Feature ArticleRisk-informed, performance-based safety: Past, present, and futureRisk-informed and performance-based approaches to nuclear safety have saved money and improved safety for current reactors and have the potential to offer even greater benefits for advanced reactors.Nuclear NewsJune 26, 2020, 3:05PM|N. Prasad Kadambi, Edward Wallace, James O’Brien, and Robert YoungbloodSince the 1980s, the nuclear power industry in the United States has worked to enhance the regulatory framework for nuclear facilities by making it more risk-informed and performance-based (RIPB). This has had some success in improving safety and reducing regulatory burden by focusing resources on the most risk--significant areas and allowing greater flexibility in choosing ways to achieve desired safety outcomes. However, there are further opportunities for the use of RIPB approaches in addressing current regulations and applying implementation tools, and in developing new RIPB regulations and advanced tools to further sharpen the focus on risk and performance outcomes.Go to ArticleTags:ans standardsnrcperformance-basedripbrisk assessmentrisk-informedstandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS standards updatesNuclear NewsMay 12, 2020, 1:29PM|ANS News StaffANS publishes standards that set forth requirements for the design, manufacture, or operation of a piece of equipment. These standards can address computer firmware and software, and can address the necessary physical and functional features of equipment, its safe application, or some combination of these. These standards are applied on a voluntary basis, and when adopted by a state or federal agency, they becomes part of their mandatory codes.ANS standards are available at the ANS Standards store.The following standards have been approved, published, or are open for comment.ExpandTags:ans standardsfission productsflood hazardsgamma radiationlwrnuclear facilitiesoxide fuelsingle failurevolunteersShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS publishes new standard on external flood hazardsANS NewsMay 11, 2020, 2:03PM|ANS News StaffThe ANS Standards Committee has just published ANSI/ANS-2.8-2019, “Probabilistic Evaluation of External Flood Hazards for Nuclear Facilities.” The new standard supersedes ANS-2.8-1992, which was withdrawn in 2002. ExpandTags:ans publicationsans standardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook