The quantitative failure of human reliability analysis

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:100254

Bennett, C T

This philosophical treatise argues the merits of Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) in the context of the nuclear power industry. Actually, the author attacks historic and current HRA as having failed in informing policy makers who make decisions based on risk that humans contribute to systems performance. He argues for an HRA based on Bayesian (fact-based) inferential statistics, which advocates a systems analysis process that employs cogent heuristics when using opinion, and tempers itself with a rational debate over the weight given subjective and empirical probabilities.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 100254
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-121369; CONF-951135-12; ON: DE95015906
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1995 International mechanical engineering congress and exhibition, San Francisco, CA (United States), 12-17 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
EVALUATION
REACTOR OPERATION
HUMAN FACTORS
STATISTICS
RISK ASSESSMENT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FAILURES
RELIABILITY
REACTOR SAFETY