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Title: Development to requirements for a procedures software tool

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:5881416
 [1];  [2]
  1. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
  2. Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry, Tokyo (Japan)

In 1989, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Japan initiated a joint research program to investigate various interventions to reduce personnel errors and inefficiencies in the maintenance of nuclear power plants. This program, consisting of several interrelated projects, was initiated because of the mutual recognition of the importance of the human element in the efficient and safe operation of utilities and the continuing need to enhance personnel performance to sustain plant safety and availability. This paper summarizes one of the projects, jointly funded by EPRI and CRIEPI, to analyze the requirements for, and prepare a functional description of, a procedures software tool (PST). The primary objective of this project was to develop a description of the features and functions of a software tool that would help procedure writers to improve the quality of maintenance and testing procedures, thereby enhancing the performance of both procedure writers and maintenance personnel.

OSTI ID:
5881416
Report Number(s):
CONF-930601-; CODEN: TANSAO
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 68; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English