Title :
Human performance measurement: issues and challenges
Author_Institution :
US Nucl. Regulatory Comm., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The author outlines several theoretical and practical issues that must be resolved if credible human performance assessment systems for nuclear generating stations are to be achieved. Theoretical issues involve mechanisms of human behavior, performance indicators, performance measures and logic models. Practical issues involve objective safety criteria, objective performance data, sampling and validation. Each issue is defined and its present states of resolution is discussed. Initiatives of the US regulatory authority, designed to address some of these issues, are introduced. Issues not yet addressed by those initiatives are also identified. The author concludes that there may be room for cautious optimism for achieving credible human performance assessment systems in the near future through direct cooperation between the US regulatory authority and the nuclear industry.<>
Keywords :
fission reactor safety; human factors; nuclear power stations; personnel; USA; human behavior; human factors; human performance assessment systems; logic models; nuclear generating stations; nuclear industry; performance indicators; regulatory authority; safety criteria; Humans; Integrated circuit modeling; Logic; Measurement; Nuclear power generation; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Psychology; Regulators; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Human Factors and Power Plants, 1988., Conference Record for 1988 IEEE Fourth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/HFPP.1988.27549
