IEC TR 63214:2019
(Main)Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Human factors engineering
Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Human factors engineering
IEC TR 63214:2019 provides a summary of arguments and a technical basis for the development of a new Human Factors Engineering IEC standard and the alignment of IEC 60964. Based on the provided argumentation, the participating members will vote for such an approach. The proposed content of the new standard provides the basis for fruitful discussion within IEC SC 45A WG 8 and raises interest in the development of the new standard.
The scope of the new HFE IEC standard will follow a holistic approach towards the design of the plant-wide control rooms and all HMI, including e.g. the local control stations located throughout the plant. The general principle is to consider the complete nuclear installation design as a sociotechnical system, in a holistic and integrated way.
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IEC TR 63214 ®
Edition 1.0 2019-10
TECHNICAL
REPORT
Nuclear power plants – Control rooms – Human factors engineering
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IEC TR 63214 ®
Edition 1.0 2019-10
TECHNICAL
REPORT
Nuclear power plants – Control rooms – Human factors engineering
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 27.120.20 ISBN 978-2-8322-7528-3
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Abbreviated terms . 9
5 Identified open points in IEC 60964 concerning HFE . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.2 Limitation of scope . 10
5.3 Supplementary information . 10
5.4 Missing information . 11
5.5 Outdated information . 11
5.6 Industry needs . 12
6 Directions for the new human factors IEC standards . 12
6.1 General . 12
6.2 Proposed "Table of contents" for a new Human Factors Engineering
standard . 13
6.3 Graphic to guide the design . 14
7 Impact on other IEC standards . 15
7.1 General . 15
7.2 IEC 60964:2009 Control Room Design . 15
7.3 IEC 60965 Supplementary Control Room . 16
7.4 Series of Control Room Design IEC standards . 16
7.5 Other IEC standards referencing IEC 60964 . 16
8 Ongoing discussions concerning the HFE standard . 16
8.1 General . 16
8.2 Topics to be discussed during the standard development . 16
8.3 References to be considered during the standard development . 16
9 Conclusion . 17
Bibliography . 18
Figure 1 – Human Factors Engineering Process (to be discussed) . 15
Figure 2 – New WG 8 document structure (to be discussed) . 15
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – CONTROL ROOMS –
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
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IEC TR 63214, which is a technical report, has been prepared by subcommittee 45A:
Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities, of IEC technical
committee 45: Nuclear instrumentation.
The text of this technical report is based on the following documents:
Enquiry draft Report on voting
45A/1226/DTR 45A/1247A/RVDTR
Full information on the voting for the approval of this technical report can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
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INTRODUCTION
a) Technical background, main issues and organisation of the Technical Report
IEC 60964: Nuclear power plants – Control rooms – Design includes a detailed set of
requirements to be applied when designing a control room and a process to implement
Human Factors Engineering. The two topics are mixed and the Human Factors part is
incomplete and does not reflect state-of-the-art knowledge and wording. In addition, the
standard was written considering only Human Factors within the scope of electrical systems in
control room design. The result is that the document does not take a holistic approach
towards the design of the plant-wide control rooms and HMI, including e.g. the local control
stations located throughout the plant.
The third edition of IEC 60964:2018 considers mainly the wording and the description of task
analyses. The authors and the IEC Committee 45A Working Group 8 identified that changing
only this aspect is already leading to a set of additional questions (e.g., concerning details of
Functional Assignment and HFE V&V) triggered by outdated or incomplete information. Based
on this, the Working Group realized that a minor change of the document does not solve all
topics in the standard. Instead, it was proposed to publish a technical report to argue and
propose a dedicated Human Factors Engineering standard, while limiting IEC 60964 to a pure
control room design standard.
In addition, the IAEA is in the process of publishing a Human Factors Guide (DS492) that
should also be reflected in IEC standardisation.
This document was developed to define the content of a future IEC HFE standard as a
conclusion of the 2017 Shanghai IEC SC45A meeting with participants from Japan, China,
Russia, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Germany.
b) Situation of the current Technical Report in the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard
series
The technical report IEC TR 63214 is a fourth level IEC SC 45A document.
This report is not proving the final standard for discussion; it is recommending an international
development of the standard, proving the needs and providing a first set of ideas. Outstanding
work has still to be conducted.
For more details on the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series, see item d) of this
introduction.
c) Recommendations and limitations regarding the application of the Technical Report
It is important to note that a technical report is entirely informative in nature. It gathers data
collected from different origins and it establishes no requirements.
d) Description of the structure of the IEC SC45A standard series and relationships with
other IEC documents and other bodies documents (IAEA, ISO)
The top-level documents of the IEC SC45A standard series are IEC 61513 and IEC 63046.
IEC 61513 provides general requirements for I&C systems and equipment that are used to
perform functions important to safety in NPPs
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