3.5.8.5

Are alarm texts informative and easy to understand?

Understanding alarm texts should require little interpretation and memorization. Alarm texts should only contain information that is essential to the operators. Acronyms and abbreviations should be standardized and known to the operator. Operators should participate in development of alarm texts.

Comments/Recommendations

YA-711, point 37, 38, p. 20., NUREG0700, point 4.2.5-1, p. 275
DC: The question is applicable to some DCs, where alarms are presented in alarm lists or similar.