Abstract

This paper concerns a Human Reliability Assessment (HRA) carried out over a period of two years as part of a Nuclear Power Plant Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA). The HRA involved all elements of the HRA process, from problem definition and task analysis, through error representation and quantification, to impact assessment, error reduction, quality assurance and documentation. The aim of this paper is to show the methodology of HRA as applied in a real PSA, highlighting various elements of the HRA, and how the HRA interfaced with the PSA. Comments are also given on practical aspects and impacts of the various approaches, and the usefulness of a hybrid HRA/PSA team approach.

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