scholarly journals Human-factors engineering-control-room design review: Shoreham Nuclear Power Station. Draft audit report

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.R. Peterson ◽  
J. Preston-Smith ◽  
J.W. Savage ◽  
W.F. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Nuclear Power Station ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Power Station ◽  
Design Review ◽  
Engineering Control ◽  
Room Design

Human Factors Engineering in the Control Room Design Process of an Engineer/Constructor

1984 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-343
Author(s):  
Philip E. Knobel ◽  
Michael E. Wiklund
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Room Design ◽  
Process Plant ◽  
Management Factors ◽  
Engineering Corporation

Engineer/constructor firms responsible for large process plant engineering, including the human-plant interface, have an emerging need for in-house human factors engineering (HFE) expertise. Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation has met his need through the creation of an HFE group. The group was founded as a small, informal, multidisciplinary organization. In an experimental manner, the group was provided the freedom to define its HFE markets within the firm and the process and power industry. Organizational design and management factors related to the functions and effectiveness of the group are discussed.

The Interpretation of Human Factors Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Reviews

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Michael E. Maddox
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Room Design ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
The Military

As a result of the Three Mile Island-Unit 2 (TMI) accident and subsequent investigations, all U.S. nuclear utilities are being required to review the control rooms in their nuclear generating plants for human factors design adequacy. Before TMI, human factors considerations were not an integral part of the design process in the nuclear industry. The utilities were not well equipped to handle the requirement for control room design reviews (CRDR), so, in an attempt to provide useable guidance for CRDR's, the NRC issued several documents that were based on military design standards and commonly-used equipment design guides. A fundamental problem with the guidance issued by the NRC and others is that much of the design guidance is not directly applicable to a review and backfit process such as the CRDR. This paper presents a description of the ongoing process of applying human factors design criteria from the military and aerospace arena to the review and backfit activities in the nuclear utility industry. This process has, and is, taking place in a broad-based utility working group to which the author acts as a consultant. The work includes a large educational segment in which techniques, such as task analysis, are made explicity applicable to the CRDR. So far, this activity has resulted in four guidelines that have been reviewed by the nuclear utilities.

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