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Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire , which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period .
Containment happens when barriers, known as firebreaks, get in the way of a fire’s forward momentum. Sometimes those barriers are natural, like rivers or terrain without burnable fuel ...
Containment refers to how much of the fire’s edge, or perimeter, has been surrounded to the extent that firefighters believe they can stop the fire from expanding. Crews create control lines ...
Containment is the primary way of preventing contamination from being released into the environment or coming into contact with or being ingested by humans. Being within the intended Containment differentiates radioactive material from radioactive contamination. When radioactive materials are concentrated to a detectable level outside a ...
A containment building is a reinforced steel, concrete or lead structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed, in any emergency, ...
Containment is a geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy. Containment may also refer to: Containment (computer programming), a form of object composition; Containment (documentary), a 2015 film about the long-term dangers of nuclear waste; Containment, a 2015 British film; Containment, a 2016 American series
Containment: 92%. An aerial view of homes which burned in the Eaton Fire amid an ongoing electricity outage in the area on January 25, 2025 in Altadena, California. Southern California is facing ...
Spill containment is where spills of chemicals, oils, sewage etc. are contained within a barrier or drainage system rather than being absorbed at the surface. One method is to use an inflatable stopper or pneumatic bladder which is inserted into the outflow of a drainage system to create a containment vessel.