Jeremy M. Gernand, PhD, CSP, CRE
Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Safety Engineering
John and Willie Leone Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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AI use in drafting safety requirements


The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) plans a 3-phase review and update of its safety assessment principles (SAPs), with the second phase being an “AI-enhanced drafting” (http://bit.ly/4gFwlrL). To me, it’s unclear what exactly they mean by that, but this sounds like a responsible use of AI in developing safety-related documents with plenty of expert and public comment opportunities before and after this step. Where we are currently on shakier ground is when we try to employ AI to do analysis or assessment but using it to help us write more clearly is probably a good idea.

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