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Nuclear safety

a safety approach using several independent and successive levels of protection so that a failure at one level is caught by the next.

In nuclear safety, defence in depth refers to a safety approach using several independent and successive levels of protection so that a failure at one level is caught by the next. This meaning comes from International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (1996) in Defence in depth in nuclear safety.[1]

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References

International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group. (1996). Defence in depth in nuclear safety (INSAG-10). International Atomic Energy Agency. ISBN 9789201025968

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