Risk Assessment: Related Information

More information on the use of risk in the NRC's regulatory programs is available at the following locations.

NRC Training Slides

Date	Description
Aug. 1985	Severe Reactor Accidents Regarding Future Designs and Existing Plants
Aug. 1986	Safety Goals for the Operation of Nuclear Power Plants
Aug. 1995	Use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods in Nuclear Regulatory Activities
Jun. 1998	Risk-Informed, Performance-Based and Risk-Informed, Less-Prescriptive Regulation in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Dec. 1998	Options for Risk-Informed Revisions to 10 CFR Part 50 Staff Requirements Memorandum, Jun. 1999
Jun. 9, 1998	Plans to Increase Performance-Based Approaches in Regulatory Activities (SECY-98-132)
Mar. 1999	White Paper on Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulation,
Mar. 1999	Framework for Risk-Informed Regulation in the Office of Nuclear Material Security and Safeguards Staff Requirements Memorandum, Jun. 1999 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Letter, Nov. 1999 Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste Letter, Jul. 2000
May 1999	The Role of Defense-in-Depth in a Risk-Informed Regulatory System,
Jul. 12, 1999	Plans for Pursuing Performance-Based Initiatives (SECY-99-176),
Feb. 2000	Impediments to the Increased Use of Risk-Informed Regulation,
Sept. 1, 2000	High-Level Guidelines for Performance-Based Activities (SECY-00-0191),
Nov. 16, 2001	Status Report on Performance-Based Approaches to Regulation (SECY-01-0205)
Oct. 15, 2002	Status Report on Performance-Based Approaches to Regulation (SECY-02-0186)
Apr. 2007	Update on Improvements to the Risk-Informed Regulation Implementation Plan