Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 777ab194-36da-4180-add0-782676715fbc
Document Type: srp
Title: HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING -
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350188.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 18
Section ID: 18.0
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INTRODUCTION The Human Factors Engineering Branch (HFEB) has primary responsibility for review of the human factors engineering design of the main control room and of control centers outside of the main control room. Because of the close relation- ship of the human factors engineering aspects of plant staffing, shift composi- tion, procedures and operating instructions to control station design, the HFEB will coordinate its reviews closely with those Branches having primary responsi- bility for Chapter 13 of the Standard Review Plan. Following the accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2, the NRC staff developed an Action Plan, NUREG-0660, to provide a comprehensive and integrated plan to improve the safety of power reactors. Specific items from NUREG-0660 have been approved by the Commission for implementation at reactors and these were incor- porated in NUREG-0737, dated October 31, 1980. Subsequently on December 17, 1982, the NRC staff issued Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737 which provided additional clari- fication on emergency response capabilities including the Detailed Control Room Design Review (DCRDR) and Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS). Both the DCRDR and the SPDS address problems caused by the lack of emphasis on human factors engineering during the control room design process. The DCRDR is performed by licensees and applicants who have already designed their control room, to identify and correct human factors engineering design deficiencies. The SPDS is also part of the control room upgrade and provides operating person- nel with a concentrated display of a minimum set of parameters which define the safety status of the plant. Applicants who have not developed a control room design or are in the very early stages of a control room design should be utiliz- ing accepted human factors engineering principles during this process. There- fore, it is not specifically required that they perform a DCRDR as defined in Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737, and the function of a