loss of heat sink

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• авария в результате потери теплового стока без останова ядерного реактора — — [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN unscrammed loss of heat sinkULOHS …   Справочник технического переводчика