Back بناء الاحتواء النووي Arabic Kontejnment Czech Sicherheitsbehälter German Containment building English Edificio de contención Spanish Enceinte de confinement French Foirgneamh coimeádta Irish Bangunan kontainmen ID Edificio di contenimento Italian 原子炉格納容器 Japanese
A containment building is a building with a nuclear reactor in it. It is built around the reactor to keep the radiation from getting out, if something happens to the reactor. The containment building is the last barrier to the radiation getting into the environment. Containment systems for nuclear power reactors are distinguished by size, shape, materials used, and suppression systems. The kind of containment used is determined by the type of reactor, generation of the reactor, and the specific plant needs.[1]
The Chernobyl accident was very bad partly because the Soviet RBMK reactors used at the Chernobyl power plant had no containment buildings. The explosion, however, was so powerful that it is unlikely a containment building would have completely prevented the release of radiation.