ML19339H051
| ML19339H051 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/18/2019 |
| From: | Raymond Furstenau Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research |
| To: | Ho Nieh Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| S. Fleger 415-2409 | |
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| References | |
| NUREG-0700 R3 | |
| Download: ML19339H051 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 12, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Ho K. Nieh, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Raymond V. Furstenau /RA/
Director of Nuclear Regulatory Research
SUBJECT:
IMPENDING PUBLICATION OF NUREG-0700, REVISION 3, HUMAN-SYSTEM INTERFACE DESIGN REVIEW GUIDELINES I am forwarding for your information the enclosed final version of report NUREG-0700, Revision 3, Human-System Interface Design Review Guidelines, which the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) will submit for publication in two weeks. My staff has worked closely with Dr.
David Desaulniers of your staff in finalizing the report. In addition, the report was issued for a 45-day public comment period. A total of 7 comments were received and dispositioned by the authors.
The NRC staff reviews the human factors engineering (HFE) aspects of nuclear power plants in accordance with the Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition). The Human Factors Engineering Program Review Model (NUREG-0711, Revision 3, issued November 2012) contains detailed design review procedures. As part of the review process, the interfaces between plant personnel and the plants systems and components are evaluated for conformance with HFE guidelines. This document, Human-System Interface Design Review Guidelines (NUREG-0700, Revision 3), provides the guidelines to perform this evaluation.
NUREG-0700 was first published in 1981 following the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. The NUREG provided guidance for conducting detailed nuclear power plant control room design reviews and identifying and correcting design deficiencies to bring control rooms into compliance with human factors engineering principles. Since that time, the NRC staff has updated NUREG-0700 in 1996 and again in 2002. The current update (Revision 3) is the first in over a decade and represents a major revision to the guidance document.
The revision is important because it provides updated and new guidance for evaluating technologies used in the design of highly integrated computer-based control rooms, including embedded alarm systems and adaptive automation, as well as human-system interface (HSI) support guidelines (i.e., maintainability of digital systems and degraded HSI and instrumentation and control conditions), which will enhance the staffs capability for reviewing new and advanced reactor designs.
CONTACT: Stephen Fleger, RES/DRA/HFRB 301-415-2409
H. Nieh RES has established an online quality survey to collect feedback from user offices on the usefulness of RES products and services. This survey can be found online at the hyperlink:
https://drupal.nrc.gov/res/quality-survey. I would appreciate the responsible manager or supervisor completing this shortabout 5 minutessurvey within the next 10 working days to present your offices views of the delivered RES product.
Enclosure:
As stated
ML19339H050 OFFICE RES/DRA/HFRB RES/DRA/HFRB D:RES/DRA D:RES NAME S. Fleger S. Peters M. Cheok R. Furstenau DATE 12/09/19 12/10/19 12/11/19 12/12/19