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11. Glossary
Generic; generic
Qualifies an event likely to occur on all slices of the same family (tier, park).
Bearing; series
A family of "standardized" units, designed, built and operated in virtually identical fashion.
Park; fleet
All units belonging to the same operator or installed in the same country (in this booklet, capitalized Parc refers to the French nuclear fleet).
Slice; unit
A stand-alone power generation facility; a PWR-type nuclear unit comprises a nuclear part (the "reactor" or "boiler") and a non-nuclear (or "conventional") part.
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Law no. 2006-686 of June 13, 2006 on nuclear transparency and safety.
Arrêté du 26 février 1974 relatif à la construction du circuit primaire principal des chaudières nucléaires à eau (JORF du 12 mars 1974).
Arrêté du 10 novembre 1999 relatif à la surveillance de l'exploitation du circuit primaire principal et des circuits secondaires principaux des réacteurs...
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