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Title: Practical HFE tools as part of a HFE programme in a concurrent engineering environment

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OSTI ID:22030023
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  1. Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Proprietary Limited, Lake Buena Vista Building, Gordon Hood Avenue, Centurion 1267, PO Box 9396, Centurion 0046 (South Africa)

The Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Design Team within a concurrent engineering environment has a very difficult task in integrating HFE in the design processes of Systems, Structures and Components (SSC). In this ever-changing environment, where layouts, operator and maintenance staff tasks and roles change frequently, it is imperative to have access to tools with which information can be gathered and designs evaluated swiftly and precisely. This paper describes a process that is linked to a number of tools which the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) HFE Design Team uses to gather functional, task, layout, operational and maintenance information. The process is described step by step, with inputs to, outputs from and the tools used to capture, evaluate and control information within the HFE design. (authors)

Research Organization:
American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
OSTI ID:
22030023
Resource Relation:
Conference: NPIC and HMIT 2006: 5. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 12-16 Nov 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 8 refs.; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 5. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology| 1430 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English