confinement
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Magnetic confinement devices—whether the doughnut-shaped tokamaks used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project or the linear configuration pursued by TAE—rely on intricate magnetic fields to hold the plasma together.
In October, a Russian strike on a substation near Chernobyl cut power flowing to the confinement structure.
From Barron's
The video footage they shared with the Journal revealed the circumstances of their confinement.
The government is also looking at ending the use of "confinement systems" in farming including caged hens and pig farrowing crates, which are used to contain sows during birth and nursing.
From BBC
Lai's Catholic faith had deepened in solitary confinement - an arrangement he had requested, according to authorities.
From BBC
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