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Laboreal 2011
Pensar la organización del tiempo de trabajo cuando la tecnología cambia: el caso del equipo de trabajo de operación de una central nuclearKeywords: Shift work , Biorhythm , health and safety , nuclear power plant , design , work organization Abstract: The construction of a new generation of nuclear power plant has implied an ergonomics contribution in order to define the shift work schedule for the future operation crew. The study was carried out in three existing nuclear power plants through observation of activities specific to the concerned operating professionals. The data collected highlights major disparities between the performed tasks and their dynamics in terms of physical and mental demands. Furthermore, the same data underlines a strong temporal interdependence amidst the operation crew based on shift work schedules and the maintenance crew organized with set day time schedules. Vast differences are also recorded in terms of physical and mental demands of the tasks performed between day and night shifts as well as between the different stages of nuclear installations. The difficulties of workforce management are also at the source of large differences concerning the theoretical shift work schedule and the shift work schedule in place. In a multifactorial and systemic approach, with the general knowledge of chronobiology and the characteristics of the population involved, the outcomes will be a necessary component to define the shift work schedule for the operation crew of the nuclear power plant in construction.
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