Letter to NRC on Use of Qualitative Factors in Rulemaking August 17, 2015

Letter to NRC on Use of Qualitative Factors in Rulemaking

August 17, 2015

     

On September 19 2014, we wrote the commission to express concerns about the inappropriate use of “qualitative factors” by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff in the development of cost benefit analysis for regulatory decisions. The expansion of this practice threatens to undermine NRC’s long established practice of conducting rigorous, quantitative, cost-benefit analysis to justify its regulatory decision-making.  Increased reliance on the subjective judgments also undermines NRC’s core principles of regulatory practice, specifically the need for clarity and reliability.
To read the letter, click here.
For a related press release, click here. 

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Letter to NRC on Use of Qualitative Factors in Rulemaking

August 17, 2015

     

On September 19 2014, we wrote the commission to express concerns about the inappropriate use of “qualitative factors” by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff in the development of cost benefit analysis for regulatory decisions. The expansion of this practice threatens to undermine NRC’s long established practice of conducting rigorous, quantitative, cost-benefit analysis to justify its regulatory decision-making.  Increased reliance on the subjective judgments also undermines NRC’s core principles of regulatory practice, specifically the need for clarity and reliability.
To read the letter, click here.
For a related press release, click here. 

- See more at: http://energycommerce.house.gov/letter/letter-nrc-use-qualitative-factors-rulemaking#sthash.IC2OELIA.dpuf