The value of ergonomics is increasingly recognized amongst those involved with the creation and distribution of nuclear power. This work provides insights into plant design, performance shaping factors, the fostering of a safety culture, training,

Part 1 Organizational issues for design: a discipline for human factors ; human factors in the process of developing power plant systems; ergonomic assessment of a nuclear power plant control room - requirements in a design context. Part 2 Designissues: human factors of human computer interaction in the control room; operator reactions to alarms - fundamental similarities and situational differences; procedures in the nuclear industry; simulators - a review of research and practice. Part 3Personnel issues: assessing nuclear power plant operator variability; selecting personnel in the nuclear power industry; training issues; team performance; human failure in the control room of nuclear power stations; temporal logic of occurrence andalternating work times; work-related stress and control room operators in nuclear power generation. Part 4 Organizational issues for safety: human reliability assessment in the UK nuclear power and reprocessing industries; the promotion and measurement ofa positive safety culture; key topics in nuclear safety.