Containment Building
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Containment Building

A steel or reinforced concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor which is designed to, in any emergency, contain the escape of radiation to a maximum pressure in the range of 60 to 200 psi (410 to 1400 kPa), and which is the final barrier to radioactive release: the 1st being the fuel ceramic itself, the 2nd, the metal fuel cladding tubes, the 3rd, the reactor vessel and coolant system

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No references found			Most end users seeking secondary containment are doing so to comply with either Federal or State regulations. How to Choose the Right Spill Berm Secondary Containment System by Basic Concepts / Environmental services industry community That plan requires a secondary containment system - capable of capturing the volume of the single largest tank, he said. Fuel spill draws scrutiny by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) SPCC measures of special concern to the food industry include: * A ruling on the requirements of compliance alternatives for certain animal fat/vegetable oil (AFVO) storage containers; * Clarification that loading rack requirements apply to loading and unloading racks and not more generally to loading and unloading areas; * A modification to the program's general secondary containment provisions which clarify the method, design, and capacity of secondary containment measures. EPA issues final rule on SPCC requirements by Frozen Food Digest			Secondary Aerosolisation secondary alcohol secondary aldosteronism secondary allergen secondary amenorrhea secondary amputation secondary amyloidosis secondary analysis secondary anesthetic secondary antibody response secondary aplastic anemia secondary apnea secondary areola secondary atelectasis secondary axis secondary biliary cirrhosis secondary bronchial buds secondary bronchus Secondary Burial secondary cardiomyopathy secondary care secondary care center secondary caries secondary cartilage secondary cataract Secondary containment secondary deficiency secondary degeneration secondary dementia secondary dental caries secondary dentin secondary dentition secondary deviation secondary diabetes secondary digestion secondary disease secondary distal RTA secondary drive secondary drug action secondary dysmenorrhea secondary encephalitis secondary enuresis secondary female characteristic secondary fissure secondary follicle secondary fracture Secondary Gain secondary gangrene secondary gestation secondary glandular failure secondary glaucoma			secondary coil secondary cold front Secondary Collateralized Institutional Loan Secondary Collegiate Articulated Learning Experience secondary color secondary color Secondary colors Secondary colors Secondary colour Secondary colour Secondary Colour Correction Secondary colours Secondary colours secondary combustion Secondary Combustion Chamber Secondary Common Control Physical Channel Secondary Common Pilot Channel Secondary Communications Vector Table Secondary compound Secondary compounds Secondary Confinement secondary conjunctivitis secondary conjunctivitis secondary conjunctivitis Secondary Connecting Facility Assignment secondary consequent stream secondary consolidation secondary consumer secondary consumer secondary consumer Secondary containment Secondary Containment System Secondary Control Channel Secondary Control Officer Secondary Control Point Secondary Control Ship Secondary Converter Electronics Secondary Conveyor Secondary Coolant System Secondary Coolant System Upgrade Secondary Cooling Water secondary cosmic rays Secondary coverts Secondary crater Secondary craters secondary creep Secondary Crisis Management Team secondary crusher Secondary crystal secondary culture secondary culture secondary culture secondary culture Secondary Cumulative Effects Analysis Secondary current Secondary Current Injection Test Set secondary cuticle secondary cuticle secondary cuticle Secondary Cyclic Vector Subspace

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Containment Building (redirected from Secondary containment)

Containment Building
(redirected from Secondary containment)