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Preface to the special issue: Human factors in control rooms of nuclear power plants

✍ Scribed by Huafei Liao

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 34 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 1090-8471
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20338

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✦ Synopsis

Since the Three Mile Island (TMI) accident, it has been well recognized that humans are integral to the safe operation of a nuclear power plant (NPP). Unfortunately, "to err is human." One may suggest, Why don't we take out the human element from a NPP system with advanced automation technology? Is automation technology the correct solution? Yes and no. It is true that automation technology has helped us increase human performance and reliability by reducing human errors. However, as discussed in one article (Liao & Chang) in this issue, automation technology cannot eliminate the human aspect of a NPP, at least not in the foreseeable future. Rather, after a certain level of automation, the human personnel of a NPP will be increased and new human factors issues will emerge. Hence, in addition to automation technology, another important tool in our arsenal to fight human errors is to increase our understanding of 1) internal human error mechanisms, 2) external challenges imposed by NPP technology, and 3) how the internal error mechanisms are triggered by the external challenges.

With the increasing demand for clean and reliable energy, there is a renewed interest and effort worldwide in developing the next generation of commercial NPPs for use in the near future and decades from now, which are often referred to as Generation III and Generation IV power plants. The new-generation NPPs

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