"containment" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of keeping something inside a certain area or space, or to the area itself, such as "the containment area". For example, "The army was charged with the containment of the enemy forces."
And should the containment vessel spring a leak, then some of the water, containing radioactive debris, may flow out and contaminate other parts of the site.
But anyone inclined to be relaxed about containing a nuclear-armed Iran needs to remember how precarious nuclear containment was in the cold war.
Luiz Gustavo (Brazil) One of the best Seleção players so far, I would love to see him being used for more than containment in the Brazil side.
But her comments marked the first time a senior US official has publicly contemplated the option of containment in the event of Iran's succeeding in building a nuclear weapon.
The containment option is boosted by the belief that Iran is running out of uranium ore to convert and enrich.
"There are so many unknowns in this current outbreak, especially the true number of infected individuals, but despite the uncertainties, this work generates a roadmap highlighting the most effective methods of containment and the impacts of past and future delays on our ability to stop this outbreak," said Jonathan Ball, professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham.
First, coordinating health policies at the local, regional, and national levels is essential; this is particularly important where infectious diseases are concerned since uniform protocols are integral to containment.
But the vacuum he has created has only exacerbated the strife and disorder.Instead, Mr Obama needs to set out a strategy of constructive containment.
What he advocated was a continuation of the West's policy of containment from a position of strength.
But it would deny their true oppressor a propaganda weapon, and it would preserve the essential ingredient of current policy, which is the containment of Saddam.
Although they do not say it in public, the chief concern of his neighbours is that containment by force, if it has to be done, should be done for as long as it takes.Mr Hussein still has a little time to change his mind.
