DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK SCREENING METHOD FOR CREDITED OPERATOR ACTIONS.

HIGGINS, J C; O HARA, J M; LEWIS, P M; PERSENSKY, J; BONGARRA, J

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK SCREENING METHOD FOR CREDITED OPERATOR ACTIONS.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK SCREENING METHOD FOR CREDITED OPERATOR ACTIONS. THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) REVIEWS THE HUMAN FACTORS ASPECTS OF PROPOSED LICENSE AMENDMENTS THAT IMPACT HUMAN ACTIONS THAT ARE CREDITED IN A PLANTS SAFETY ANALYSIS. THE STAFF IS COMMITTED TO A GRADED APPROACH TO THESE REVIEWS THAT FOCUS RESOURCES ON THE MOST RISK IMPORTANT CHANGES. THEREFORE, A RISK INFORMED SCREENING METHOD WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON AN ADAPTATION OF EXISTING GUIDANCE FOR RISK INFORMED REGULATION AND HUMAN FACTORS. THE METHOD USES BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INFORMATION TO DIVIDE THE AMENDMENT REQUESTS INTO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REVIEW. THE METHOD WAS EVALUATED USING A VARIETY OF TESTS. THIS PAPER WILL SUMMARIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHODOLOGY AND THE EVALUATIONS THAT WERE PERFORMED TO VERIFY ITS USEFULNESS.

Authors:: HIGGINS, J C; O HARA, J M; LEWIS, P M; PERSENSKY, J; BONGARRA, J

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2002

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 797607

Report Number(s):: BNL-NUREG-69197
R&D Project: 15238 - Y6022; 401001060; TRN: US0201635

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 2002 IEEE 7TH CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS AND POWER PLANTS, SCOTTSDALE, AZ (US), 09/19/2002; Other Information: PBD: 19 Sep 2002

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; REACTOR OPERATORS; REACTOR LICENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT

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                    HIGGINS, J C, O HARA, J M, LEWIS, P M, PERSENSKY, J, and BONGARRA, J. DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK SCREENING METHOD FOR CREDITED OPERATOR ACTIONS..  United States: N. p., 2002. 
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                    HIGGINS, J C, O HARA, J M, LEWIS, P M, PERSENSKY, J, & BONGARRA, J. DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK SCREENING METHOD FOR CREDITED OPERATOR ACTIONS..  United States.

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                    HIGGINS, J C, O HARA, J M, LEWIS, P M, PERSENSKY, J, and BONGARRA, J. 2002.  
        "DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK SCREENING METHOD FOR CREDITED OPERATOR ACTIONS.".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/797607.

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