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Identification of Initiating Events for aSMRs

Muhlheim, 2013

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8258116965277835257
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Muhlheim M
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ORNL/TM-2013/513, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN

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The objective of the project described herein is to identify a preliminary list of initiating events (IEs) to be used as a starting point for conducting future probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) for advanced small modular reactor (aSMRs). It is recognized that at …
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