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French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci
French term or phrase:effluents d’échantillonnage
Context - procedure in nuclear power plant
" Recyclage des effluents d’échantillonnage de l’eau secondaire des GV provenant du REN et non pollués chimiquement "
so I either have effluent samples of secondary water or effluents from secondary water sampling... I think it's the latter.... maybe this is a simple French grammar issue ?!
Explanation: "Endof-
pipe treatment includes an equalization tank, microfiltration to remove suspended solids,
carbon adsorption to remove organics, bone-char adsorption to remove radionuclides, ion
exchange to remove cations and anions, and a system of monitoring and sampling effluent water
quality before discharge to the disposal/infiltration ponds."
"Source controls and end-of-pipe treatment were implemented as Best Available Technology/all known, available, and reasonable treatment methods for the effluent from the PFP Facility (Ecology, 1995a). A closed loop cooling system for three buildings and the replacement of vacuum pumps with waterless pumps has reduced water usage. End-of-pipe treatment includes: an equalization tank, microfiltration to remove suspended solids, carbon absorption to remove organics, bone-char absorption to remove radionuclides, ion exchange to remove cations and anions, and a system of monitoring and sampling effluent water quality before effluents are discharged to the disposal/infiltration ponds of the Treated Effluent Disposal Facility (Ecology, 1995a)."
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IMO it's about effluents following collection and analysis of water (or other fluids, like gas) samples, as in the examples above. After the analysis is done, the samples become sampling effluents (or sampling waste). According to the examples above, this seems to be the case.
"secondary water sampling effluent" pretty much says both (secondary-water-sampling effluent, secondary-water sampling-effluent"). However I think your second interpretation is the correct one. Your first interpretation (it's not actually very clear to me what that would mean, in English) would be more likely échantillons d'effluents de l’eau secondaire.
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sampling effluent (water)
Explanation: "Endof-
pipe treatment includes an equalization tank, microfiltration to remove suspended solids,
carbon adsorption to remove organics, bone-char adsorption to remove radionuclides, ion
exchange to remove cations and anions, and a system of monitoring and sampling effluent water
quality before discharge to the disposal/infiltration ponds."
"Source controls and end-of-pipe treatment were implemented as Best Available Technology/all known, available, and reasonable treatment methods for the effluent from the PFP Facility (Ecology, 1995a). A closed loop cooling system for three buildings and the replacement of vacuum pumps with waterless pumps has reduced water usage. End-of-pipe treatment includes: an equalization tank, microfiltration to remove suspended solids, carbon absorption to remove organics, bone-char absorption to remove radionuclides, ion exchange to remove cations and anions, and a system of monitoring and sampling effluent water quality before effluents are discharged to the disposal/infiltration ponds of the Treated Effluent Disposal Facility (Ecology, 1995a)."
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2010-08-28 06:56:33 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
IMO it's about effluents following collection and analysis of water (or other fluids, like gas) samples, as in the examples above. After the analysis is done, the samples become sampling effluents (or sampling waste). According to the examples above, this seems to be the case.
The translation workplace 
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