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The mission of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to protect the health and safety of the public and the environment with regards to the commercial use of radiological material. This paper describes various ways in which the NRC uses risk information to guide various human factors processes (such as nuclear power plant control room design and modification technical reviews, control room construction inspection efforts, and human factors research). Included are descriptions of observations and lessons learned utilizing risk insights and challenges associated with incorporating risk into NRC human factors processes and recommendations for improving this process within the organization.
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The DCD and FSAR are two important documents in the NRC licensing process. Information from these documents is used to support the various technical reviews including the human factors review.
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The staff may similarly look at core damage frequency (CDF) estimates, a result of the PRA that considers both frequency of occurrence and consequence, or other risk figures to make similar decisions.
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The positions described in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the U.S. Government. Thank you to Aida Rivera-Varona, Sean Peters, Sunil Weerakkody and Nathan Siu for your input, assistance, and support.
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Green, B., Xing, J. (2018). Use of Risk Information to Support NRC Human Factors License Amendment Reviews, Inspections, and Research. In: Boring, R. (eds) Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 589. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60645-3_8
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