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Answer» What is Critical National Infrastructure mean? Critical infrastructure (or critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the UK) is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy – the infrastructure. Most commonly associated with the term are facilities for: Shelter; Heating (e.g. natural gas, fuel oil, district heating);Agriculture, food production and distribution;Water supply (drinking water, waste water/sewage, stemming of surface water (e.g. dikes and sluices));Public health (hospitals, ambulances);Transportation systems (fuel supply, railway network, airports, harbours, inland shipping);Security services (police, military).Electricity generation, transmission and distribution; (e.g. natural gas, fuel oil, coal, nuclear power)Renewable energy, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.Telecommunication; coordination for successful operationsEconomic sector; Goods and services and financial services (banking, clearing); reference
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