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Initiating event (IE)

In Bow-tie Terminology: The first causes upstream of each branch leading to the critical event in the fault tree (on the left end of the bowtie).
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ERA TERMINOLOGY for WEB rev. 02 last update 27.06.2022

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Handbook of scenarios for assessing major chemical accident risks JRC106029 - Ed. 2017

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