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Lead Author: N. Reed LaBarge Co-author(s): Jayne E. Ritter (jayne.e.ritter@xcelenergy.com) Roy Linthicum (roy.linthicum@exeloncorp.com) Kyle S. Shearer (sheareks@westinghouse.com) Damian Mirizio (mirizids@westinghouse.com)

Benefits and Lessons Learned from PRA / Operations Interface at Nuclear Power Plants
The PWROG has recently championed several efforts to increase collaboration between Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) experts and nuclear power plant operators and procedure writers. The result of these efforts has been successful in promoting realism in the probabilistic representation of the role of human interface with nuclear power plants (i.e., Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)). Specifically a number of meetings and workshops have been held with PRA analysts, HRA experts and representatives from plant operations, procedure writing, and training to review current state-of-practice HRA methods and assumptions and identify areas that may be overly conservative. Guidance and recommendations have been developed and in some cases challenge state-of-practice HRA assumptions and methodologies. In these cases, specific methods or assumptions have been identified that could be revised to better reflect modern plant operational practices. Other areas of HRA have also be identified as opportunities for future research in order to ensure realistic treatment of the role of human operators on accident response. This paper intends to discuss several insights, best practices, operational improvements, and future research areas that have been recommended as a result these PWROG efforts.

Benefits and Lessons Learned from PRA / Operations Interface at Nuclear Power Plants

The PWROG has recently championed several efforts to increase collaboration between Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) experts and nuclear power plant operators and procedure writers. The result of these efforts has been successful in promoting realism in the probabilistic representation of the role of human interface with nuclear power plants (i.e., Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)). Specifically a number of meetings and workshops have been held with PRA analysts, HRA experts and representatives from plant operations, procedure writing, and training to review current state-of-practice HRA methods and assumptions and identify areas that may be overly conservative. Guidance and recommendations have been developed and in some cases challenge state-of-practice HRA assumptions and methodologies. In these cases, specific methods or assumptions have been identified that could be revised to better reflect modern plant operational practices. Other areas of HRA have also be identified as opportunities for future research in order to ensure realistic treatment of the role of human operators on accident response. This paper intends to discuss several insights, best practices, operational improvements, and future research areas that have been recommended as a result these PWROG efforts.

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Lead Author Name: Nathan LaBarge (labargnr@westinghouse.com)

Bio: Fellow Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company in the area of Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Level 2 PRA and Severe Accident Management Guidelines.

Country: United States of America
Company: Westinghouse Electric Company
Job Title: Fellow Engineer

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