Ensuring successful protection from and mitigation of external floods at nuclear power plants (NPPs) has received increasing attention in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear incident. Following the incident, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) required all operating U.S. NPPs to re-evaluate their design-basis flood estimates. Additional NRC initiatives aim to ensure that manual actions, i.e. actions taken outside of the main control room for flood protection and mitigation, are both feasible and reliable. We developed a framework to identify the key components and relationships required for an analytical approach or model to assess the impacts of environmental conditions (ECs) on the ability of individuals to perform flood protection and mitigation manual actions.
Revised: December 2, 2016 |
Published: January 1, 2017
Citation
Coles G.A., A.C. Dalton, K.M. Branch, R. Prasad, N.P. Kohn, and A.C. Bittner. 2017.Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Conditions on Manual Actions. In Advances in Human Factors in Energy: Oil, Gas, Nuclear and Electric Power Industries: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Energy: Oil, Gas, Nuclear and Electric Power Industries, July 27-31, 2016, Orlando, Florida, edited by SM Cetiner, P Fechtelkotter and M Legatt, 495, 157-169. Cham:Springer International Publishing.PNNL-SA-116565.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41950-3_14