Reports

2015

V.N. Dang, L. Podofillini “A review of earthquake experience in nuclear power plants”, LEA 15-301, March 2015

S. Rahman, D.R. Karanki. “Literature Review on Deterministic Sampling Method – Preliminary Applications to Risk Analysis”, TM-41-15-XX, PSI, 2015.

2014

John Forester, Vinh N. Dang, Andreas Bye, Erasmia Lois, Salvatore Massaiu, Helena Broberg, Per Øivind Braarud, Ronald Boring, IIkka Männistö, Huafei Liao, Jeff Julius, Gareth Parry, Pamela Nelson, The International HRA Empirical Study: Lessons Learned from Comparing HRA Methods Predictions to HAMMLAB Simulator Data, NUREG-2127, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, USA, August 2014

Vinh N. Dang, John Forester, Ronald Boring, Helena Broberg, Salvatore Massaiu, Jeff Julius, IIkka Männistö, Huafei Liao, Pamela Nelson, Erasmia Lois, Andreas Bye International HRA Empirical Study – Phase 3 Report, Results from Comparing HRA Methods Predictions to HAMMLAB Simulator Data on LOFW Scenarios, NUREG/IA-0216, Volume 3, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, USA, December 2014

J. Kim, L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang Evaluation of the Revised HRA in the Beznau Shutdown and Low Power PSA: Follow-up to the KKB responses to Pendenzen PÜ34b and PÜ34c, LEA 14-301, December 2014, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate.

2013

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, Review of the Human Reliability Analysis in the Mühleberg PSA (MUSA2010), LEA 13-301, May 2013, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate.

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, CESA-Q: a method for quantifying Errors of Commission Enhanced method guidance and its technical basis, LEA 13-302, June 2013, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, A Pilot Study for Errors Of Commissions: Pilot Study III, a Boiling Water Reactor, LEA-13-303, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland, 2013.

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, Assessment of CESA-q against two II-generation HRA methods: ATHEANA and MERMOS, LEA-13-304, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland, 2013.

L. Podofillini, V.N. Dang, A collection of reference Error of Commission Analyses, LEA-13-305, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland, 2013.

2012

V.N. DANG, J. FORESTER, R. BORING, H. BROBERG, S. MASSAIU, J. JULIUS, I. MÄNNISTÖ, H. LIAO, P. NELSON, E. LOIS, A. BYE, The International HRA Empirical Study - Phase 3 Report - Results from Comparing HRA Methods predictions to HAMMLAB Simulator Data on LOFW Scenarios, Halden Work Report HWR-951, OECD Halden Project, Halden, Norway, September 2011.

L. PODOFILLINI, V.N. DANG, Evaluation of compliance with the 30-minute rule of the actions modeled in the GPSA, LEA 12-301, July 2012, Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis, prepared for Prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate.

Tae-Wan Kim, Durga Rao Karanki, “Development of a Discrete Dynamic Event Tree Analysis Tool ADS-TRACE”, TM-41-12-04, 2012.

2011

A. BYE, E. LOIS, V.N. DANG, G. PARRY, J. FORESTER, S. MASSAIU, R. BORING, P.O. BRAARUD, H. BROBERG, J. JULIUS, I. MÄNNISTÖ, P. NELSON, International HRA Empirical Study - Phase 2 Report, Results from Comparing HRA Methods to HAMMLAB Simulator Data on SGTR Scenarios, NUREG/IA-0216, Vol. 2, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC., August 2011.

L. PODOFILLINI, J.H. KIM, V.N. DANG, Review of the Human Reliability Analysis in the Gösgen PSA (KKG PSA 2009), LEA 11-301, March 2011

L. PODOFILLINI, J.H. KIM, V.N. DANG, Review of the Procedural Guidance for Selected Actions of the PSA model of the Gösgen plant, LEA 11-302, May 2011

V.N. DANG, D. MERCURIO, Overview of the Procedural Guidance Supporting Operator Actions in the Gösgen PSAs, LEA 11-303, May 2011

2010

MERCURIO D., Discrete Dynamic Event Tree Modeling And Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant Crews for Safety Assessment, Doctoral Thesis No. 19321, ETHZ, Dec. 2010.

KIM J., PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., Characterization Of Emergency Operation Systems (EOS) Of Nuclear Power Plants: Feedback to EDF Model and Initial Application to a Swiss EOS, LEA 09-305, Rev. 1, Dec. 2009.

2009

KIM J., PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., Characterization of Emergency Operation Systems of Nuclear Power Plants, prepared for EDF R&D, Clamart, France, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 09-305, Villigen PSI, November 2009

LOIS E., DANG V.N., FORESTER J., BROBERG H., MASSAIU S., HILDEBRANDT M., BRAARUD P., PARRY G., JULIUS J., BORING R., MÄNNISTÖ I., BYE A., International HRA Empirical Study - Phase 1 Report: Description of Overall Approach and Pilot Phase Results from Comparing HRA Methods to Simulator Performance Data, NUREG/IA-0216, Vol. 1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC., Nov. 2009.

REER B., Outline of a Method for Quantifying Errors of Commission, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 09-302, Villigen PSI, November 2009

REER B., DANG V.N., Situational Features of Errors of Commission Identified from Operating Experience, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 09-303, Villigen PSI, November 2009

REER B., An Approach for Ranking EOC Situations Based on Situational Factors, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 09-304, Villigen PSI, November 2009

PODOFILLINI L., Independent technical peer review 2 of the NARA tool, prepared for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Nuclear Installation Inspectorate, Merseyside L20 3JZ, UK, Paul Scherrer Institute, LEA 09-301, Villigen PSI, May 2009

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., Comparative analysis of the HRAs in the Gösgen Full Power PSAs, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Paul Scherrer Institute, LEA 09-306, Villigen PSI, December 2009

2008

DANG V.N. (ED.), HRA Data and Recommended Actions to Support the Collection and Exchange of HRA Data, NEA/CSNI/R(2008)9, Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris, France, May 2008.

LOIS E., DANG V.N., FORESTER J., BROBERG H., MASSAIU S., HILDEBRANDT M., BRAARUD P.O., PARRY G., JULIUS J., BORING R.L., MÄNNISTÖ I., BYE A., International HRA Empirical Study - Description of Overall Approach and First Pilot Results from Comparing HRA Methods to Simulator Data, Halden Work Report HWR-844, Rev. 1, May 2008.

PODOFILLINI L., DANG V.N., Review of the Human Reliability Analysis in the Leibstadt PSA (KKL PSA 2006) - Full-power, shutdown, internal and external initiating events, LEA 08-301, May 2008

2007

REER B, “Evaluation of Human Errors Identified from a Review of Events at the Mühleberg Plant 1971-2005”, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Federal Office of Energy, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 06-303, Villigen PSI, December 2006

REER B., Human Reliability Analysis of Errors of Commission: A Review of Methods and Applications, PSI-Bericht 07-04, ISSN 1019-0643, Paul Scherrer Institut, Wurenlingen and Villigen, June 2007.

REER B., Review of a Feasibility Study (INL/EXT-06-11670, Draft, July 2006) on the Employment of Empirical Data and Bayesian Methods in HRA, prepared for the Idaho National Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 07-301, Villigen PSi, January 2007

REER B., DANG V.N., The Commission Errors Search and Assessment (CESA) Method, PSI-Bericht 07-03, ISSN 1019-0643, Paul Scherrer Institut, Wurenlingen and Villigen, May 2007.

REER B., PODOFILLINI L., Evaluation of the Revised HRA in the Beznau Full-Power PSA, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Federal Office of Energy, Paul Scherrer Institut, LEA 07-302, Villigen PSI, May 2007

REER B., PODOFILLINI L., Review of the Procedural Guidance of Selected Actions of the PSA Model of the Leibstadt Plant, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Federal Office of Energy, Paul Scherere Institut, LEA 07-303, Villigen PSI, November 2007

2006

REER B., “Review of the Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMG) of the Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant (KKG)”, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Federal Office of Energy, HSK 17/834, April 2006

REER B., “Evaluation of Human Errors Identified from a Review of Events at the Mühleberg Plant 1971-2005”, prepared for the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Federal Office of Energy, LEA 06-303, December 2006