explosion containment
1Containment building — NRC drawing of containment building. A containment building, in its most common usage, is a steel or reinforced concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed, in any emergency, to contain the escape of radiation to a maximum… …
2Containment — This article is about the United States policy. For other uses, see Containment (disambiguation). A 1962 nuclear explosion as seen through the periscope of a U.S. Navy submarine. Containment was a United States policy using military, economic,… …
3Steam explosion — A steam explosion (also called a littoral explosion , or fuel coolant interaction , FCI ) is a violent boiling or flashing of water into steam, occurring when water is either superheated, rapidly heated by fine hot debris produced within it, or… …
42007 New York City steam explosion — Rising steam from the explosion The cloud of steam, from th …
5Dust explosion — A dust explosion is the fast combustion of dust particles suspended in the air in an enclosed location. Coal dust explosions are a frequent hazard in underground coal mines, but dust explosions can occur where any powdered combustible material is …
6Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …
7Systemzustand während der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima — Während der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima wurden im Kernkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi verschiedene Daten und Messwerte zum Zustand der Kraftwerkssysteme erfasst. Sie zeigen, wie die üblichen Werte des Normalbetriebs im Zeitverlauf überschritten… …
8Nuclear meltdown — Three of the reactors at Fukushima I overheated, causing core meltdowns. This was compounded by hydrogen gas explosions and the venting of contaminated steam which released large amounts of radioactive material into the air.[1] …
9Kernschmelze — Geschmolzener Reaktorkern beim Three Mile Island Unfall. 1. 2B Anschluss 2. 1A Anschluss 3. Hohlraum 4. lose Bruchstücke des Kerns 5. Kruste 6. geschmolzenes Material 7. Bruchstücke in unterer Kammer 8. mögliche Uran abgereicherte Region 9.… …
10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
