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Author Farah Fenoughty |
| Abstract Nuclear reactor technology is developing and changing the role of the human and interaction with the plant. Specifically, working as a HF consultant in the nuclear industry, the human contribution to risk and reliance on the human to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the plant is changing - we will rely less on human diagnosis of faults and fault mitigation actions and more on passive and automated safety systems. However, working on new build projects I have found that these fundamental questions have not always been considered and explored systematically – is there anything the human could do that could compromise the integrity of the safety systems to fulfil their intended safety function and, in a fault situation, is there anything the human could do to make things worse? In this paper I will elaborate on why these questions remain important. |
