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The AP1000's shield building consists of a concrete layer, sandwiched between thick steel plates.
WSJ: NRC Approves Toshiba Reactor Design
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They challenged the reactor on several grounds, including the novel design of its shield building.
WSJ: NRC Approves Toshiba Reactor Design
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The shield building is intended to protect the reactor from damage and provide a radiation barrier, in the event of an accident.
WSJ: NRC Approves Toshiba Reactor Design
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Both the drywell and the wetwell are surrounded by a secondary containment vessel (or shield building) also built from reinforced concrete about a meter thick.
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Rolf Ziesing, Westinghouse's director of nuclear licensing, said the shield building design "was the focus of intense regulatory review" and improvements were made as a result of concerns expressed by critics.
WSJ: NRC Approves Toshiba Reactor Design
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South Korea's views on the matter are considered important, because Washinton's main reason for building the shield is protect itself from any potential threat from its enemies or "rogue" states, including North Korea.
CNN: Asian nations split over U.S. missile defense plans
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Over the years, Iran has circumvented sanctions by obfuscating its activities, creating front companies, establishing firewalls to shield its businesses, and building holding companies and structures that look more like Russian matryoshka dolls than legitimate corporate entities.
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Last week, the president yielded to congressional pressure and signed a bill mandating him to start building an anti-missile shield over America as soon as it is technically possible.
ECONOMIST: Rockets overhead
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Growing support in the United States for anti-missile defences was highlighted by the recent vote of a Senate committee to back a bill that would mandate the building of a national missile shield for the United States as soon as technically possible.
ECONOMIST: An American shield for Asia?
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Were the tax shelters that high-earners were encouraged to set up to shield themselves from high income tax rates actually better for building a sustainable, prosperous economy than the combination of low tax rates and no shelters?
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