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Title: Automated work packages architecture: An initial set of human factors and instrumentation and controls requirements

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1213619· OSTI ID:1213619
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  1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The work management process in current fleets of national nuclear power plants is so highly dependent on large technical staffs and quality of work instruction, i.e., paper-based, that this puts nuclear energy at somewhat of a long-term economic disadvantage and increase the possibility of human errors. Technologies like mobile portable devices and computer-based procedures can play a key role in improving the plant work management process, thereby increasing productivity and decreasing cost. Automated work packages are a fundamentally an enabling technology for improving worker productivity and human performance in nuclear power plants work activities because virtually every plant work activity is accomplished using some form of a work package. As part of this year’s research effort, automated work packages architecture is identified and an initial set of requirements identified, that are essential and necessary for implementation of automated work packages in nuclear power plants.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1213619
Report Number(s):
INL/EXT-14-33172; M3LW-14IN06031181
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English