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Spanish: sacar de servicio

English translation: retire, remove from, take out of service



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Spanish term or phrase:sacar de servicio
English translation:retire, remove from, take out of service
Entered by:Kathryn McFarland
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Nuclear Eng/Sci
Spanish term or phrase: sacar de servicio
Si los reactores nucleares fueran más baratos de construir y sacar de servicio que las estaciones nucleares a base de combustibles fósiles, definitivamente tendrían la ventaja económica.
Kathryn McFarland
New Zealand
retire, remove from, take out of service
Explanation:
Ya
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Henry Hinds
United States
Note from asker to answerer
Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2retire, remove from, take out of service
Henry Hinds
4 +2decomissionRonnie McKee
5to take off-line
George Rabel
4put out of servicexxxElChe


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
retire, remove from, take out of service

Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Stuart Allsop: Yes! Personally, I prefer "remove from service".
17 mins
  -> Gracias, Stuart.

agree Sarah Frutos Bamberry: I agree with Stuart
44 mins
  -> Gracias, Sarah.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to take off-line

Explanation:
This is widely used in reference to power plants.

US Nuclear Plants - Wisconsin Kewaunee Power StationThe reactor was taken off-line on February 21, 2005, and returned to ... The containment design (concrete and steel tendons) must be able to take the full ...
www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/kew... - 25k - Cached - Similar pages


George Rabel
United States
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
decomission

Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-13 20:32:07 GMT)
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Sorry ....decomMission

NRC: Decommissioning a Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plants can be decommissioned using three methods:. 1. Dismantling -- Parts of the reactor are removed or decontaminated soon after the plant ...
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students/decommissioning.h... - 9k - Cached - Similar pages


Decommissioning Nuclear FacilitiesThe 250 MWe Gundremmingen-A unit was Germany's first commercial nuclear reactor, operating 1966-77. Decommissioning work started in 1983, and moved to the ...
www.uic.com.au/nip13.htm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages


World Nuclear Association | WNA Reports | Decommissioning Nuclear ...The decommissioning of a nuclear facility is generally categorized into a number ... Nuclear Reactors: the final stage of reactor dismantling is completed, ...
www.world-nuclear.org/wgs/decom/intro4.htm - 28k - Cached - Similar pages


World Nuclear Association | WNA Reports | Decommissioning Nuclear ...BR-3 PWR Reactor, Mol, Belgium: A European Commission Pilot Dismantling Project. British Energy Decommissioning Nuclear Power Stations: This website ...
www.world-nuclear.org/wgs/decom/portal_atoz.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
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[PDF] Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities - It can and has been doneFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
at decommissioning across the spectrum of nuclear power facilities and shows ... Other examples of advanced, large-reactor decommissioning projects are: ...
www.nea.fr/html/rwm/reports/2004/nea5728-decom.pdf - Similar pages



Ronnie McKee
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Sara Noss: But 2 x m, I believe. Hence "decommission". That makes two of us! ;)
0 min
  -> Thanks Babayaga, I don't always do so well without a spell checker

agree silviantonia
9 hrs
  -> Thank you silviantonia
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
put out of service

Explanation:
If nuclear reactors were cheaper to build and put out of service than nuclear stations based on fossil fuels, they would definitely have the economic advantage.

Si los reactores nucleares fueran más baratos de construir y sacar de servicio que las estaciones nucleares a base de combustibles fósiles, definitivamente tendrían la ventaja económica.

xxxElChe
Vatican City State
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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