S tandards - AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY STANDARDS COMMITTEE STRATEGIC PLAN

Mission To develop and maintain high-quality, domestic, and international consensus standards that meet the current and anticipated future needs of the nuclear industry1 and to promote their broad acceptance, endorsement, and use. [...] Goal #1: Align Standards Development Priorities with Current and Emerging Industry Needs Objective: Establish an approach and supporting systems to collect industry priority input and integrate it into the standards priorities and delivery targets.2 Initiatives A. [...] Goal #2: Develop and Maintain High-Quality Standards Objective: Ensure that effective training and knowledge transfer are embedded in the standards development process and augment participant capabilities to develop and maintain high-quality standards. [...] Goal #4: Expand ANS Awareness and External Outreach Objective: Improve interfaces between the SC and other segments of ANS and with other industry organizations through better communication related to existing standards and standards development activities to ensure continuing relevance.3 Initiatives A. [...] Improve ANS standards communications with industry groups and regulatory agencies to promote industry awareness of existing standards and improve industry participation in standards development activities to ensure continuing relevance.