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English term or phrase:
backwash valve pit
English answer:
place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater
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Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani 
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backwash valve pit
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Nuclear Eng/Sci
The Site Superintendent then decided to inject seawater into the Unit 1 reactor from the Unit 3 backwash valve pit, where seawater had pooled after the tsunami, as it was the only available source of water at that time.
*Unit refers to nuclear units.
*Unit refers to nuclear units.
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place where valves are installed to reverse the current of seawater
Everything is explained in the tepco documentation (page 16 "pit for bachwash valve"):
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_11...
Full story of the accident:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/interim/images/111...
photo here:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/library/120528_02/120528_56.jpg
from this collection:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2012/201205-e/120528-02e.ht...
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_11...
Full story of the accident:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/interim/images/111...
photo here:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/library/120528_02/120528_56.jpg
from this collection:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2012/201205-e/120528-02e.ht...
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Gamal hassan habib
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt
English to Arabic Translator & Editor
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
it is the hole of the valve.
It is the hole and cavity of the valve which prevent the waves after it has gone in the nuclear unit.
Note from asker:
| What about the word "backwash"? |
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