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Secure operation conditions — set in the project minimal limitations of a<br />

number of reactor plant characteristics important for security; following these limitations<br />

guarantee secure operation of the plant.<br />

Physical barrier — engineering installation, technical means or device limiting<br />

exit of radioactive substances and ionizing radiation into the rooms of radioactivelydangerous<br />

object and to the environment.<br />

Physical protection of nuclear station — technical and organizational measures<br />

of keeping nuclear materials and radioactive substances in the nuclear station<br />

aimed to prevent unsanctioned entrances to the territory of the nuclear station, unsanctioned<br />

access to the nuclear materials and radioactive substances and timely<br />

revealing and stopping of subversion and terrorist acts threatening the security of the<br />

station.<br />

Physical obstacle — natural obstacle in the way of spreading of ionizing radiation,<br />

nuclear material, or radioactive substance.<br />

Physical start-up of the reactor — stage of putting NS into operation including<br />

loading of the reactor with nuclear fuel, reaching critical condition of the reactor and<br />

carrying out all necessary physical power measurements at which heat removal from<br />

the reactor is achieved by natural heat losses (dispersion).<br />

Storage of radioactive waste — placement of radioactive waste in special<br />

places designed for safe isolation of the waste, including control and possibility of further<br />

processing, transportation, and (or) burial of the waste.<br />

Cementation of radioactive waste — method of conditioning of liquid and solid<br />

radioactive wastes by mixing them with cement and hardening of the resulted mixture.<br />

Chain nuclear reaction — sequence of heavy atoms nuclei fission reaction at<br />

their interaction with neutrons and other elementary particles in the result of this reaction<br />

lighter atoms, new neutrons and other elementary particles are formed, and nuclear<br />

energy is emitted. Depending on average number of fission reaction the reaction<br />

can be called damped, self-contained, or increasing reactions.<br />

Decay chain — row in which every nuclide transforms into the following one<br />

during the radioactive decay until a new stable nuclide is formed.<br />

Zirconium — chemical element (metal) with weak ability of absorbing heat<br />

neutrons; is widely used in atomic machine building.<br />

CAS — Chernobyl atomic station.<br />

EGR — energy graphite reactor of channel-type with steam overheat; is used in<br />

Bilibinsk APS.

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