ML20133H240
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| Issue date: | 03/06/1985 |
| From: | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
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DATE ISSUED: MAR. 6, 1985 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ACRS HUMAN FACTORS SUBCOMMITTEE DECEMBER 11, 1984 A meeting was held by the ACRS Subcommittee on Human Factors at 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., Room 1046. The purpose of the meeting was, in the morning, to deal primarily with recent The afternoon accomplishments from the NRC Human Factors Program Plan.
session was used to review the status of human factors research in preparation for the next ACR$ Report to Congress on reactor safety Notice of this meeting was published in the Federal Register research.
or.'tonday, November 26, 1984 (Attachment A). The schedule of items covered at this meeting is in Attachment B.
The list of attendees is in Attachment D is a list of the meeting handouts which are Attachment C.
Portions of this meeting which dealt with the in the ACRS office files.
Such discussions proposed NRC research budget for FY 1986 were closed.
if held in public session might result in premature disclosure of information which would, in turn, frustrate the Comission's ability to Mr. Richard Major was the implement the affected programs effectively.
cognizant ACRS staff member present for the meeting.
Mornino Session - Recent Accomplishments, NRC's Human Factors Program Plan - Dan Jones, Division of Human Factors Safety He noted the Human Factors Dr. Jones introduced the morning's program.
Program Plan's objective is to develop the technical bases for effective consideration of human factors in human performance for the NRC The Program Plan has developed a number of possible regulatory process.
Results from results which are being applied to the regulatory process.
individual projects were presented by the cognizant Division of Human Factors Safety Project Managers.
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December 11, 1984 Mtg Identifying Job-Related Educational Qualifications for Licensed Operators - Claire Goodman, Division of Human Factors Safety This study was conducted by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories for the NRC Staff. The project was a first step to determine relevant qualifications for licensed operators. This program compared formal engineering course work and formal schooling to It found reactor operator and senior reactor operator job content.
that 10 percent of the academic knowledges are covered in high school. Approximately 65 percent of academic knowledges are covered in all college level engineering programs with nuclear engineering covering most of the 65 percent. Approximately 20 percent of the formal knowledge needed to be a reactor operator or senior reactor operator must be covered in plant training programs.
In order to define the job content, Job Task Analyses were used.
Job Task Analyses performed by INP0 and others were also used.
General Physics used these job task analyses to evaluate the application of knowledge on the job.
Mr. Ward suggested analyzing the backgrounds in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, and chemical engineering curriculums to see how applicable each program is to nuclear operations. He was also interested in getting an indication as to the benefits of a sense of professionalism a degreed engineer might have over someone who was non-degreed.
Operator Feedback Project - Delores Morisseau Division of Human Factors Safety T. he objective of this work was to compare operator workshops to mailed surveys as mechanisms for obtaining feedback from plant operating staffs and to collect data on issues of concern to NRC.
3 December 11, 1984 Mtg HUMAN FACTORS Both workshops and surveys produced good results. The surveys were cost-effective for utilities and the operator feedback provides the NRC with useful data. Among the feedback from both workshops and high turnover is a problem; overtime and shift work surveys are:
are demanding; individuals with both engineering expertise and operations experience could be valuable on shift; the current shift technical advisor position is of limited value; simulators, especially plant-specific, are very helpful; shift crews are larger than what operators consider to be the minimum needed for safe operation; at least 85 percent of the respondents work overtime at least once per month; and 87 percent accept shift work as part of the job.
Licensing Examination Development and Validation - Shelley Weiss Spielberg, Division of Human Factors Safety The objective of this project is to ensure that the NRC licensing exam is a content-valid and otherwise effective measure of a candidate's ability to operate a nuclear power plant safely.
Knowledge and ability categories for plant systens and emergency evolutions are being produced. A catalog of generic knowledge, skills, and abilities for PWR reactor operators and senior reactor operators has been produced. An examiner handbook which treats examination developnent, examination administration, and examination scoring, as well as candidate evaluation, has also been produced.
The Staff was asked whether or not they were trying to develop a technical basis for the present frequency of operator The Staff noted that they are not requalification examinations.
currently assessing the possibility of a reduction in the once-per-year requalification examination.
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4 December 11, 1984 Mtg HUMAN FACTORS Examination Question Bank - Ronald B. Eaton, Division of Human Factors Safety The purpose of this project was to produce a computerized examination question bank to develop, format and produce licensing Currently this data bank is maintained at Idaho examinations.
National Engineering Laboratory and contains approximately 16,000 questions.
Maintenance Procedures - Michael Goodman, Division of Human Factors Safety This project had as its objective to evaluate the need for guidance It was found and regulatory action for maintenance procedures.
that administrative procedures that govern development, use, and control of maintenance procedures often exclude critical It was maintenance procedures from the review and control process.
also found that lack of complete vendor technical data handicaps The problems development and updating of maintenance procedures.
found and recommendations made will be in a final report, NUREG/CR-3817, in the near future.
Methods for Implementing Revisions to Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) - Michael Goodman, Division of Human Factors Safety The purpose of this work is to develop methods for implementing The project concluded there is a potential for upgraded E0Ps.
negative transfer during and following implementation of upgraded The recommendations from this study include using simulator E0Ps.
exercises as part of operator training which can assist in determining whether or not an operator is experiencing negative transfer, and the primary technique to eliminate negative transfer e
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5 December 11, 1984 Mtg HUMAN FACTORS is overtraining with the new E0Ps. A final report was produced in May 1984, NUREG/CR-3632 " Methods for Implementing Revisions to Emergency Operating Procedures."
Mr. Russell discussed the NRC's requalification testing program.
He noted that approximately 20 percent of operating plants receive The audit serves as the requalification test for an NRC audit.
The audit also operators who are selected for the NRC audit.
The serves as a test of the utility's requalification program.
outcome of the NRC-administered requalification tests is used to judge the adequacy of the utility's requalification program.
Mr. Reed expressed a concern that NRC-administered requalification tests were demoralizing to the operating crews.
Local Control Station and Auxiliary Operator Interfaces - George Lapinsky, Division of Human Factors Safety This work was done by Pacific Northwest Laboratories.
Its purposes were to define and identify local control stations (LCS) having safety significance, identify transient and accident scenarios that could affect environmental conditions (noise levels, temperature, light, etc.) at local control stations, determine whether human factors deficiencies exist at safety significant local control It was stations, and assess the adequacy of current guidance.
Human factors noted that LCSs are variable in kind and quality.
deficiencies observed in many of the LCSs are of the sort that can be expected to lead to operator errors. Mary of the human factors deficiencies would be simple to correct: poor design and maintenance of identifying labels and markings, and the lack of Other deficiencies procedures located at the control station.
would not be simple to correct including poor component design and illogical arrangement of controls. The findings from this project are recorded in NUREG/CR-3696, " Potential Human Factors
6 December 11, 1984 Mtg HUMAN FACTORS Deficiencies in the Design of Local Control Stations and Operator Interfaces in Nuclear Power Plants," April 1984.
Safety Systems Status Indication - George Lapinsky, Division of Human Factors Safety The purpose of this work was to survey plants to ensure that operators could tell from their control stations whether or not safety systems were bypassed or out of service for a particular It was found that control panel indications of valve period.
status are often not conveniently grouped for a quick and easy.
It was also found that the mental assessment of systems status.
processing requirements for determining the effects of removing a component or components are often quite difficult and can lead to It was noted the Safety Parameter Display Systems provide a error.
Results of this work are published in lead-in to this area.
NUREG/CR-3621, " Safety Systems Status Monitoring," March 1984.
a Annunciator System Improvements - Richard J. Eckenrode, Division of Human Factors Safety The objectives of this work were to produce improved guidelines for control room annunciator systems in the near term, and to develop The goal design recommendations for such systems in the long term.
of this work was to minimize the potential for system and process j
i Items studied deviations to develop into significant hazards.
is an operator alerted to a deviation, given the included:
priority and nature of the deviation, given guidance in initial response, and able to confirm the response was appropriate.Results Computerized annunciator systems were also being studied.
will be published in NUREG/CR-3217, "Near-Term Improvements for Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Annunciator Systems," and NUREG/CR-3987, " Computerized Annunciator System Recommendations."
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PROPOSED TOPICS HUMAN FACTORS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 11, 1984 WASHINGTON, DC 8:30 a.m.
1.
Chairman's Introduction (0 pen) 10 min a.
Objectives b.
Discuss schedule 8:40 a.m.
2.
Discussion of Recent Accomplishments from the Human Factors Program Plan 31 hr (0 pen)
- Dan Jones Staffing and Qualifications a.
b.
Training c.
Licensing Examinations d.
Procedures 10 min BREAK 10:30 a.m.
Man-Machine Interface' e.
f.
Management and Organization Human Reliability g.
LUNCH 12:00 Noon C L 0 S E D S E S S I O N Review the Status of Human Factors Research 31 hr 1:00 p.m.
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in Preparation for the Upcoming ACRS Report to Congress - CLOSED - Jim Norberg Man-Machine Interface a.
- i. Recent Accomplishments 11.
Programs Underway iii.
Future Plans (including Budget Estimates through FY 1987) b.
Operational Readiness 1.
Recent Accomplishments 11.
Progress Underway iii.
Future Plans (including Budget Estimates through FY 1987) 10 min BREAK 3:00 p.m.
c.
Management Staffing 1.
Recent Accomplishments ii.. Programs Underway iii.
Future Plans (including Budget Estimates through 1987) 15 min 4:30 p.m.
4.
Concluding Remarks ATTACHMENT B
ATTACHMENT C ATTENDEES ACRS HUMAN FACTORS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 11, 1984 WASHINGTON, DC ACRS NRC D. Ward, Chairman J. Norberg, RES G. Reed, Member P. Williams, NRR C. Wylie, Member D. Jones, NRR H. Lewis, Member C. Goodman, NRR R. Major, Staff D. Morriseau. NRR S. Spilberg, NRR Others W. Russell, NRR J. Persensky, NRR J. Nurmi, EPM, Inc.
R. Eaton, NRR C. Baty, Bechtel P. McLaughlin, NRR D. Hoffer.n, ACE-Federal R. Eckenrode, NRR V. Moore, NRR J. Hoit, Jr., RES M. Au, RES N. Gibb, NRR G. Cwaline, IE C. Overbey, RES J. Lowry, RES i
ATTACHMENT C
ATTACHMENT D LIST OF MEETING HANDOUTS ACRS HUMAN FACTORS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DECEMBER 11, 1984 WASHINGTON, DC i
Subject:
Recent NRR Staff Presentation to the ACRS.
Accomplishments-NRC Human Factors Program Plan (HFPP) - Slide 1.
package used by various presenters during morning session -
82 slides Slide on Job Content, backup slide to above package - 1 slide 2.
Briefing to ACRS Subcommittee on Human Human Factors Researach 3.
RES Presentation:
Factors, December 11,1984, FY 1986-87 Program and Budget - 44 slides NOTE
- Copies of these slides are on file in the ACRS office'.
ATTACHMENT D
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