Human Factors Integrated System Validation (ISV)

Experts in ISV Planning, Methods and Measures – for Modernized & New Plants.

Guidelines and standards provide overall guidance, but considerable technical work and methodological decisions is required to develop an adequate ISV plan for each unique project.

Services offered

  • ISV planning and organization of required ISV activities:
    Identification of and clarification of national and international guidelines and standards for planning of test scenarios, performance measures (plant control, cognitive workload, situation awareness, and teamwork), approach for analysis of data and identification of design discrepancies.
  • Support on performing ISV tests:
    Development of ISV personnel procedures, data collection procedures, pilot testing. Analyses of ISV results and reporting of ISV activities.
  • Project specific support:
    Our services can take different forms depending on the specific project needs. For example, participation in a project’s validation team, provide advice to a validation team, or conduct independent review of already planned ISV activities or independent review of completed ISV analysis and reporting
IFE Future Lab. Photo: Stein Johnsen.

IFE has considerable experience in planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting ISVs for the nuclear industry