Title :
Will the LOCA mind-set be overcome? (nuclear power station safety)
Author_Institution :
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Aiken, SC, USA
Abstract :
The author criticizes the LOCA (loss-of-coolant accident) mind-set in the nuclear power industry, by which he means the continuing preoccupation with the general view of reactor safety dominated by the technical subculture created by a billion dollars of LOCA research and now extending itself into the microconsideration of severe accident phenomena. In opposition to this mind-set, he discusses: (1) what contribution to reactor safety is needed for human factors engineering; (2) why it appears that this contribution is not going to be made in the near future; and (3) what might be done to make it more likely that an effective contribution will be made.<>
Keywords :
accidents; fission reactor safety; human factors; nuclear power stations; LOCA; human factors; nuclear power industry; nuclear power stations; reactor safety; severe accident phenomena; Art; Automation; Control systems; Human factors; Nuclear measurements; Power generation; Power measurement; Psychology; Safety; User interfaces;
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.1988.27472
