Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 41723229-6e99-476f-9bae-0cad73a92dca
Document Type: srp
Title: HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0236/ML023650383.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 18
Section ID: 18.0
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1 - December 2002 18.0-17 To support the review of an applicant's submittal for conformance to these 10 CFR requirements, the staff uses three primary guidance documents: NUREG-0700, NUREG-071 1, and draft NUREG-1764.- The technical basis upon which the staffs HFE review guidance was developed was (1) ge-neral systems theory and 'engineering principles; (2) available NPP industry HFE guidance, standards, guidance, and recommended practices developed in the industry (e.g., IEC and IEEE); and HFE guidance developed for complex systems in general (e.g., by groups such as DoD, NASA, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society). As part of the development process, the guidance and its associated technical reports were extensively reviewed by independent subject matter experts, professional organizations, and industry representatives. As a result the staffs guidance provides a technically valid basis upon which to review applicant HFE programs; processes, and designs. NRC guidance for a systematic, top-down evaluation of HFE was originally provided in NUREG 0700, Revision 0. This document provided a methodology for the review of existing control rooms. It recommended that additional analyses be conducted for new control rooms to optimize the allocation of functions to humans'and machines'and further examine advanced control system technologies.-: Appendix B of NUREG-0700, Revision 0, was provided as one source of guidance regarding these analyses. The guidance of NUREG-0700, Revision 0, has been updated twice to reflect changes in HSI technologies. NUREG-0711 addresses the integration of HFE in the design process and was originally developed to support NRC reviews of submittals for certification of new plant designs under 10 CFR Part 52. However, because it updates the guidance of Appendix B of NUREG-0700, Revision 0, it should be used for HFE reviews of new plant designs licensed under both 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 52. Portions of NUREG-071 I should also be used,