Envy In V&V: An Opinon Piece on New Directions for Verification and Validation in Nuclear Power Plants. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boring, Ronald Laurids
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting. Volume 59:Part 1(2015)
• Page Start: 1746
• Page End: 1750
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Human engineering -- Congresses; 620.8205
• DOI: 10.1177/1541931215591377
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1541-9312

Abstract

Verification and validation (V&V) as applied in the nuclear power community has tended to involve efforts such as integrated system validation, which comes at the tail end of the design stage. In this opinion paper, I suggest the value of early-stage V&V and highlight how this early-stage V&V can help improve the design process for control room modernization. I argue that there is a need to overcome two shortcomings of V&V in current practice—the propensity for late-stage V&V and the use of increasingly complex psychological assessment measures for V&V.