Altabfall

English translation: legacy waste

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German term or phrase:Altabfall
English translation:legacy waste
Entered by: lehmannanke

12:05 Nov 1, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci
German term or phrase: Altabfall
Falschdeklaration von Altabfällen in Zusammenhang mit dem Endlager Asse
lehmannanke
Local time: 14:27
legacy waste
Explanation:
http://www.costain.com/choosing-costain/nuclear-process/meet...

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-11-01 12:32:08 GMT)
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http://tinyurl.com/2ww7fyc
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7legacy waste
Lancashireman
3old waste
Helen Shiner


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
legacy waste


Explanation:
http://www.costain.com/choosing-costain/nuclear-process/meet...

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-11-01 12:32:08 GMT)
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http://tinyurl.com/2ww7fyc

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
21 mins

agree  Claire Cox
37 mins

agree  Nicole Schnell
58 mins

agree  philgoddard
1 hr

agree  Edith Kelly
1 hr

agree  Helen Shiner: evidently you know far more about this than me - I shouldn't have posted my amateur answer.
2 hrs

agree  Steffen Walter
8 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
old waste


Explanation:
I'm no expert, but isn't this simply 'old waste' / 'old nuclear waste'?

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-11-01 14:30:37 GMT)
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I bow to Andrew's greater knowledge, although I did find refs using the term I propose. I can only presume they were written by people equally amateurish in this field.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of: English
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