Conveners
SESSION I: Fundamental concepts of risk assessment and management
- Jose G. Rangel-Ramirez (Aalborg University, Denmark)
- Marco Andreini (CERN)
This presentation offers a conceptual framework for ranking the relative gravity of diverse risks. The framework identifies the different aspects including moral considerations that should inform the evaluation and comparison of diverse risks and in turn shape the decisions for risk mitigation. A common definition of risk includes two dimensions: the probability of occurrence and the...
The role and character of risk analysis and risk assessments have undergone significant changes over the last 3-4 decades. From being mainly a procedural instrument to document that nominal risks associated with a given decision are under control and compliant with specified targets, risk analysis and risk assessments are increasingly utilized for optimizing or ranking decisions based on...
Fire protection in US nuclear power plants was long regulated under a set of federal regulations called 10 CFR 50.48 Appendix R that prescribed fire protection measures. In 2001, the National Fire Protection Association issued NFPA 805, a performance based standard for fire protection at nuclear power plants. This standard, endorsed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), allowed plants...
