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Risk and Reward: Meet a Nuclear Safety Engineer Whose Job Is to Predict Risks and Avoid Them
This February, when the National Academy of Engineering named the 114 Americans it was elevating to engineering’s highest honor, it cited Dennis Henneke, of GE Vernova’s nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, for an imposing achievement: “applying probabilistic risk assessment [PRA] to enhance nuclear reactor safety.” The achievement, a kind of engineering grand slam — arcane complexity and vital real-world importance — was not, Henneke says, the result of a lifelong, noble quest.
