ML20127F655
| ML20127F655 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/06/1992 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| References | |
| SECY-92-379, NUDOCS 9211120281 | |
| Download: ML20127F655 (2) | |
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1 POLICY ISSUE (Information)
November 6, 1992 SECY-92-379 Lor:
The Commissioners Erns:
James M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations hbiqq1:
INTERAGENC) WHITE PAPER ON ENGINEERING RISK ASSESSMENT pmqig:
To transmit the subject paper to the Commission and to inform the Commission of the staff's int.nt to provide the subject paper to the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET) Ad Hoc Working Group on Risk Assessment on November 10, 1992.
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As part of an effort to harmonize the use of risk analysis within the Federal government, members of the Nuclear i
Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff have coordinated the preparation of a white paper on Engineering Risk Analysis.
This wa:; part of a larger effort to provide support to the FCCSET Ad Hoc Working Group on Risk Assessment. The paper was developed by an interagency group led by the NRC and supported by seven other agencies. These included the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation.
liscussion:
The paper provides a summary of risk assessment activities as practiced by the eight contributing agencies.
In addition, the paper l'ays out the principal differences between engineering risk analysis and health risk analysis.
NOTE:
TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE t
A. Rathbun' NMSS IN 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE 504-1407 DATE OF THIS PAPER
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The practice of engineering risk analysis is generally predicated on some type of failure or failures of the engineered system preceding any health effect; a major step in the engineering risk assenment process is the estimation of the frequencies of events and system failures.
Once an event has occurred, henith risk assessment and engineering risk assessment have strong similarities in concept, but vary greatly with respect to actual methodology used.
The appendices, which are case studies describing the practice of risk assessment, represent the viewpoint of the agencies as submitted.
Only minor formatting changes were made by the NRC.
After presenting the paper to the FCCSET Working Group on Risk Assessment, the staff plans to publish it, with appropriate notification in the W
- 1 Reaister, lhe staff notes that this paper rep,vsents an overview of the varied and complex uses of risk assessment for engineered systems.
It does not represent a definitive description of " engineering risk analysis" as practiced in the Federal government.
Rather it represents a step in an ongoing effort to harmonize the use of risk assessment within the Federal government.
Coordination:
The Office of the General Counsel has reviewed this paper and has no legal objection to its contents.
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Wb i)mesM.J/ylor A xecutive Director for Operations
Enclosure:
White Paper on Engineering Risk Assessment (Commissioners, SECY,0GConly)
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