Human Factors in the Nuclear Industry : A Systemic Approach to Safety.

Human Factors in the Nuclear Industry: A Systemic Approach to Safety presents the latest research and studies of human factors in the nuclear industry. It models and highlights scientific and technological foundations before providing practical examples of applications within the nuclear facility of...

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Main Author: Teperi, Anna-Maria
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Gotcheva, Nadezhda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2020.
Series:Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy Ser.
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Summary:Human Factors in the Nuclear Industry: A Systemic Approach to Safety presents the latest research and studies of human factors in the nuclear industry. It models and highlights scientific and technological foundations before providing practical examples of applications within the nuclear facility of human performance at an individual, group, organization, and system level. Editors Dr. Teperi and Dr. Gotcheva supply concrete models, tools and techniques based on research to provide the reader with knowledge of how to facilitate and support human performance in this dynamic and fast moving safety critical field. Models and case studies are provided to add practical benefits for the reader to apply to their own projects, including user friendly state-of-the-art equipment, fluent work processes for information flow, functional control room resource management, and scope for competence and learning in the work place. This book will benefit nuclear researchers, safety experts, human factors professionals and power plant operators, as well as those with an interest in human factors outside of the nuclear field. Provides a comprehensive framework for human factors, considering not only the individual, but also the team, organizational and industrial levels Presents tried and tested tools and techniques based on research from the nuclear industry Includes models, examples and case studies of user-friendly equipment, fluent work processes and functional control room resource management.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
3 From classical human factors toward a system view-experiences from the human factors nuclear field in Sweden.
Physical Description:1 online resource (371 p.).
ISBN:9780081028469
0081028466