Human Factors Engineering Availability and Suitability Verification for Human-System Interface in Nuclear Power Plants

The Guideline for Operational Nuclear Usability and Knowledge Elicitation (GONUKE) framework was introduced in 2015 to support human factors evaluations needed for control room upgrades at nuclear power plants. NUREG-0711, the Human Factors Engineering Program Review Model, is used by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review human factors activities associated with human-system interfaces at nuclear power plants, and GONUKE is anchored to the phases of development and design in NUREG-0711. This paper addresses five considerations to help users of GONUKE better apply the framework to evaluations for NUREG-0711 and beyond. These five considerations are: (1) GONUKE only specifies evaluation, not design; (2) GONUKE is a framework, not a method or process; (3) GONUKE goes beyond NUREG-0711 requirements; (4) GONUKE application shouldfollow a graded approach; (5) different evaluations are required fo r formative vs. summative phases.

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Updating Human Factors Engineering Guidelines For Conducting Safety Reviews of Nuclear Power Plants

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e578902012-429 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

John O'Hara ◽

James Higgins ◽

Stephen Fleger

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Nuclear Power Plants ◽

Human Factors Engineering

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Developing an Integrated Energy System Interface for Electricity-Hydrogen Hybrid Nuclear Operations

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 92-96

Author(s):

Thomas A. Ulrich ◽

Roger Lew ◽

Ronald L. Boring ◽

Torrey Mortenson ◽

Jooyoung Park ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Electricity Markets ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Energy Systems ◽

Energy System ◽

Human Factors Engineering ◽

Engineering Project ◽

Early Integration ◽

Integrated Energy Systems

Nuclear power plants are looking towards integrated energy systems to address the challenges faced by increasing competition from renewable energy and cheap natural gas in wholesale electricity markets. Electricity-hydrogen hybrid operations is one potential technology being explored. As part of this investigation a human factors team was integrated into the overall engineering project to develop a human system interface (HSI) for a novel system to extract steam for a coupled hydrogen production process. This paper presents the process used to perform the nuclear specific human factors engineering required to develop the HSI for this novel and unprecedented system. Furthermore, the early integration of the human factors team and the meaningful improvements to the engineering of the system itself in addition to the successful development of the HSI for this particular application are described. Lastly, the HSI developed is presented to demonstrate the culmination of the process and disseminate a potential HSI design for electricity-hydrogen hybrid operations that may be useful for others exploring similar integrated energy systems concepts.

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