Abstract
Abstract: This paper describes initial findings from a
study concerning the practices and development needs of
Human Factors Engineering (HFE) in Finland. HFE is
increasing in importance as the Radiation and Nuclear
Safety Authority Finland (STUK) is renewing the
regulatory guidelines and the intention is to include
requirements concerning HFE. The motivation for the paper
is to discover how HFE is conducted currently in order to
envision what should be aimed at when modifying
requirements for design practices. In an interview with
STUK it was discovered that current HFE practices
encompass mainly activities related to control room
modifications and as such namely verification and
validation of new designs. The adoption of the entire HFE
process in design and modification projects requires
changes that include better integration of technical and
Human Factors Engineering approaches. Boundary objects
that mediate between different design disciplines are
needed in order to enforce the stronger integration.
Concept of operations (CONOPS) is suggested as a such
boundary object
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of International Symposium on Future I&C for Nuclear Power Plants Cognitive Systems Engineering in Process Control International Symposium on Symbiotic Nuclear Power Systems, ICI2011 |
Place of Publication | Daejeon, Korea |
Publisher | Korean Nuclear Society |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
Event | International Symposium on Future I&C for Nuclear Power Plants, Cognitive Systems Engineering in Process Control, and International Symposium on Symbiotic Nuclear Power Systems, ICI 2011 - Daejeon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Duration: 21 Aug 2011 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Symposium on Future I&C for Nuclear Power Plants, Cognitive Systems Engineering in Process Control, and International Symposium on Symbiotic Nuclear Power Systems, ICI 2011 |
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Abbreviated title | ICI 2011 |
Country/Territory | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of |
City | Daejeon |
Period | 21/08/11 → … |
Keywords
- Human Factors Engineering
- validation
- verification
- concept of operations
- boundary object