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Forward

The need for the application of human factors engineering (HFE) in the life cycle activities of nuclear power generating stations and other nuclear facilities has been demonstrated by plant operating histories and regulatory and industry reviews. Prior to the incident at Three Mile Island-Unit 2 (TMI-2) in 1979, little guidance for the application of HFE in nuclear facilities existed. Evaluation of the TMI-2 incident revealed that better application of HFE in nuclear power plant design could contribute to reducing human errors, mitigating events, and preventing accidents. Based on this potential for improved nuclear safety, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission instituted guidance for the incorporation of HFE principles in the design of nuclear power plants. Department of Energy laboratories and industry groups such as the Electric Power Research Institute and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations have also provided research, studies, and methodologies to support the application of HFE to further the safe operation of nuclear facilities. 

This Recommended Practice, IEEE 1023-2004, is provided to promote the systematic application of HFE in nuclear facility programs. It is intended to serve as the top-level program document under which additional standards are written or referenced to address specific technical needs. As the top-level document, it is beyond the scope of this Recommended Practice to offer the detailed guidance that is needed to support the various activities that may be implemented by such programs. However, since TMI 2, detailed guidance on many relevant topics has been provided by numerous sources. Such guidance may be accessed, for example, through the Bibliography given in Annex A.

This revision takes a more flexible approach than did its predecessor. A more flexible approach was deemed necessary to accommodate the Recommended Practice's expanded scope, which now 1) includes nuclear facilities besides power plants, and 2) addresses the entire facility life cycle (formerly just the design process). Flexibility was also warranted to balance the increased rigor of a Recommended Practice over a Guide, and to resolve the diversity of views existing on the Subcommittee.

In the revision process, efforts were made to add practical substance, to be compatible with other industry standards, and to consider current industry trends. A particular concern was to prepare for the increasing role of risk-informed and risk-based assessment in nuclear facility licensing and operation. The key notion of significant human interface, retained from the original guide, was thus refined to incorporate and relate the concepts of acceptable performance, human error, and facility risk.

IEEE Std 1023 was initially published in 1988 as an IEEE Guide. The current revision was begun under Working Group 7.1 of Subcommittee 7, Human Factors and Control Facilities, and was completed under Working Group 5.1, Human Factors Applications and Methods, of Subcommittee 5 (SC-5) Human Factors, Control Facilities, and Reliability, of the Nuclear Power Engineering Committee of the IEEE.

Notice to users

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Participants

At the time this revision was completed the Human Factors Applications and Methods Working Group 5.1 had the following membership:

Hamilton C. Fish, Administrative Chair

Stephen Fleger, Alternate Chair

Robert B. Fuld, Standard Champion

The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.

William Banks

Valerie Barnes

Michael Boggi

James Bongarra

Ronald Bradford

Bruce Breslau

Ray Christensen

Andrew Dykes

Daryl Harmon

James Herrin

Jay Persensky

Sam Huertz

William Klein

Doug Lenker

Scott Malcolm

William Mangiante

John O'Hara

Julie Reed

Robert Sheranko

Robert Starkey

Eugene Trager

T. J. Voss

Robert Waters

James Zglinczski

Satish Aggarwal

Stan J. Arnot

Farouk Baxter

James Bongarra

Wesley Bowers

Daniel Brosnan

Robert Carruth

John Carter

Garry Chapman

Amir El-Sheikh

Hamilton Fish

Stephen Fleger

Ronald Fluegge

Jay Forster

Robert Fuld

Britton Grim

Randall Groves

Ajit Gwal

William Hadovski

Daryl Harmon

Wolfgang B. Haverkamp

David Horvath

Peter Hung

Paul Johnson

Gerald Lantz

John MacDonald

Faramarz Maghsoodlou

John Merando

Gary Michel

Brian Newell

Roger Parker

Julius Persensky

James Ruggieri

William Schwartz

Barry Skoras

Neil Smith

Richard Starck

James Stoner

John Taylor

James Thomas

T. J. Voss

Li Zhang

When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 8 December 2004, it had the following membership:

Don Wright, Chair

Steve M. Mills, Vice Chair

Judith Gorman, Secretary

*Member Emeritus

Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:

Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative

Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative

Alan Cookson, NIST Representative

Don Messina

IEEE Standards Project Editor

Chuck Adams

H. Stephen Berger

Mark D. Bowman

Joseph A. Bruder

Bob Davis

Roberto de Marca Boisson

Julian Forster*

Arnold M. Greenspan

Mark S. Halpin

Raymond Hapeman

Richard J. Holleman

Richard H. Hulett

Lowell G. Johnson

Joseph L. Koepfinger*

Hermann Koch

Thomas J. McGean

Daleep C. Mohla

Paul Nikolich

T. W. Olsen

Ronald C. Petersen

Gary S. Robinson

Frank Stone

Malcolm V. Thaden

Doug Topping

Joe D. Watson

Scope

This document provides recommended practices for applying human factors engineering (HFE) to systems and equipment that have significant human interfaces in nuclear power generating stations and other nuclear facilities.