pit floor

English translation: intake pump pit floor

07:16 Jul 2, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: pit floor
Nuclear Unit 2 experienced significant flooding when the tsunami caused seawater to flow through penetrations in the seawater intake pump pit floor.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 17:57
Selected answer:intake pump pit floor
Explanation:
These pumps were installed in pits to contain any leaks or spillage. Taña's ideas about storage and foundation pits are not right here. Because there were penetrations to the floor of the pit, these constituted weak points where seawater could enter the plant in tsunami conditions.

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"Unit 2 experienced significant flooding when the tsunami caused seawater to flow through
penetrations in the seawater intake pump pit floor. The water flowed through a pipe/cable tray trench into the reactor auxiliary building area basement, which flooded the Train B RCW heat exchanger and pump room and the HPCW heat exchanger and pump room, ultimately causing the shutdown of the Train B EDG and the HPCS DG. Train A safety systems were not affected by the flooding."


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B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:57
Grading comment
I know all the words of this sentence. The only word that abstain me from understanding is sentence is "floor". I believe it is not ised in its conventional senses.
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intake pump pit floor


Explanation:
These pumps were installed in pits to contain any leaks or spillage. Taña's ideas about storage and foundation pits are not right here. Because there were penetrations to the floor of the pit, these constituted weak points where seawater could enter the plant in tsunami conditions.

http://goo.gl/C9Jw9n
"Unit 2 experienced significant flooding when the tsunami caused seawater to flow through
penetrations in the seawater intake pump pit floor. The water flowed through a pipe/cable tray trench into the reactor auxiliary building area basement, which flooded the Train B RCW heat exchanger and pump room and the HPCW heat exchanger and pump room, ultimately causing the shutdown of the Train B EDG and the HPCS DG. Train A safety systems were not affected by the flooding."




B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
I know all the words of this sentence. The only word that abstain me from understanding is sentence is "floor". I believe it is not ised in its conventional senses.
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Asker: What does floor mean in this context?

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