Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study
Operating teams consisting of several team members still play a critical role in coping with off-normal conditions in socio-technical systems. Thus, various kinds of human reliability analysis methods have been suggested based on the consideration of diverse performance shaping factors that can affe...
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| description | Operating teams consisting of several team members still play a critical role in coping with off-normal conditions in socio-technical systems. Thus, various kinds of human reliability analysis methods have been suggested based on the consideration of diverse performance shaping factors that can affect the performance of team members. Unfortunately, since multiple performance shaping factors can vary across operating teams (i.e., crew-to-crew variability), it is crucial to figure out how to visualize this variability in a systematic way. In this regard, comparing the cultural characteristics of operating teams with their performance would be a good starting point. This study investigates how cultural characteristics can be correlated with the occurrence of unsafe acts based on empirical data collected from operating teams working in the main control room of Korean domestic nuclear power plants. The cultural characteristics of the operating teams were visualized using five Hofstede's cultural indices and compared with the number of unsafe acts observed from simulated off-normal conditions. As a result, a statistically significant correlation is found between the occurrence of unsafe acts and one of the Hofstede's indices. From this finding, it is expected that a relevant probe to scrutinize crew-to-crew variability could be soundly determined in future works. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61bbe3e44c2f476f95436442fe6a7d102025-01-31T05:11:05ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332025-02-01572103193Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory studyJinkyun Park0Wasin Vechgama1Seung Ki Shin2Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea; Corresponding author.Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea; Korea National University of Science and Technology (UST), Republic of Korea; Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT), ThailandKorea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of KoreaOperating teams consisting of several team members still play a critical role in coping with off-normal conditions in socio-technical systems. Thus, various kinds of human reliability analysis methods have been suggested based on the consideration of diverse performance shaping factors that can affect the performance of team members. Unfortunately, since multiple performance shaping factors can vary across operating teams (i.e., crew-to-crew variability), it is crucial to figure out how to visualize this variability in a systematic way. In this regard, comparing the cultural characteristics of operating teams with their performance would be a good starting point. This study investigates how cultural characteristics can be correlated with the occurrence of unsafe acts based on empirical data collected from operating teams working in the main control room of Korean domestic nuclear power plants. The cultural characteristics of the operating teams were visualized using five Hofstede's cultural indices and compared with the number of unsafe acts observed from simulated off-normal conditions. As a result, a statistically significant correlation is found between the occurrence of unsafe acts and one of the Hofstede's indices. From this finding, it is expected that a relevant probe to scrutinize crew-to-crew variability could be soundly determined in future works.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573324004418Human reliability analysisPerformance shaping factorOperating teamCrew-to-crew variabilityHofstede's cultural indicesNuclear power plants |
| spellingShingle | Jinkyun Park Wasin Vechgama Seung Ki Shin Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study Nuclear Engineering and Technology Human reliability analysis Performance shaping factor Operating team Crew-to-crew variability Hofstede's cultural indices Nuclear power plants |
| title | Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study |
| title_full | Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study |
| title_fullStr | Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study |
| title_short | Identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants: An explanatory study |
| title_sort | identifying a probe to visualize the variability of operating teams for supporting the human reliability analysis of nuclear power plants an explanatory study |
| topic | Human reliability analysis Performance shaping factor Operating team Crew-to-crew variability Hofstede's cultural indices Nuclear power plants |
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