## 5.3.4 SRM Panel Deliberations 

SRM panels should strive to reach consensus, but there may be instances in which not all SRM panel members agree on the results of the safety analysis. In those cases, document the results of the analysis, record the opinions of the dissenters, and deliver the results to the decision-maker. Safety and Technical Training encourages dissenting SRM panel members to provide their own rationale and data for why their severity and/or likelihood determination differs from that of the other SRM panel participants. 

The SRM panel facilitator must mediate and assist SRM panel members in working through differences of opinion. The facilitator should be able to recognize, acknowledge, and use differences of opinion to help the SRM panel consider different points of view. 

