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Lead Author: Kohei Nonose Co-author(s): Yukihiro Kirimoto, kirimoto@criepi.denken.or.jp Yuko Hirotsu, hirotsu@criepi.denken.or.jp Kuhide Sasou, sasou@criepi.denken.or.jp
Models and Knowhow for Human Reliability Analysis on Portable Equipment
The use of portable equipment such as mobile diesel pumps and power generators may be necessary to respond to severe accidents at nuclear power plants; however, development and application of human reliability analysis (HRA) methods for portable equipment is scarce in the world. Our past study described models and knowhow for HRA on portable equipment we developed and their application example in tsunami probabilistic risk assessment. It showed definitions of types of steps, examples of application rules of the table of estimated human error probability (HEP) in THERP method for the on-site operation/work, and task timeline diagram developed for organizing actors, locations, and time information (e.g., time required for executing a task). The present study has improved them and prepared for additional models and knowhow for HRA on portable equipment, as shown in the followings: 1) example of application rule of Cause-Based Decision Tree Method for the emergency operations facility, 2) re-definition of types of steps, 3) example of application rule of the table of estimated HEP in the THERP method for the on-site operation/work for equipment not covered in the THERP method (especially for error recovery to error of commission), 4) evaluation method for repetitive work such as refueling to portable equipment in long-term response, and 5) evaluation method for transmission/receipt of directions and report. This study will be useful for utilities to conduct HRA on portable equipment in actual plants.

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Lead Author Name: Kohei Nonose (nonose@criepi.denken.or.jp)

Bio: Kohei Nonose is a research scientist in the Nuclear Risk Research Center (NRRC), the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), where his research focuses on human reliability analysis at nuclear power plants. He received his PhD from the University of Tokyo and subsequently worked as an assistant professor there, while conducting joint research with Imperial College London and ETH Zurich from 2012 to 2014 on measuring air traffic controllers' team situational awareness. After that, he worked as a research scientist at the Human Factors Research Center of CRIEPI. He is currently working at the same institute's NRRC. He is a member of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ).

Country: Japan
Company: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
Job Title: Research Scientist

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