International Conference on Human and Organizational Aspects of Assuring Nuclear Safety – Exploring 30 Years of Safety Culture

Probabilistic Safety Assessment: An Effective Tool to Support ‘Systemic Approach’ to Nuclear Safety and Analysis of Human and Organizational Aspects

23 Feb 2016, 10:20

30m

M Building (IAEA HQ)

Poster Pause and Posters

Speaker

Irina Kuzmina (IAEA)

Synopsis

The Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) represents a comprehensive conceptual and analytical tool for quantitative evaluation of risk of undesirable consequences from nuclear facilities and drawing on qualitative insights for nuclear safety. PSA considers various technical, human, and organizational factors in an integral manner thus explicitly pursuing a true ‘systemic approach’ to safety and enabling holistic insights for further safety improvement. Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) is one of the major tasks within PSA. The poster paper provides an overview of the objectives and scope of PSA and HRA and discusses on further needs in the area of HRA.