scholarly journals Digital Full-Scope Simulation of a Conventional Nuclear Power Plant Control Room, Phase 2: Installation of a Reconfigurable Simulator to Support Nuclear Plant Sustainability

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Boring ◽  
Vivek Agarwal ◽  
Kirk Fitzgerald ◽  
Jacques Hugo ◽  
Bruce Hallbert
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Plant ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
Plant Control

Application control chart concepts of designing a pre-alarm system in the nuclear power plant control room

2008 ◽  
Vol 238 (12) ◽  
pp. 3522-3527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheue-Ling Hwang ◽  
Jhih-Tsong Lin ◽  
Guo-Feng Liang ◽  
Yi-Jan Yau ◽  
Tzu-Chung Yenn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Control Chart ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Alarm System ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
Plant Control

scholarly journals Baseline Study Methodology for Future Phases of Research on Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Technologies

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katya Lee Le Blanc ◽  
Gordon Ross Bower ◽  
Rachael Ann Hill ◽  
Zachary Alexander Spielman ◽  
Brandon Charles Rice
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Baseline Study ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Plant Control

Use of Panel Enhancements as Operator Aids in Nuclear Power Plant Control Rooms

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Candace Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
Control Rooms ◽  
Plant Control

Topical panel enhancement techniques were designed and implemented for one nuclear power plant control room. Panel enhancements designed and implemented effectively can be good operator aids for the searching and identifying of plant instrumentation, and in processing of information. This paper discusses the purpose for providing operator aids through topical panel enhancements, and the constraints and methodology used in designing and implementing three panel enhancement techniques.

Survey and Assessment of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Operability

1980 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-270
Author(s):  
Clifford C. Baker ◽  
Robin West ◽  
Kenneth M. Mallory
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Human Engineering ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
Control Rooms ◽  
Plant Control

As part of an effort to develop human engineerging guidelines and a methodology for the evaluation of nuclear power plant control room operability, the Essex Corporation conducted T & E (test and evaluation) reviews of a wide sample of nuclear power plant control rooms. The objectives of these design reviews were: 1) selection, application, and development of human engineering evaluation guidelines applicable to the nuclear power industry; 2) selection and development of data collection and analysis procedures; and 3) identification of recurrent human engineering design problems in the control rooms of currently operating nuclear power plants. The present paper discusses the approach taken and the findings in item three above. Thirteen control rooms were visited, and guidelines and data collection methods under various degrees of development were applied. Following control room visits, data were analyzed according to usability, number of incidences of similar or identical operability design problems, criticality of problems with respect to both public and plant safety, and subjective assessment of operational affects due to human engineering problems in design. Results to date show that the following areas have recurrent operability design problems: layout of controls and displays according to either operational or functional use; coding of information for visual and auditory presentation; job performance aid and procedures design; communications; environmental factors such as ambient noise; violations in control and display conventions employed; use of conventions which violate population stereotypes; and failure to design within anthropometric constraints. Further work is being conducted by Essex Corporation to identify critical human engineering deficiencies in control room design and to select adequate yet cost-effective and corrective backfits.

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