5. Glossary

AFCEN

Association Française pour les règles de Conception, de construction et de surveillance en exploitation des matériels des Chaudières Electro Nucléaires (French Association for the Design, Construction and Operational Monitoring of Nuclear Boiler Equipment)

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

American organization that develops and publishes codes and standards, in particular the boilers' and pressure vessels code.

ASTM (American Society for Testing of Materials)

American organization that develops and publishes standards, particularly in the field of components, materials and related measurement and testing.

atomization

A family of metal and alloy powder manufacturing processes based on the atomization...