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Human Performance Research and Its Uses to Inform Human Reliability Analysis

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The field of human reliability analysis (HRA) plays an important role in probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) performed for commercial nuclear power plants. The international community recognizes the need for using information about human performance from relevant settings to improve HRA method capability and to evaluate the human events modeled in a PRA. This chapter discusses the needs for HRA research, presents an experimental paradigm for research, and suggests ways that capabilities at the OECD Halden Reactor Project can play an important role in addressing HRA needs. The expertise that Halden has gained from many years of studying human performance is uniquely suited to address emerging opportunities for HRA research. Its initial efforts have already proven important and a long term plan of collaborative research is encouraged.

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  1. Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

    Bruce P. Hallbert

  2. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

    Vinh N. Dang

  3. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, USA

    Erasmia Lois

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  1. Bruce P. Hallbert
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  1. , OECD Halden Reactor Project, Institute for Energy Technology, Halden, 1751, Norway

    Ann Britt Skjerve

  2. , OECD Halden Reactor Project, Institute for Energy Technology, Halden, 1751, Norway

    Andreas Bye

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Hallbert, B.P., Dang, V.N., Lois, E. (2010). Human Performance Research and Its Uses to Inform Human Reliability Analysis. In: Skjerve, A., Bye, A. (eds) Simulator-based Human Factors Studies Across 25 Years. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-003-8_20

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