ANTICIPATED TRANSIENT WITHOUT SCRAM

Domain	Definition
Energy	ATWS is one of the "worst case" accidents, consideration of which frequently motivates the NRC to take regulatory action. The accident could happen if the system that provides a highly reliable means of shutting down the reactor (scram system) fails to work during a reactor event (anticipated transient). They types of events considered are those used for designing the plant. (ATWS). (references)
Nuclear Energy & Physics	An anticipated transient event not accompanied by an atomatic reactor trip or reactor scram. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "ANTICIPATED TRANSIENT WITHOUT SCRAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		postulerede transienter uden sikkerhedsnedlukning (ATWS). (various references)

German		unkontrollierte Leistungssteigerung ohne Schnellabschaltung (ATWS). (various references)

Greek		αναμενόμενο μεταβατικό φαινόμενο μη συνεπαγόμενο έκτακτη κράτηση (ATWS). (various references)

Italian		ATWS (ATWS), Fenomeno transitorio previsto senza arresto d'emergenza (ATWS). (various references)

Pig Latin		anticipateday ansienttray ithoutway amscray

Portuguese		transitório previsto sem paragem de emergência (ATWS). (various references)

Spanish		fenómeno transitorio previsto sin parada de seguridad (ATWS). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Specialty Definition: ANTICIPATED TRANSIENT WITHOUT SCRAM