W10 Elevating NRC Safety and Efficiency Through Risk-Informed Decision-Making
This session will explore how the agency has transformed and evolved into today's modern, risk-informed regulator. Risk-Informed Decision-Making (RIDM) and other strategies have helped staff and licensees focus their resources on issues commensurate with their risk significance while ensuring safety. The NRC's Be riskSMART framework facilitates the integration of risk information into all regulatory decisions. By focusing on the most safety-significant issues, the framework enhances the agency’s ability to adapt to an ever-changing nuclear landscape. The passage of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Energy (ADVANCE) Act underscores the need for the continued refinement of risk-informed practices as new reactors and technologies emerge. The NRC staff will present on the advances made in applying risk insights to critical regulatory areas—such as reactor licensing, oversight, and emergency planning —demonstrating how these efforts have led to greater efficiency and effectiveness in the NRC’s regulatory processes while ensuring that the agency’s safety mission is met. This will be followed by representatives from the nuclear industry, who will discuss the ongoing advancements and challenges as they continue to push for a future where risk-informed practices guide the next generation of reactors and operations.
SESSION CHAIR(S):
- Annie Caputo, Commissioner, NRC
SPEAKER(S):
- Welcome RemarksAnnie Caputo, Commissioner, NRC
- Mark Foy, Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector, Office of Nuclear Regulation, United Kingdom
- Mike Franovich, Deputy Office Director for Reactor Programs, NRR/NRC
- Jennifer Uhle, Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Services, Nuclear Energy Institute
- Fernando Ferrante, Principal Program Manager for the Risk and Safety Management Group, Electric Power Research Institute
- Michelle Catts, Senior Vice President of Nuclear Programs, GE-Hitachi
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
- Stephanie Garza, Reliability and Risk Engineer, Probabilistic Risk Assessment Branch, Division of Risk Assessment, RES/NRC e-mail: Stephanie.Garza@nrc.gov
- Edgardo Torres, Reliability and Risk Analyst, PRA Oversight Branch, Division of Risk Assessment, NRR/NRC e-mail: Edgardo.Torres@nrc.gov
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