• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.178-191
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• 1999

More than twenty methods were suggested for Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) in the field of safety analysis for Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). However, there is still a high uncertainty on the analysis and a difficulty in performing HRA. New methods and approaches are under studying to overcome such limitations of current HRA. This paper presents some results of study to analysis limitations of current HRA in viewpoint of user, i.e., HRA analyst. The limitation analysis was based on 89 human error events modeled in a Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) project for NPPs in Korea. Total 17 specific limitations were identified and categorized into seven groups. Important analysis has also been undertaken to assess the order of priority among those limitations. Finally, seven requirements with priority ranking were generated for an advanced framework and methodology of HRA.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2006.11b
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• pp.1140-1145
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• 2006

The railway human reliability analysis (R-HRA) plays a role of identifying and assessing human failure events in the framework of the probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of the railway systems. This paper reviews three existing HRA methods including the K-HRA (THERP/ASEP-based) method, the HEART method, the RSSB-HRA method, and introduces a case study that was performed to select an appropriate method for a railway risk assessment. The case is the signal passed at danger (SPAD) events, which are caused from a variety of factors. From the case study, the strengths and limitations of each method were derived and compared with each other from the viewpoint of the applicability to the railway industry.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.8-22
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• 1999

This study was performed to comparatively evaluate selected Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) methods which mainly focus on cognitive error analysis, and to derive the requirement of a new human error analysis (HEA) framework for Accident Management (AM) in Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). In order to achieve this goal, we carried out a case study of human error analysis on an AM task in NPPs. In the study we evaluated three cognitive HEA methods, HRMS, CREAM and PHECA, which were selected through the review of the currently available seven cognitive HEA methods. The task of reactor cavity flooding was chosen for the application study as one of typical tasks of AM in NPPs. From the study, we derived seven requirement items for a new HEA method of AM in NPPs. We could also evaluate the applicability of three cognitive HEA methods to AM tasks. CREAM is considered to be more appropriate than others for the analysis of AM tasks, HRMS is also applicable to the error analysis of AM tasks. But, PHECA is regarded less appropriate for the predictive HEA technique as well as for the analysis of AM tasks. In addition to these, the advantages and disadvantagesofeachmethodaredescribed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.348-355
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• 2017

Human activities have resulted in soil pollution problems to us. Human and ecological risk assessment have been suggested as an efficient environmental management strategy for protecting human and ecosystems from soil pollution. However, Korean environmental policy is currently focused on human protection, and fundamental researches for ecology protection are required for institutional frameworks. In this study, we developed a schematic frame of Korean soil ecological risk assessment, and suggested the basic information for its application. This study suggested a soil ecological risk assessment scheme consisting of 4 steps for derivation of Predicted-No-Effect-Concentration (PNEC): 1) ecotoxicity data collection and reliability determination, 2) data standardization, 3) evaluation of data completeness for PNEC calculation, and 4) determination of ecological-risk. The reliability determination of ecotoxicity data was performed using Reliability Index (RI), and the classification of domestic species, acute/chronic, toxicity endpoint, and soil properties was used for data cataloging. The PNEC calculation methodology was determined as low-reliability, middle-reliability, and high-reliability according to their quantitative and qualitative levels of ecotoxicity data. This study would be the introductory plan research for establishment of Korean soil ecological risk assessment, and it can be a fundamental framework to further develop guidelines of Korean environmental regulation.

• IE interfaces
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 1990

The application of human-factor concept in developing a complex weapon system is important for system engineer to determine the system performance and reliability. This paper describes the evaluation procedure of human factors in the X-system wherein the evaluation result provides a better performance than the previous model in operatability and maintainability. The criteria used for the evaluation of a design adequacy of the X-system are based on the military human-factor standards.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.42-52
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• 2018

Background: Maintenance operations on-board ships are highly demanding. Maintenance operations are intensive activities requiring high man-machine interactions in challenging and evolving conditions. The evolving conditions are weather conditions, workplace temperature, ship motion, noise and vibration, and workload and stress. For example, extreme weather condition affects seafarers' performance, increasing the chances of error, and, consequently, can cause injuries or fatalities to personnel. An effective human error probability model is required to better manage maintenance on-board ships. The developed model would assist in developing and maintaining effective risk management protocols. Thus, the objective of this study is to develop a human error probability model considering various internal and external factors affecting seafarers' performance. Methods: The human error probability model is developed using probability theory applied to Bayesian network. The model is tested using the data received through the developed questionnaire survey of >200 experienced seafarers with >5 years of experience. The model developed in this study is used to find out the reliability of human performance on particular maintenance activities. Results: The developed methodology is tested on the maintenance of marine engine's cooling water pump for engine department and anchor windlass for deck department. In the considered case studies, human error probabilities are estimated in various scenarios and the results are compared between the scenarios and the different seafarer categories. The results of the case studies for both departments are also compared. Conclusion: The developed model is effective in assessing human error probabilities. These probabilities would get dynamically updated as and when new information is available on changes in either internal (i.e., training, experience, and fatigue) or external (i.e., environmental and operational conditions such as weather conditions, workplace temperature, ship motion, noise and vibration, and workload and stress) factors.

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.295-302
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• 1997

본 논문은 원자력발전소 사고관리 방안의 평가를 위하여인간 신뢰도 분석(Human Reliability Analysis: HRA)을 수행하고, 그 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 가능한 오류에 대한 정성적인 인적오류 분석(Human Error Analysis: HEA)과정을 추가하였다. 인적오류 분석의 기본 체계(framework)를 기법들을 검토하여 사고관리 방안 평가에서 인적오류의 가능성을 분석하는 절차와 대표적인 사례에 대한 분석 결과을 예시하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.23 no.54
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• pp.145-153
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• 2000

The importance of reliability information management for an effective product quality management has been increased. Reliability management requires many different kinds of human and technical expertise and cost over the various discipline in the organization. However, it is difficult task to set up appropriate and effective life data analysis because of lacking engineers with reliability knowledge, statistical background and of funds in small and medium-sized enterprise. It is needed to develop a low cost implementation architecture of reliability information supporting system for small and medium-sized enterprise under web environment. In this paper, research efforts are presented to solve such problems of small and medium-sized enterprise under web environment.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.14-31
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.87.1-87
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• 2001