An EDF perspective on human factors

✍ Scribed by Annick Carnino

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 883 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-8320
• DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(89)90087-2

✦ Synopsis

The paper presents the main lines of the program undertaken hy Eleetricit¢; de France in the.field of human factors as a result of the TMI accident. As it is intportant to be aware of some human characteristics to understand the d(17iculties and needs in the.field, the following hehaviour characteristics art, described: ..... man is not a component .... man functions through a singh, channel man has a continuous need of in/ormation --man biases risk estimation --man uses mental representations.

The [ollowmg actions launched after TMI the man machine inter/ace improvement, the operator training, the crew organisation, the operating experience anaO'sis, the state approach development and the emergency plann#lg--are all linked to human factors.

The paper ends h v presenting the new control room studies/or N4 project and some other actions aimed at improving phmt operation.