Safety Case Toolkit

The ONR’s expectations with respect to Human Factors Integration (HFI) are set out in the following SAPs, however there are a number of related SAPs (EHF.2 to EHF.12) that must be taken into consideration to ensure human factors are adequately represented in the nuclear safety case.

The expectations of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with respect to Human Factors (HF) Task Analysis (TA) are set out in the Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs). In particular SAP EHF.5 must be considered to ensure human tasks are adequately represented in the nuclear safety case.

The expectations of Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with respect to Training Needs Analysis (TNA) are set out in the Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) at a total of ten locations. In particular SAPs EHF.5 and EHF.8 must be taken into consideration to ensure the training and assurance of personnel competence is adequately actioned and represented in the nuclear safety case.

The expectations of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with respect to Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) are set out in the ONR Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs). In particular SAP EHF.10 must be considered to ensure human errors are adequately represented in the nuclear safety case.

The expectations of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with respect to the Allocation of Function, also known as the Allocation of Safety Actions, Between Human and Engineered Systems, are set out in the Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs).

The expectations of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with respect to Human Machine Interface (HMI) design, provision and assessment, are set out in the Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs). In particular SAP EHF.7 refers to User Interface.