Human Factors Engineering Program Review Model (NUREG-0711)Revision 3: Update Methodology and Key Revisions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the human factors engineering (HFE) programs of applicants for nuclear power plant construction permits, operating licenses, standard design certifications, and combined operating licenses. The purpose of these safety reviews is to help ensure that personnel performance and reliability are appropriately supported. Detailed design review procedures and guidance for the evaluations is provided in three key documents: the Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800), the HFE Program Review Model (NUREG-0711), and the Human-System Interface Design Review Guidelines (NUREG-0700). These documents were last revised in 2007, 2004 and 2002, respectively. The NRC is committed to the periodic update and improvement of the guidance to ensure that it remains a state-of-the-art design evaluation tool. To this end, the NRC is updating its guidance to stay current with recent research on human performance, advances in HFE methods and tools, and new technology being employed in plant and control room design. NUREG-0711 is the first document to be addressed. We present the methodology used to update NUREG-0711 and summarize the main changes made. Finally, we discuss the current status of the update program and the future plans.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION/NON-NUREG
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1043368
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-96812-2012-CP; R&D Project: 15442; N-6765; 401001060; TRN: US1203123
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Eighth American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2012; San Diego, CA; 20120722 through 20120726
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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