Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: bc47318d-f421-4335-b0d8-fa7f3bf3ae30
Document Type: srp
Title: HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070756.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 18
Section ID: 18.0
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mpletion of the four V&V activities described above, a design description should be developed that describes the detailed design and its performance criteria. Aspects of the design that were not fully addressed in HSI task support verification, HFE design verification, integrated system validation, or human factors issue resolution verification should be evaluated using appropriate V&V methods with the final installed design. These design aspects may include design characteristics such as (a) new or modified displays for plant-specific design features and (b) features that cannot be fully evaluated in a simulator such as control room lighting and noise. It should be verified that the in-plant implementation of the HFE design conforms to the design description that resulted from the HFE design process and V&V activities. In addition, it should be verified that the implemented design's static and dynamic characteristics are acceptably integrated with the rest of the HSI as described in criterion 3 of Section 5.3.2 of Part 1 of NUREG-0700, Revision 1. 57 Technical Rationale58 The NRC bases its HFE review on current regulatory requirements established in 10 CFR 50.34(g), "Conformance with the Standard Review Plan (SRP)," and 10 CFR 50.34(f), "Additional TMI-Related Requirements." The NRC reviews HFE aspects of the HSI to verify that it reflects "state-of-the-art human factors principles" as required by 10 CFR 50.34(f)(2)(iii) and that personnel performance is appropriately supported. For plants licensed under 10 CFR Part 52, the requirements of 10 CFR 50.34 are incorporated under 10 CFR 52.47. NRC guidance for the 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 for new control rooms, that additional analyses be conducted to optimize the allocation of functions to humans and machines and further examine advanced control system