Dick Englehart

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Risk Methodologies Planning and Execution Guidance

• Dick Englehart
• Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety Policy

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Background

• DNFSB letter of 4/5/2004
• Five information papers by DNFSB
• Informal risk assessments in DSAs
• Benchmarking of risk assessment activities of
  other federal agencies (NASA and NRC)
• Review of current DOE applications of QRA and
  related methodologies
• Examples of the use of PRA by DOE
• Expert elicitation within the DOE

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Background (continued)

• Meeting with DNFSB members and agreement to
  develop a policy and guidance (June 04)
• Meetings with NASA and NRC risk policy and
  standards personnel
• Drafts of policy and guidance documents developed
  sent to DNFSB (Jan. 06)

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Current Plans for Path Forward

• Draft guidance document has received limited
  technical review and very insightful comments and
  suggestions made
• Next draft planned to be developed very soon
• Next draft to be considered by a small working
  group of experts final draft developed by
  working group
• Final draft to be reviewed by user community
  (including EFCOG SAWG)

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