Safety system status monitoring
Pacific Northwest Laboratory studied the safety aspects of monitoring the preoperational status of safety systems in nuclear power plants to assess the effectiveness of current monitoring systems and procedures, to develop acceptance criteria by which the adequacy of safety status monitoring systems can be evaluated, and to develop near-term guidelines for reducing human errors associated with monitoring safety system status. A review of safety system status monitoring practices indicated shortcomings with the current systems and procedures used by control room operators. These shortcomings were even present in some systems and procedures installed to meet existing regulatory guidelines. Consequently this article suggests acceptance criteria for meeting the functional requirements of an adequate system for monitoring safety system status and near-term guidelines that could reduce the likelihood of human errors in specific, high-priority status monitoring tasks.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA
- OSTI ID:
- 6878371
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Saf.; (United States), Vol. 26:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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