Human performance contribution to risk in nuclear power operating events

Author

Gertman, David I. ; Hallbert, Bruce P. ; Blackman, Harold S. ; Parrish, M.W. ; Trager, A. ; Persensky, J.J. ; Kramer, Joel J.

Author_Institution

Idaho Nat. Eng. & Environ. Lab., Idaho Falls, ID, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

14671

Lastpage

17958

Abstract

This paper presents results of a study of the contributions of human performance to risk in operating events at commercial nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sponsored the study, which was performed by the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The NRC Accident Sequence Precursor (ASP) Program and the Human Performance Events Database (HPED) were used to identify safety significant events in which human performance was a major contributor to risk. Conditional core damage probabilities (CCDPs) were calculated for these events using Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability Evaluation (SAPHIRE) software and Standardized Plant Analysis Risk (SPAR) models. The results showed that human performance contributed significantly to the analyzed events.

Keywords

fission reactor safety; human factors; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear power stations; power engineering computing; power generation reliability; risk management; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; SAPHIRE software; SPAR models; USA; computer simulation; conditional core damage probabilities; human performance contribution; nuclear power operating event risk; Accidents; Application specific processors; Databases; Humans; Performance analysis; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Probability; Risk analysis; Safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human Factors and Power Plants, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE 7th Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7450-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HFPP.2002.1042836

Filename

1042836