Technology, Human Performance, and Nuclear Facilities

A Systems Engineering Approach to Reduce Human Error

Jonathan K. Corrado

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032385501
• eBook ISBN: 9781000814972
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Maschinen- und Anlagebau

This book statistically confirms that complexity and changing technologies that affect the way operators interact within the systems of the nuclear facili-ties exacerbate the severity of incidents caused by human error and details the application of the systems engineering process to reduce human error given industries' rapidly advancing technology.

Technology, Human Performance, and Nuclear Facilities: A Systems Engineering Approach to Reduce Human Error provides a basic understand-ing of Human Error/ P erformance and its relation to industrial operations and advancing technologies incorporated into facilities. The book discusses the context surrounding the complexity of changing technologies at nuclear facili-ties and the potential worsening of problems caused by human error when technology advancements concerning operator interaction with control sys-tems are implemented. It presents how to reduce human error propensity given the incorporation of advanced technology and covers ways to reduce human error using the systems engineering process. Also offered are several concepts related to the operator's involvement in the systems engineering process and the human performance integration with system operational requirements and system testing, evaluation, and validation, and the procedures and training development in the systems engineering process. This book presents empirical evidence for the importance of human performance management in the con-text of nuclear facilities and offers practical recommendations for the improve-ment of this function.

Systems engineers, plant/ design engineers, the nuclear industry, plant operations management, and those involved in industrial and nuclear safety will find something of interest in this book.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Author
• 1 Incident Case Studies in the US Nuclear Power Industry and Impetus for Human Error Reduction
• 2 Nuclear Incident Severity Determination and Public and Industry Perception of Incidents and the Impact This Has on Nuclear Power’s Future
• 3 Why Nuclear Incidents Happen: A Detailed Review of Human Performance, Human Errors, and Technology Interface
• 4 An Observational Study on the Interface between Human Error and Technology Advancement
• 5 The Data Analysis and Result Interpretation Correlating Human Error and Technology Advancement in Nuclear Operation
• 6 The Application of the Systems Engineering Process to Enhance Human Performance Improvement in the Operation of Nuclear Facilities
• 7 The Incorporation of Procedure and Training Development in the Systems Engineering Process as a Method of Human Performance Improvement in Nuclear Facility Operation
• 8 Final Recommendations for the Favorable Combination of Advancing Technology and Human Performance in the Nuclear Setting
• Appendix: Survey Structure, Analysis, and Results
• Index