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Waste Management Arena Activities
In considering which areas of the waste management arena to target for greater use of risk information, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) examined the soursces of risk, the existing regulatory processes, and the best opportunities for improvements. On that basis, the staff divided the waste management arena into three sub-arenas, each of which benefits from risk-informed and performance-based rulemaking, licensing, and oversight activities, See the following links for the current objective, basis, goals, and risk-informed and performance-based activities for each sub-arena:
- Spent Fuel Storage and Transporation Sub-Arena
- Rulemaking Function
- Licensing Function
- Oversight Function – No current activities
- High-Level Waste Repository Safety Sub-Arena
- Rulemaking Function – No current activities
- Licensing Function
- Oversight Function – No current activities
- Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Sub-Arena
- Rulemaking Function
- Licensing Function – No current activities
- Oversight Function
To request additional information, Contact Us About Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulation.
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, March 29, 2012
