Containment 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… … Wikipedia
Limit of Vision — Infobox Book | name = Limit of Vision title orig = translator = image caption = author = Linda Nagata illustrator = cover artist = Stephen Youll country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Tor… … Wikipedia
containment — Measures and protocols applied to limit contact of genetically modified organisms or pathogens with the external environment. Synonym: contained use … Glossary of Biotechnology
cost containment — ˌcost conˈtainment noun [uncountable] ACCOUNTING when an organization keeps costs low, or within a limit that has been planned: • Despite intense cost containment efforts, corporate medical bills rose an average 21.6% last year. * * * cost… … Financial and business terms
international 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… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Deepwater 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… … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the … Universalium
Chronik der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima — Die Chronik der Nuklearkatastrophe von Fukushima schildert den Ablauf der Ereignisse im Kernkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi (Fukushima I) ab dem 11. März 2011 und deren Folgen im Zeitverlauf. Alle Uhrzeiten sind in japanischer Ortszeit angegeben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chernobyl disaster — This article is about the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Ukraine. For other uses, see Chernobyl (disambiguation). Chernobyl disaster … Wikipedia