Improving control room design and operations based on human factors analyses or how much human factors upgrade is enough?

IEEE Conference on Human Factors and Power Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 81-86

  Higgins, James C ^a   O'Hara, John M ^a   Almeida, Pilar ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control systems, Human factors, Nuclear power generation control, Nuclear power generation safety, Risk analysis, Safety, Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY TESTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING DISCREPANCY (HED);

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036438821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. O'Hara, J., Higgins, J., Stabler, W., Goodman, C., Eckenrode, R., Bongarra, J., and Galletti, G. (1994). Human Factors Engineering Program Review Model (NUREG-0711). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
2. O'Hara, J., Brown, W., Stabler, W., Wachtel. J., and Persensky, J. (1996). Human-system interface design review guideline (NUREG-0700, Rev. 1). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
3. John O'Hara, and James Higgins, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bojan Tomic and Miaden Susnic, ENCONET Consulting, Aquilino Rodríguez, Julio Blanco, Juan M. Lupianez, Carlos Pomar, Jose L. Sastre and Emilio Rodriguez, Union Fenosa Generacion, Pedro Ortega, Pilar Almeida and David Cano, Soluziona Ingenieria, Risk Implications of the Panel Arrangement in the José Cabrera Nuclear Power Plant Control Room: Recommendations for Improvements, 31 January, 2001.
4. Program Plan, Risk Implications of the Present Panel Arrangement in the José Cabrera Nuclear Power Plant Control.