English-For-Techies: Russia To Scrap All Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines by 2012

Russia to scrap all decommissioned nuclear submarines by 2012

Source: RIA Novosti - 14/11/2008

1 SEVERODVINSK, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will scrap all decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines by the beginning of 2012, a shipyard official said on Friday.

2 "All decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines will be disposed of in 2010, or no later than the start of 2012," said Vladimir Nikitin, general director of the Zvezdochka ship-repairing facility in Severodvinsk in northern Russia.

3Nikitin said more than 200 out of 250 nuclear submarines built in the Soviet Union and later in Russia have so far been scrapped, many of them with financial support from other countries like Norway, Japan and the United Kingdom.

4The official said the program to dismantle nuclear submarines from the Northern Fleet had almost been completed and the majority of vessels due to be scrapped are currently with the Pacific Fleet.

5 "At present, we must focus on the Pacific Fleet because the dismantling process is slower there," Nikitin said.

6 Zvezdochka is Russia's biggest shipyard for repairing and dismantling of nuclear-powered submarines. According to Nikitin, the shipyard has the capacity to dismantle up to four nuclear submarines per year.

7 During the dismantlement, spent nuclear fuel is removed from the submarine's reactors and sent to storage, the hull is cut into three sections, and the bow and stern sections are removed and destroyed. The reactor section is sealed and transferred to storage.

CLARIFICATION / ÉLUCIDATION
title	titre
to scrap (tr)	envoyer à la ferraille
decommissioned (ppa)	(pour un navire) désarmé; (pour une installation) mis(e) hors service
Russia to scrap...	comprendre Russia (is) to scrap... (expression de la prévision, traduite par « doit »)
by 2012	d'ici 2012

par. 1	par. 1
RIA Novosti	il s'agit d'une agence de presse (press agency) russe
nuclear-powered (ac)	à propulsion nucléaire
by the beginning of 2012	d'ici le début de 2012
shipyard official	responsable de chantier naval (an official est un faux-ami)

par. 2	par. 2
to be disposed of	être réformé
no later than	pas plus tard que
ship-repairing facility	empilement ! en 1 : facility, en 2 : ship repairing (avec repairing en 2a et ship en 2b) facility (faux-ami) = installation repairing (nv) = réparation
northern Russia	(la) Russie septentrionale

par. 3	par. 3
200 out of 250	200 sur 250
so far	jusqu'ici
support	aide, soutien (on évitera l'anglicisme « support »)
Norway	On aura reconnu (la) Norvège

par. 4	par. 4
to dismantle (tr)	démanteler, mettre à la casse
fleet	flotte (de navires)
to complete (tr) (faux-ami)	achever
vessel	vesseau
due to be scrapped	devant être envoyé à la ferraille
currently (adv) (faux-ami)	actuellement
the Pacific Fleet	(la) Flotte du Pacifique

par. 5	par. 5
to focus (intr) on	se concentrer sur
the dismantling process	(à traduire tout simplement par) le démantèlement

par. 6	par. 6
Russias' biggest shipyard	comprendre the biggest shipyard of Russia
according to	selon, d'après
up to (four)	jusqu'à (quatre)
per year	par an

par. 7	par. 7
dismantlement	démantèlement
spent nuclear fuel	empilement ! en 1 : nuclear fuel (avec fuel en 1a et nuclear en 1b), en 2 : spent spent (p. passé de to spend) usé fuel (faux-ami) = combustible, carburant
to remove (tr)	retirer, enlever
the submarine's reactors	comprendre the reactors of the submarine
to send to storage	envoyer sur le lieu de stockage to send (tr) (sent, sent) = envoyer storage = (le lieu) entrepôt, lieu de stockage; (l'opération) entreposage, stockage
hull	coque (de navire)
the bow and stern sections	énumération elliptique ! en 1 : sections, en 2 : bow, en 3 : and, en 4 : stern bow = avant (d'un navire), proue stern = arrière (d'un navire), poupe
to destroy (tr)	détruire
to transfer to storage	transporter sur un lieu de stockage

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