A barrier designed to interrupt the chain of events after a loss event, given that there has been a loss of containment of a hazardous material or energy.
Note: Specific to a hazards evaluation of an incident sequence, a mitigative barrier is in between the loss of event (the loss of containment) and the scenario's impact, helping reduce the consequences of the incident scenario, and thus, helping reduce the scenario's risk.
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