| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Emergency shutdown | Nuclear Energy & Physics | Act of shutting down a reactor suddenly to prevent or minimize a dangerous condition. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Emergency shutdown controls | Research | The IT security and human safety controls installed in a facility to reduce the vulnerability to emergency system or facility shutdown. Such controls include but are not limited to battery-powered emergency lights and power to computer systems, master control switch (es) to disconnect power to all electronic equipment, master control switch (es) to shut down air-handling equipment, and startup and shutdown switches to exhaust and ventilate systems. (references) | |
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