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Strategies for Human Factors Validation of Fire-Event Scenarios in a Nuclear Power Plant

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Advances in Simulation and Digital Human Modeling (AHFE 2021)

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Abstract

The Spanish Nuclear Power Plants are currently incorporating the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, “Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants”. The main requirement from this standard is to provide a reasonable assurance that a fire initiated at any plant location with any plant configuration will not prevent the plant to achieve safe shutdown. This paper develops the process of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) validation of scenarios related to fire events. The document describes the preparation, presents the validation strategy, and shows the results and recommendations obtained in terms of human performance.

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  1. TECNATOM S.A., Avda. Montes de Oca 1, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain

    Borja Hervás & Luis Rejas

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  1. Borja Hervás
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Correspondence to Borja Hervás .

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  1. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Orlando, FL, USA

    Julia L. Wright

  2. Soar Tech, Orlando, FL, USA

    Daniel Barber

  3. Department of Product Development, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Sofia Scataglini

  4. Biomedical Research and Environmental, NASA Lyndon Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Sudhakar L. Rajulu

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Hervás, B., Rejas, L. (2021). Strategies for Human Factors Validation of Fire-Event Scenarios in a Nuclear Power Plant. In: Wright, J.L., Barber, D., Scataglini, S., Rajulu, S.L. (eds) Advances in Simulation and Digital Human Modeling. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 264. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79763-8_23

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