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NUREG-0700 — Human-System Interface Design Review Guidelines

NRC guidelines with detailed criteria for display design, alarm systems, controls, procedures, workstation layout, and communication systems.

Key Sections for AI Advisory

  • §4 Display Design: Information presentation criteria — applies to AI advisory formatting
  • §5 Alarm Systems: Prioritisation, suppression, presentation — relevant to alarm-prioritization
  • §7 Procedures: Computerised procedure systems — applicable to procedure-ai-interaction
  • §11 Automation: Existing guidelines partially applicable but not written for LLM-based systems

AI-Specific Requirements

Tier 1 AI advisory (passive display under graded-autonomy-tiers) must comply. Key requirements:

  • AI advisory visually distinguishable from qualified safety instrumentation
  • Information density within operator processing capacity
  • Display supports situation-awareness, doesn't undermine it
  • AI alarm output does not interfere with primary alarm system

Report 3 notes NUREG-0700 needs supplementary guidance for LLM-specific considerations (confidence indicators, reasoning chain presentation, multi-agent status).