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Human reliability guidance - How to increase the synergies between human reliability, human factors, and system design and engineering. Phase 1: The Nordic Point of View - A user needs analysis

Abstract

The main goal of this Nordic Nuclear Safety Research (NKS) council project is to produce guidance for how to use human reliability analysis (HRA) to strengthen overall safety. This project is intended to work across (and hopefully diminish) the borders that exist between human reliability analysis (HRA) and human-system interaction, human performance, human factors, and probabilistic risk assessment at Nordic nuclear power plants. This project consists of two major phases, where the initial phase (phase 1) is a study of current practices in the Nordic region, which is presented in this report. Even though the project covers the synergies between HRA and all other relevant fields, the main focus for the phase is to bridge HRA and design. Interviews with 26 Swedish and Finnish plant experts are summarized the present report, and 10 principles to improve the utilization of HRA at plants are presented. A second study, which is not documented in this preliminary report, will chronicle insights into how the US nuclear industry works with HRA. To gain this knowledge the author will conduct interviews with the US regulator, research laboratories, and utilities. (Author)
Authors:
Oxstrand, J; [1]  Boring, R L [2] 
  1. Vattenfall Ringhals AB, Stockholm (Sweden)
  2. Sandia National Lab. Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Dec 15, 2010
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
NKS-228
Resource Relation:
Other Information: NKS-R-HRA-GUIDANCE; 1 tab., 1 ill., 18 refs.
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; HUMAN FACTORS; RELIABILITY; PERSONNEL; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
OSTI ID:
1004729
Research Organizations:
Nordisk Kernesikkerhedsforskning, Roskilde (Denmark)
Country of Origin:
Denmark
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISBN 978-87-7893-299-0; TRN: DK1102007
Availability:
Also available at http://www.risoe.dtu.dk/rispubl/NKS/NKS-228.pdf; OSTI as DE01004729
Submitting Site:
DKN
Size:
26 p. pages
Announcement Date:
Feb 14, 2011

Citation Formats

Oxstrand, J, and Boring, R L. Human reliability guidance - How to increase the synergies between human reliability, human factors, and system design and engineering. Phase 1: The Nordic Point of View - A user needs analysis. Denmark: N. p., 2010. Web.
Oxstrand, J, & Boring, R L. Human reliability guidance - How to increase the synergies between human reliability, human factors, and system design and engineering. Phase 1: The Nordic Point of View - A user needs analysis. Denmark.
Oxstrand, J, and Boring, R L. 2010. "Human reliability guidance - How to increase the synergies between human reliability, human factors, and system design and engineering. Phase 1: The Nordic Point of View - A user needs analysis." Denmark.
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