Human Factors in Nuclear Safety

Stanton, Neville A.

• Part 1 Organizational issues for design: a discipline for human factors ; human factors in the process of developing power plant systems; ergonomic assessment of a nuclear power plant control room - requirements in a design context. Part 2 Designissues: human factors of human computer interaction in the control room; operator reactions to alarms - fundamental similarities and situational differences; procedures in the nuclear industry; simulators - a review of research and practice. Part 3Personnel issues: assessing nuclear power plant operator variability; selecting personnel in the nuclear power industry; training issues; team performance; human failure in the control room of nuclear power stations; temporal logic of occurrence andalternating work times; work-related stress and control room operators in nuclear power generation. Part 4 Organizational issues for safety: human reliability assessment in the UK nuclear power and reprocessing industries; the promotion and measurement ofa positive safety culture; key topics in nuclear safety.