Resource
Current State-of-Practice in Dam Safety Risk Assessment
Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Current State-of-Practice in Dam Safety Risk Assessment
Organization/Agency
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Year
2019
Date
December 2019
Document Number
ORNL/TM-2019/1069
Abstract/Additional Information
Given the risk that dam failure flooding can pose to nuclear power plant safety, this project supports the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in surveying the current state-of-practice in dam safety risk assessment to support risk-informed operating and new reactor licensing and oversight. The information assembled in this report is intended to aid the NRC in developing guidance on the use of probabilistic flood hazard assessment methods and support the provision of dam failure flooding risk information to NRC’s licensing framework.
