Citation

Wang D, Gao Q, Li Z, Song F, Ma L. Ergonomics 2017; 60(12): 1634-1652.

Affiliation

Department of Industrial Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing , P.R. China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00140139.2017.1329941

PMID

28490255

Abstract

This study aims to develop a taxonomy of coordination behaviors during emergencies in nuclear power plants (NPPs). We summarized basic coordination behaviors from literature in aviation, healthcare, and nuclear field and identified coordination behaviors specific to the nuclear domain by interviewing and surveying control crew operators. The established taxonomy includes seven workflow stages and 24 basic coordination behaviors. To evaluate the reliability and feasibility of the taxonomy, we analyzed 12 videos of operators' training sessions by coding coordination behaviors with the taxonomy and the inter-rater reliability was acceptable. Further analysis of the frequency, the duration, and the direction of the coordination behaviors revealed four coordination problems. This taxonomy provides a foundation of systematic observation of coordination behaviors among NPP crews, advances researchers' understanding of the coordination mechanism during emergencies in NPPs, and facilitate the possibility to deepen the understanding of the relationships between coordination behaviors and team performance. Practitioner Summary: A taxonomy of coordination behaviours during emergencies in nuclear power plants was developed. Reliability and feasibility of the taxonomy was verified through the analysis of 12 training sessions. The taxonomy can serve as an observation system for analysis of coordination behaviours and help to identify coordination problems of control crews."

Language: en

Keywords

control crew; coordination; emergency; nuclear power plant; taxonomy