The ASN strategy

5 It is ASN’s duty to strive for greater effectiveness and to focus its oversight on the actions that produce the greatest benefit for the protection of people and the environment. It is incumbent on ASN to identify and regularly reassess the oversight priorities , by using its skills and field knowledge to the full, particularly through its inspections and the lessons learned from incidents and accidents. The issues are definedwith regard to the intrinsic risks the activities present for people and the environment, and the behaviour of those responsible for the activities and themeans they deploy to control them. The legitimacy and credibility of ASN’s oversight actions depend on the coherence of its workmethods, not on uniformity of oversight. ASNmust increase its oversight in the priority areas, whether this concerns a type of activity, a particular industrial, medical or research facility, or a technical subject. Conversely, in low-risk areas or situations it considers positive for the protection of people and the environment, ASNmust be capable of reducing its oversight and explainingwhy it is doing so.