Exclusion area
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Exclusion area refers to the area around a nuclear reactor
where the reactor licensee has the authority over all activities - including exclusion of persons from the premises.
Exclusion areas also refer to physical space adjacent to nuclear-weapon areas, such as missile-house entryways and ASROC
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Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...
where the reactor licensee has the authority over all activities - including exclusion of persons from the premises.
Exclusion areas also refer to physical space adjacent to nuclear-weapon areas, such as missile-house entryways and ASROC
ASROC
ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...
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