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HTGR accident and risk assessment

F.A. Silady, C.J. Everline, W.J. Houghton

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This paper is a synopsis of the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) performed by the General Atomic Company (GA). Principal topics presented include: the HTGR safety assessments, peer interfaces, safety research, process gas explosions, quantitative safety goals, licensing applications of PRA, enhanced safety, investment risk assessments, and PRA design integration.

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Key concepts: Risk assessment, Probabilistic risk assessment, Risk analysis (engineering), Forensic engineering, Probabilistic logic, Nuclear engineering, Principal (computer security), Engineering