Published June 1987 | Version v1
Report

Survey of human error contributions in some recent probabilistic risk assessments

Creators

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)

Description

The human error contributions to the dominant accident sequences in some recent PRAs are surveyed. The plants considered are Millstone 3, Seabrook, Shoreham, and Oconee 3. The dominant accident sequences that contain human error contributions are displayed along with the per cent contribution to the total core damage frequency from each accident sequence and from the human error portion of each sequence. The survey shows that human error contributions appear in most of the dominant accident sequences for Shoreham, a BWR, but that only a few of the dominant accident sequences for the other plants, all PWRs, contain human error contributions. (author)

Part of:
Identification of failure sequences sensitive to human error

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Identification of failure sequences sensitive to human error
Imprint Pagination
188 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 85-94.
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--424

Conference

Title
Technical committee meeting on the identification of failure sequences sensitive to human error.
Dates
5-9 May 1986.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
18090690
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS; HUMAN FACTORS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR OPERATORS; REVIEWS; RISK ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; DOCUMENT TYPES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PERSONNEL; POWER PLANTS; SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS

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