4, the Unit 2 reactor building was still covering the Unit 2 spent fuel pool, and consequently the spray method for replenishing pool water could not be used for Unit 2.
Units refer to nuclear units.
Spent fuel pools are pools to store spent fuels.
Units refer to nuclear units.
Spent fuel pools are pools to store spent fuels.
Responses
| 4 +3 | had roof on |
Didier Fourcot
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| 4 +2 | building walls still intact |
Hassan Lotfy
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| 3 -1 | responsible for |
David Hollywood
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Responses
+3
10 hrs
Selected
had roof on
Unit 2 reactor building had not had its roof blown away by hydrogen explosion, so the roof did prevent spraying water into the pool from above
This assumes that you are still working oin the Fukushima Daichi accident, see this report describing the helicopters used to drop water onto the spent fuel pools of buildings 3 and 4, with "building housing reactor No. 2 was "slightly damaged"":
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-fuel-fukus...
Full timeline with hydrogen explosions and photos of the roofless buuilding 1, etc:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/multimedia/0312-fuku...
This assumes that you are still working oin the Fukushima Daichi accident, see this report describing the helicopters used to drop water onto the spent fuel pools of buildings 3 and 4, with "building housing reactor No. 2 was "slightly damaged"":
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-fuel-fukus...
Full timeline with hydrogen explosions and photos of the roofless buuilding 1, etc:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/multimedia/0312-fuku...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
24 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
&
English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
responsible for
that's the way I read it
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Note added at 25 mins (2016-08-23 23:00:03 GMT)
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but not too much to go on so...
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Note added at 25 mins (2016-08-23 23:00:03 GMT)
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but not too much to go on so...
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Daryo
: more than enough info available to see that it's about another type of "covering"
22 hrs
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+2
58 mins
Hassan Lotfy
Egypt
Egypt
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
Egypt
Excellent Quality
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
building walls still intact
specially the roof
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2016-08-25 02:43:24 GMT)
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the Unit 2 reactor building (including walls, roof and other structural elements) was still covering the Unit 2 spent fuel pool
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2016-08-25 02:43:24 GMT)
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the Unit 2 reactor building (including walls, roof and other structural elements) was still covering the Unit 2 spent fuel pool
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jörgen Slet
3 hrs
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Many Thanks
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
11 hrs
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Many Thanks
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| agree |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
12 hrs
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Many Thanks
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| disagree |
Daryo
: no one would assume that "walls" includes a roof
22 hrs
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