| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Exclusion area | Energy | That area surrounding the reactor, in which the reactor licensee has the authority to determine all activities, including exclusion or removal of personnel and property from the area. (references) | |
| Exclusion area | Environment | An environmentally sensitive area where rights-of-way would be granted only in cases where there is a legal requirement to provide such access. (references) | |
| Exclusion area | Physics | The area immediately surrounding one or more receptacles in which chemical agents are contained. Normally, the boundaries of an exclusion area are the walls, floor, and ceiling of a storage structure, secure container or a barrier that establishes the boundary (such as an igloo or a fence). Source: Department of the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Planning Guidance for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. DA and FEMA, 1994. (references) | |
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