Expansion of Risk Analysis
The expansion of the concept of RC to include deliberations, enhancing understanding, and implementing practical solutions, extends to risk analysis itself. The consequence of expanding RC is that risk analysis expands to include non-risk assessment procedures that would lead to an understanding of hazards and to practical solutions of managing them. The requirements for performing a complete risk assessment are sometimes not met, but yet solutions to problems are needed. Constraints of time, funding, expertise, and data available to support risk assessment modeling may not permit a full quantitative risk assessment. The data gaps could be so extensive that the credibility of a full quantitative risk assessment could be questioned.