scholarly journals Safety evaluation report. Fast Flux Test Facility. Project No. 448

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Evaluation Report ◽  
Fast Flux

Evaluation of a 12-Hour/Day Shift Schedule

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 885-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Lewis ◽  
Dan J. Swaim
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Work Schedule ◽  
Sleep Health ◽  
Evaluation Program ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Shift Schedule ◽  
Reasonable Alternative ◽  
Fast Flux

In April 1985, the operating crews at the Fast Flux Test Facility near Richland, Washington, changed their rotating shift schedule from an 8- to a 12-hour/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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