Risk Management Committee

Mission

The mission of the PWROG Risk Management Committee (RMC) is to collectively leverage the benefits gained by the use of risk technology in order to sustain the long-term viability of the nuclear industry with the intent of improving safety, reducing burden and obtaining operational benefits needed to sustain the current fleet.

They expand the use of risk concepts into traditional deterministic approaches such that there is a graded approach using PRA insights and the understanding of margin to balance decision-making and resource allocation.

They implement a common strategy that focuses on knowledge retention, engagement and communication of risk concepts and risk insights by supporting a “one voice” approach in the development, training, implementation, oversight and interface between internal and external stakeholders.

Core Teams/Focus Areas

Future Risk Informed Applications Core Team

• Identify opportunities to improve safety and increase operational flexibility and efficiency
• Develop and champion new or innovative uses of the risk information, including expansion of current risk-informed applications, to address the identified opportunities
• Collaborating with the RMC, other PWROG committees, the regulators, and relevant industry organizations to develop consensus solutions
• Drive these solutions through implementation 

Knowledge Management and Retention Core Team

• Identify, capture, communicate and preserve important knowledge, history, and experience in the PRA field to help shape the practice of such that it grows to fit the career needs of the future and is a vibrant and desirable engineering discipline

Model Maintenance and Optimization Core Team (MMOCT)

• Monitor and address industry issues related to PRA modeling
• Develop methods, treatments, and consensus positions to ensure optimized, robust and maintainable PRA models for PWROG members
• Ensure that PWROG resources are effectively used to meet near-term and long-term utility needs, including coordination with other industry stakeholder groups, in order to effectively develop and maintain internal and external hazard models