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nreo:canonicalLabel "confinement" (en)
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skos:definition "Prevention or 'control' of releases of 'radioactive material' to the <br/>
environment in 'operation' or in 'accidents'.<br/>
'Confinement' is closely related in meaning to 'containment', but 'confinement' is <br/>typically used to refer to the 'safety function' of preventing the ‘escape’ of <br/>'radioactive material', whereas 'containment' refers to the means for achieving <br/>that function.<br/>
<b>!</b> The Transport Regulations adopt a different distinction between 'confinement'<br/>
and 'containment', namely that 'confinement' relates to preventing criticality and <br/>'containment' to preventing releases (see 'confinement system' and <i>containment <br/>system</i>).<br/>The main issue here is the differences in usage between 'nuclear safety' and <br/>'transport' 'safety'. Both terms, 'containment' and 'confinement', are used in both <br/>areas (in the Transport Regulations, in the form of 'confinement system' and <br/>'containment system'), and the usages of 'containment' are (it seems) <br/>conceptually consistent, but the usages of 'confinement' are not. <i>Confinement<br/></i>in 'nuclear safety' is the 'safety function' that is performed by 'containment'. A <br/>'confinement system' as defined in the Transport Regulations has the primary <br/>function of controlling 'criticality' (as compared with the 'containment system', <br/>the function of which is to prevent leakage of 'radioactive material'). <br/>Discussions with experts in the field have confirmed that a distinct term is <br/>needed to describe this distinct concept, and that 'confinement' is the term that <br/>has become established, but have failed to reveal any compelling reasons for <br/>the choice of that particular word.<br/>" (en)
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