Nuclear
User Centric Design provides a niche capability to the high consequence nuclear industry through its capability in human error analysis, human based safety claims substantiation and contributing expertise in ergonomics to the design of nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities.
Our specialists are typically part of the safety assurance team and the engineering team during the development of new, or decommissioning of existing, facilities. We identify safety or efficiency issues and suggest practical solutions to designs and procedures. For existing facilities, we provide tailored analyses suitable for periodic reviews of safety. In short, we provide the skills needed to ensure our clients in the nuclear industry are able to meet the Licencing Conditions of the Office of Nuclear Regulation.
Past projects include:
Hitachi-General Electric Advanced Boiling Water Reactor – Identification of Human Based Safety Claims from reviews of safety case and plant design documentation
Ministry of Defence (MOD) – Human Factors contributions to safety cases and facility design of major projects, including equipment trials, anthropometric assessments, HAZOPS/HAZIDS, control room design, task design and training needs analysis
MOD – Human Factors Lead, for the UK, on the HF work package to a new hydrodynamic test facility to meet a Treaty between the UK and France
Nuclear risk management and HF error quantification (HEART/THERP/NARA), based on Probabilistic Safety Analysis across the nuclear energy sector and decommissioning
