ANS/ASME Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM)

The Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM) is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards, standards-related guidance documents, guidance standards, and technical reports that support the application of risk-informed approaches. These efforts address currently operating and future nuclear power plants and other types of reactors, as well as the transport, storage, handling, and processing of new and used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. The JCNRM may also support other consensus committees of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and other standards-developing organizations (SDOs), by reviewing and commenting on risk-related aspects of standards, guidance documents, and other documents prepared by those organizations, at their request.

Activities of the consensus committee shall be guided by the Procedures for ASME Codes and Standards Development Committees but shall also meet the intent of ANS Standards Committee Procedures Manual for Consensus Committees unless specifically authorized by the ANS Standards Board.

The JCNRM oversees the following 4 subcommittees:

• Standards Infrastructure Subcommittee (SI-SC)
• Nuclear Risk Standards and Guidance Subcommittee (NURI-SC)
• Technical Requirements Subcommittee (TR-SC)
• Subcommittee on Risk Applications (SCoRA)

Volunteer placement is managed by ASME. Individuals interested in JCNRM standards projects may contact Standards for information.