Advanced control rooms and crew performance issues: implications for human reliability

Author

O´Hara, John M. ; Hall, Robert E.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

39

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

919

Lastpage

923

Abstract

Recent trends in advanced control room (ACR) design are considered with respect to their impact on operating crew performance and human reliability. Related to ACR evolution is the wide range of technological approaches to human-system interfaces (HSI). Precursors are considered with respect to the ACR trends identified which are automation and KSI design. While ACR design may impact human performance and human error, the effect of human error on plant safety must be evaluated. The difficulties of quantifying this relationship are addressed. Several issues impacting the conduct of human reliability analysis for advanced reactors are considered

Keywords

fission reactor safety; human factors; nuclear engineering computing; ACR evolution; advanced control room; automation; crew performance; human error; human reliability; human-system interfaces; plant safety; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Automatic control; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Control systems; Humans; Industrial control; Large screen displays; Lighting control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.159733

Filename

159733