NRC-RES/EPRI 2019 Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Workshop

Module IV – Human Reliability Analysis

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• Course Overview
• Agenda
• Course Material
• Staff
• Registration

Course Overview

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), will sponsor a fire module workshop on fire probabilistic risk assessment (PRA). Working under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Cooperative Nuclear Safety Research, RES and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have been developing state-of-the-art methods for conducting fire PRAs. In September 2005, the collaboration produced "EPRI/NRC-RES Fire PRA Methodology for Nuclear Power Facilities" (NUREG/CR-6850/EPRI 1011989), which is the subject of this 2019 course. Training will also include discussions relating to the fire PRA portion of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard.

Module IV: HRA

This module covers technical tasks related to modeling human failure events (i.e., the failure of operator responses) in a fire context. This module will focus on the guidance provided in draft EPRI 1019196, NUREG-1921, "EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Human Reliability Analysis Guidelines" which largely replaces the human reliability analysis (HRA) guidance provided in EPRI 1011989, NUREG/CR-6850, Volume 2, Section 12. This module is suited for HRA/PRA practitioners responsible for the HRA aspects of the fire PRA. Specifically, participants in this module should possess the following knowledge:

• A general knowledge of PRA as applied to nuclear power plants, including typical approaches, modeling techniques (event trees, fault trees, interfaces between PRA and HRA), and the quantification of PRA models.
• Some familiarity with plant systems typically found in nuclear power plants. Simplified, but reasonably realistic examples of plant systems that may be represented in PRAs and manipulated by operators will be used to demonstrate the methodology.
• Some familiarity with plant operations and operating procedures. Examples of HRA tasks, such as human failure event identification, will use typical operator actions and simplified examples of operating procedures to demonstrate the methodology.
• A general understanding of the typical influences on operator performance and how they are represented in HRA tasks such as human failure event definition and quantification.

When:

Monday – Thursday	August 5 – 8, 2019	8am – 4:30pm
Friday	August 9, 2019	8am – 12pm

Where:
US NRC Professional Development Center in the greater Washington, DC area.
11555 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(All visitors must check-in at the security desk located inside One White Flint North at NRC Headquarters)

Agenda (August 5–9, 2019)

MONDAY AUGUST 5
TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
7:40 a.m.	Arrival
8:00 a.m.	Welcome	Susan Cooper
8:15 a.m.	Introduction to HRA What is HRA? Where does HRA fit? What does HRA model Keys to performing HRA	Susan Cooper
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Introduction to HRA (continued) Understanding HRA Guidance for performing HRA	Susan Cooper
11:00 a.m.	HRA concerns specific to fire	Susan Cooper
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Examples of human performance in real fire events Examples / breakout session	Susan Cooper
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Overview to Fire HRA	Susan Cooper
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
TUESDAY AUGUST 6
TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
7:40 a.m.	Arrival
8:00 a.m.	Identification and Definition	Susan Cooper
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Identification and Definition (continued)	Susan Cooper
11:30 a.m.	Qualitative Analysis	Susan Cooper
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Qualitative Analysis (continued)	Susan Cooper
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Qualitative Analysis (example)	Susan Cooper
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7
TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
7:40 a.m.	Arrival
8:00 a.m.	Fire HRA Issues	Susan Cooper
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Screening Theory Example	Susan Cooper
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Scoping Theory	Susan Cooper
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Scoping Example	Susan Cooper
4:00 p.m.	EPRI Method Theory	Susan Cooper
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
THURSDAY AUGUST 8
TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
7:40 a.m.	Arrival
8:00 a.m.	EPRI Method Theory	Susan Cooper
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	EPRI Method Example	Susan Cooper
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	ATHEANA Theory	Susan Cooper
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	ATHEANA Example	Susan Cooper
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn
FRIDAY AUGUST 9
TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
7:40 a.m.	Arrival
8:00 a.m.	Recovery, Dependency, and Uncertainty	Susan Cooper
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Questions, Wrap Up	Susan Cooper
12:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Please note this agenda provides an estimate of the schedule for the course and times may vary at instructor's discretion.

Course Material

A link to download the materials will be provided approximately 2 weeks prior to the course.

Staff

Instructor:

Dr. Susan E. Cooper is a Senior HRA/PRA specialist employed in the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. She has over 25 years of experience in HRA, PRA, risk-informed decision-making, and other related areas for a variety of technologies, including commercial nuclear power. Dr. Cooper was the project manager and principal investigator for the NRC in the development of EPRI 1023001 / NUREG–1921 EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Human Reliability Analysis Guidelines. She has a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Susan Cooper
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop T-10A12
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Email: Susan.Cooper@nrc.gov
Phone: (301) 415-0915

Course Manager:

Tammie Rivera
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mail Stop T-10A12
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Email: Tammie.Rivera@nrc.gov
Phone: (301) 415-2376

Registration

Visit the Registration form to register for the NRC-RES/EPRI 2019 Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Module IV Workshop.