9. Abbreviations and acronyms
Dangerous event: Dangerous event at the center of a bow tie. In the study, the main FEs are loss of containment of capacity
RDE: secondary dread event: direct consequence of the dread event, the secondary dread event characterizes the source term of the accident.
LOPA: Layer Of Protection Analysis
PhD: hazardous phenomenon: physical phenomenon that can cause damage to people, property or the environment.
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Olivier Iddir — The bow tie: a method for quantifying major risk — SE 4055
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