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Risk-significant

When used to qualify an object, such as a system, structure, component, accident sequence, or cut set, this term identifies that object as exceeding a predetermined criterion related to its contribution to the risk from the facility being addressed. One that is associated with a level of risk that exceeds a predetermined significance criterion.



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