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Conservatism of the Accident Sequence Evaluation Program HRA Procedure

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  • Bryan F. Gore
  • James S. Dukelow
  • Timothy M. Mitts
  • Wesley L. Nicholson

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This paper presents a limited assessment of the conservatism of the Accident Sequence Evaluation Program (ASEP) human reliability analysis (HRA) procedure described in NUREG/CR‐4772. The data for this study are derived from simulator examination reports from the NRC requalification examination cycle for nuclear power plant operators. The ASEP procedure was used to estimate human error probability (HEP) values for critical tasks, and the HEP results were compared with the failure rates observed in the examinations. The ASEP procedure was applied by PNNL operator license examiners who supplemented the limited information in the examination reports with expert judgment based upon their extensive simulator examination experience. Comparison of the average of the ASEP HEP values with the fraction of the population actually failed and demonstrated that the ASEP HEP values are larger (conservative) by a statistically significant average factor of two. Partitioning of tasks into subgroups based on the ASEP HEP values and comparison of the subgroup average ASEP HEP values with observed subgroup failure rates showed little or no conservatism for small ASEP HEP values, but considerable conservatism for larger ASEP HEP values.

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  • Bryan F. Gore & James S. Dukelow & Timothy M. Mitts & Wesley L. Nicholson, 1997. "Conservatism of the Accident Sequence Evaluation Program HRA Procedure," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(6), pages 781-787, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:17:y:1997:i:6:p:781-787
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb01283.x
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