Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f269e894-c94c-4ccb-b41c-6e39aa74f371
Document Type: srp
Title: HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0706/ML070670253.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 18
Section ID: 18.0
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s. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for application of these acceptance criteria to the areas of review addressed by this SRP section is discussed in the following paragraphs: The NRC bases its HFE review on current regulatory requirements established in post-TMI orders and 10 CFR 50.34(f), "Additional TMI-Related Requirements." The NRC reviews HFE aspects of new control rooms (post-1982) to verify that they reflect "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(f) are incorporated under 10 CFR 52.47 and 10 CFR 52.79. Meeting these requirements provides evidence that plant design, staffing, and operating practices acceptable and that plant safety will not be compromised by human error or deficiencies in human interfaces with hardware and software. In addition, the staff relies on the SRP and post-TMI bulletins as guidance. To support the review of an applicant's submittal for conformance to these 10 CFR requirements, the staff uses primarily three guidance documents: NUREG-0711, NUREG-0700, and NUREG-1764. NUREG-0711 is (1) based upon currently accepted HFE practices, (2) well-defined, and (3) validated through experience with the development of complex, high-reliability systems in other industrial and military applications. The technical basis upon which the staff's HFE review guidance was developed was (1) general 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); 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