The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) recently held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the value of risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) techniques in contrast to the shortcomings of conventional, deterministic approaches for the development of nuclear technology.