containment building

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containment
noun[U]
uk
/kənˈteɪn.mənt/us
/kənˈteɪn.mənt/
the act of controlling or limiting something or ...
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building
noun
uk
/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/us
/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house ...
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The relatively small leakage remained within thecontainmentbuilding.
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This resulted in a small local release of short-lived airborne radioactivity confined entirely to the reactorcontainmentbuilding.
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For this reason, in this country a water-cooled reactor would be required to have a third barrier in the form of acontainmentbuilding, or secondary containment.
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At 4:15 a.m., the relief diaphragm of the pressurizer relief tank ruptured, and radioactive coolant began to leak out into the generalcontainmentbuilding.
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Thecontainmentbuildingitself is typically an airtight steel structure enclosing the reactor normally sealed off from the outside atmosphere.
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However, the contaminated cooling water that leaked into thecontainmentbuildinghad seeped into the building's concrete, leaving the radioactive residue impractical to remove.
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The underground location of this reactor acted like acontainmentbuildingand prevented any outside contamination.
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It has a dry ambient pressurecontainmentbuilding.
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Although a calandria-based core is cheaper to build, its size increases the cost for standard features like thecontainmentbuilding.
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The explosions severely damaged external buildings and at least onecontainmentbuilding.
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Thecontainmentbuildingis in diameter and tall, including the dome.
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The automatic sump pumps and/or insufficient containment sump capacity negated thecontainmentbuildingdesigned passive safety.
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Generation of hydrogen during the process would probably result in an explosion, damaging the secondarycontainmentbuilding.
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The world's largest bridge crane, capable of lifting the dome of the reactorcontainmentbuildingwas purchased for $17 million and installed across the basin.
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Thecontainmentbuildingis the last of several safeguards that prevent the release of radioactivity to the environment.
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One reactorcontainmentbuildingwas about 50% complete and another about 15% finished.
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If the bubble burned or exploded, it could rupture the pressure vessel and force the damaged reactor core into thecontainmentbuilding.
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The difference with rubblization is that above-grade structures, including the concretecontainmentbuilding, are demolished into rubble and buried in the structure's foundation below ground.
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The evacuation was the first at the facility since 1992, when (ca. 76 t) of coolant leaked into acontainmentbuildingfrom the reactor.
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However, thecontainmentbuildingdoes not protect the fuel during the whole fuel cycle.
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