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containment structure
Variant of containment
noun
a containing or being contained; esp.,
- the policy of attempting to prevent the influence of an opposing nation or political system from spreading
- the U.S. post-WWII policy of checking the political and territorial expansion of the U.S.S.R.
- the systems used to confine highly radioactive experiments, fusion experiments, etc., esp. the steel and concrete shell used in a nuclear power plantin full containment structure
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