ML21167A142
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| ML21167A142 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/21/2021 |
| From: | Ian Tseng NRC/NRR/DEX |
| To: | |
| Vasavada S | |
| Shared Package | |
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| Download: ML21167A142 (9) | |
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Adopting Risk-informed Decision-making in NRC Licensing Review Culture NRR Office Instruction LIC-206 Ian Tseng PWROG Future Risk-Informed Initiatives Workshop June 21, 2021 1
The Goal
- To improve the handling and efficiency of NRC review.
The Method
- Increasing adoption of risk-informed decision-making across the NRCs technical staff
- LIC-206 builds off existing NRC framework and long-standing philosophies 2
The Challenges Solutions
- Reviewers sometimes siloed in separate technical specialties Proactive process to engage relevant technical specialties and promote collaboration as early as possible in a review
- Risk language is diversely presented and dispositioned Provide a common understanding of risk terminology to promote effective collaboration and more reliable conceptual handling by the NRC
- Setting appropriate precedent for first-of-a-kind reviews A consistent intellectual framework for reviewing and documenting risk-informed approaches.
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The Challenges Solutions
- Reviewers sometimes siloed in separate technical specialties Proactive process to engage relevant technical specialties and promote collaboration as early as possible in a review
- Risk language is diversely presented and dispositioned Provide a common understanding of risk terminology to promote effective collaboration and more reliable conceptual handling by the NRC
- Setting appropriate precedent for first-of-a-kind reviews A consistent intellectual framework for reviewing and documenting risk-informed approaches 4
The Challenges Solutions
- Reviewers sometimes siloed in separate technical specialties Proactive process to engage relevant technical specialties and promote collaboration as early as possible in a review
- Risk language is diversely presented and dispositioned Provide a common understanding of risk terminology to promote effective collaboration and more reliable conceptual handling by the NRC
- Setting appropriate precedent for first-of-a-kind reviews A consistent intellectual framework for reviewing and documenting risk-informed approaches 5
The Challenges Solutions
- Reviewers sometimes siloed in separate technical specialties Proactive process to engage relevant technical specialties and promote collaboration as early as possible in a review
- Risk language is diversely presented and dispositioned Provide a common understanding of risk terminology to promote effective collaboration and more reliable conceptual handling by the NRC
- Setting appropriate precedent for first-of-a-kind reviews A consistent intellectual framework for reviewing and documenting risk-informed approaches 6
The Challenges Solutions
- Reviewers sometimes siloed in separate technical specialties Proactive process to engage relevant technical specialties and promote collaboration as early as possible in a review
- Risk language is diversely presented and dispositioned Provide a common understanding of risk terminology to promote effective collaboration and more reliable conceptual handling by the NRC
- Setting appropriate precedent for first-of-a-kind reviews A consistent intellectual framework for reviewing and documenting risk-informed approaches 7
Implementation
- LIC-206 is not a paperwork exercise. The NRC has stood up an active and motivated team to work to acculturate the NRC to the LIC-206 approach and contents.
- Training - Person to person contact to bring the concepts to life and help staff link them to their existing expertise.
- Observation - Real time feedback from within the process to inform training and implementation.
- Metrics - Building the foundation for tracking and monitoring on-going health for long-lasting effect.
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Takeaways
- NRR has a new office instruction to promote the practices and culture change needed for expanded use of risk-information in reviews.
- The method builds on existing regulatory framework and methods.
- Implementation is underway.
- We will share more details when they firm up.
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