Explain key assumptions behind the model and how those assumptions affect results in both directions. (Why isn’t the risk higher or lower?
• Explain how the data from different disciplines fits into the risk assessment, and how the audience’s expertise is used as input to the final result. • Ask your audience to examine the model to test whether it accurately reflects their knowledge and experience. (“Did we leave out anything that should be included?”) While PRAs have applicability to reactor safety issues, other techniques are used in other areas, such as the High-Level Waste Program, where the staff is using Performance Assessment and Preclosure Safety Assessment models. However, relevant methods have not yet been fully developed to handle many of the other issues outside of the reactor arena, such as security and emergency preparedness. In assessing risks in these areas, expert judgments are often relied on to make decisions. Make sure your audience understands this situation and has an opportunity to ask questions, as needed, about different applications and models.
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