Sentence examples for reactor containment from inspiring English sources

A reactor containment vessel in the plant's unit 2 is believed to have ruptured on Tuesday.

While the steam would been radioactive, it would have been confined by the reactor containment building, Mr. Strasma said.

These concepts seem to bounce off the nuclear power industry like a pebble tossed at a reactor containment vessel.

When not climbing mountains, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Leigh Ann Kesler tracks erosion inside fusion reactor containment chambers.

During the accident, when pressures rose inside the primary reactor containment structure, the exit path was into the torus.

In a telephone interview, he added that it was clear that the reactor containment would not be the only possible target.

The study draws important conclusions useful for design of nuclear reactor containment building.

Uncontrolled hydrogen combustion can occur in the nuclear reactor containment during a severe accident.

The fibrous debris is then transported through the reactor containment and reaches the sump strainers.

Reactor Containment Building (RCB) is the ultimate barrier to the environment against activity release in any nuclear power plant.

The report added that "because of phenomena recently discovered all BWR [boiling water reactor] containment types are undergoing extensive additional analyses to evaluate structural adequacy".