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Title: Evaluation of a twelve-hour/day shift schedule

Abstract

In April 1985, the operating crews at the Fast Flux Test Facility near Richland, Washington, changed their rotating shift schedule from an 8-hour to a 12-hour a day work schedule. The primary purpose of the change was to reduce the attrition of operators by increasing their job satisfaction. Eighty-four percent of the operators favored the change. A program was established to evaluate the effects on plant performance, operator alertness, attrition, sleep, health, job satisfaction, and off-the-job satisfaction. Preliminary results from that evaluation program indicate that the 12-hour shift schedule is a reasonable alternative to an 8-hour schedule at this facility.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6143176
Report Number(s):
HEDL-SA-3563-FP; CONF-8609105-8
ON: DE87014364
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76FF02170
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual meeting of the Human Factors Society, Dayton, OH, USA, 30 Sep 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; FFTF REACTOR; REACTOR OPERATORS; WORKING DAYS; EVALUATION; HUMAN FACTORS; PERFORMANCE; SCHEDULES; WORKING CONDITIONS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; PERSONNEL; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; TEST REACTORS; 220600* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research, Test & Experimental Reactors; 290200 - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology

Citation Formats

Lewis, P M, and Swaim, D J. Evaluation of a twelve-hour/day shift schedule. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
Lewis, P M, & Swaim, D J. Evaluation of a twelve-hour/day shift schedule. United States.
Lewis, P M, and Swaim, D J. 1986. "Evaluation of a twelve-hour/day shift schedule". United States.
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abstractNote = {In April 1985, the operating crews at the Fast Flux Test Facility near Richland, Washington, changed their rotating shift schedule from an 8-hour to a 12-hour a day work schedule. The primary purpose of the change was to reduce the attrition of operators by increasing their job satisfaction. Eighty-four percent of the operators favored the change. A program was established to evaluate the effects on plant performance, operator alertness, attrition, sleep, health, job satisfaction, and off-the-job satisfaction. Preliminary results from that evaluation program indicate that the 12-hour shift schedule is a reasonable alternative to an 8-hour schedule at this facility.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
month = {Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 1986}
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