ML19308C358
| ML19308C358 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 09/11/1979 |
| From: | Chris Miller NRC - NRC THREE MILE ISLAND TASK FORCE |
| To: | Allison D, Doyle B, Ornstein H NRC - NRC THREE MILE ISLAND TASK FORCE |
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MEMORANDUM FOR: - D. Allison' B. C. Doyle
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- C. O. Miller
SUBJECT:
- MAtl-MACHINE ISSUES INPUT FROM GREGORY' MINOR AND JOSEPH SEMINARA Attached is' a letter from Greg-Minor and an outline of issues. forwarded by' Joe.Seminara-in' followup'to~their participation at the Man-Machine
.. Peer Review Group' meeting-last month.
Seminara's outline in particular
-lists many: things already clearly.within the' current scope of our investi-gation; however,1some of-the' items are not'. explicitly included in any of'
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our. tasks and 'thus' are probably worthy of ' consideration (e.g., standardi-zation, Item cland Organizational Effectiveness, Item I).
I.suggest Seminara's list be made available to Essex as well as 'its:being considered as input to our own thinking..The Minor letter is just for your
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-Also attached are. copies of two papers by Seminara which may be of interest.
Cc w C. O. Miller, Consultant IIRC/THI Special Inquiry Group-cc: _(w/o encls.)
E..K. Cornell 1 i
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' MAN-MACHINE ISSUES 3
fA. ' HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING DEFICIENCIES g NUCLEAR POWER PLANT' CONTROL ROOMS o.E Synopsis of raan-machine' problems observed at. approximately fifteen
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' control room situation.
-QUESTION:' IsL the' TMI case _unicue or is TMI representative-of nuclear control rooms in. general?
B. ' CURRDIT' DESIGN PRACTICES IN DETELOPING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. CONTROL ROOMS
- o ' Synopsis of a design practices study' conducted with major nuclear system. vendors and Architect / Engineering. firms involved in control
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o '.The. role of the NRC in control room development o
o The interactions between the NRC/EPRI/ Utilities / Vendors / Architect-Engineering
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o' l Recommendations Lto ensure integration of human factors engineering concerns in control room design C.
STANDARDIZATION '
o Reasons for lack of standardization o Penalties associated with this lack.
o' Arguments for standardization in spite of historic resistances o Mechanisms for promoting standardization borrowed from the military.
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TPAINING'AND SIEULATORS o Overview of current operator. training practices based on interviews
. with h0. operators and 13 trainers o ' Deficiencies in the training of operators
':o.:: Problems with' the_ NRC licensing process o 9 Inadequacies of ; vrent simulator training programs o Problems with the' Requalification Tra_ning programs
- o Recon =endationsifor improved training programs and proficiency evaluations i
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- oi.The; nature.of; operator errors
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.o: Errorhinducingfictors:notnormally. considered o; 'JMI " operator / errors" F
2 fo 1 Measures required to minimize.the potential for operator-errors
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o.; Lack of d'efinition:of the operator's job w-o. Lack.of. clear-cut-selection criteria' t
o / Status' of the(operator in the plant:
t o= The need for a super operator?.
~ o Interactions between operators.
-o1 The trend towards; automation of operator functions G.-
. AUTOMATION] FANUAL OPERATIONS -
-o.. Penalties and advantages.of automation
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.o Advanced centrol room' designs ~ of Lthe future
- o The N-660 Cc==itt'ee and its role regarding automation of system response.
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RESTRUCTURIN3 THE OPERATOR'S JOB
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- o Problens observed in regard to the operator's task o' : Means -for restructuring the operator's role to ensure increased
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ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS 2
of-Organizational problems that affect operations o ELack;of supervisory training J.; ; MAINTAINABILITY OF POWER PLANTS Synopsis of-a survey;of five' nuclear power plants in terms-of the
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. man-machir.e aspectstof-maintainability-s
. oD-The potential'for. human' error--in the maintenance.of power plants
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2 o iLack of. Human: Factors specialists within the NRCL w.;
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-o o Lack of yardsticks for-evaluating human factors aspects of ' design -
o; The need for comprehensive human factors research and applications programs.within the NRC-
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CO W !ICATION~ CHANNELS'FOR OPERATORS-7o 'fnere are-no formal communication' channels between operators at'~
- different plants-io. Proposed remedies
- K.' MISOELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS
. o Lack 'of. funds in the private sector.to promote control room improvements.due to the shrinking nuclear market o -The dangers'of-considering design public safety in commercial
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