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Event Initiating system: Hydrogen System Initiating Event

Every release resulting from a loss of confinement by a component designed for hydrogen. For example: • a rupture of a hydrogen-carrying piping, • H2 release from a trailer/truck, from a FCEV, from a reactor using syngas, etc. • A hydrogen release from a tube trailer or a LH2 tanker. • Metal embrittlement due to hydrogen attack is a hydrogen-system-initiating event, if hydrogen is present as part of the system.