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Plausible accidents

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000373

Postulated events that meet a probability test rather than the more challenging test represented by a design-basis event.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000373
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000373",
  "term": "Plausible accidents",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "Postulated events that meet a probability test rather than the more challenging test represented by a design-basis event.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/plausible-accidents/"
}

Record 373 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.