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Comparing cultural profiles of MCR operators with those of non-MCR operators working in domestic Nuclear Power Plants

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  • Park, Jinkyun
  • Jung, Wondea

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Operation experience of complex socio-technical systems such as Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) shows that most significant events are attributable to human error. Thus, various kinds of Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) techniques were used to manage human error for safety-critical tasks. However, a lack of available HRA data is a critical issue in conducting an HRA. For this reason, many researchers have tried to provide HRA data extracted from simulated emergency conditions. Unfortunately, it is still doubtful to directly use these HRA data because different operational cultures may result in different human performances even under a similar task context. From this concern, previous studies claimed that Main Control Room (MCR) operators working in different NPPs share very similar cultural profile. In order to confirm this claim, the culture profiles of operating personnel (i.e., non-MCR and MCR operators) working in domestic NPPs are compared. As a result, although some discrepancies are observed, it is positive to say that operating personnel of NPPs share similar cultural profiles to some extent. This result can be regarded as the first step to provide technical underpinnings that are helpful for understanding human performance data collected from different countries.

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  • Park, Jinkyun & Jung, Wondea, 2015. "Comparing cultural profiles of MCR operators with those of non-MCR operators working in domestic Nuclear Power Plants," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 146-156.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:133:y:2015:i:c:p:146-156
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2014.09.011
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    2. Park, Jinkyun, 2016. "Investigating a homogeneous culture for operating personnel working in domestic nuclear power plants," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 256-265.

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