Consider Nuclear Safety Analysis: Skewing down the risks via PRAs

Yes, consider nuclear safety analysis. Our NRC derails common sense with its massive excesses in requirements for probabilistic risk analyses (PRAs). Of course, the Nuclear Energy Institute does not mind. The nuclear industry has found that PRAs are an effective tool in skewing-down the risks of severe accidents. And, the ratepayers cover the expense of the never ending skewing-down processes.

NEI held a media briefing on July 13, 2011, to discuss the NRC's 90 day review by its Fukushima task force. Stephen Dolley of PLATTS expressed concern that NRC's risk informed approaches could skew risk analyses and thus place low probability events into a low risk category even though the consequences may be severe. Click on the following to enlarge and use your back arrow to return here.