Handbook of human-reliability analysis with emphasis on nuclear power plant applications. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5752058· OSTI ID:5752058

Swain, A D; Guttmann, H E

The primary purpose of the Handbook is to present methods, models, and estimated human error probabilities (HEPs) to enable qualified analysts to make quantitative or qualitative assessments of occurrences of human errors in nuclear power plants (NPPs) that affect the availability or operational reliability of engineered safety features and components. The Handbook is intended to provide much of the modeling and information necessary for the performance of human reliability analysis (HRA) as a part of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of NPPs. Although not a design guide, a second purpose of the Handbook is to enable the user to recognize error-likely equipment design, plant policies and practices, written procedures, and other human factors problems so that improvements can be considered. The Handbook provides the methodology to identify and quantify the potential for human error in NPP tasks.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5752058
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-1278; SAND-80-0200; ON: DE84001077
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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