Development of emergency operator support system for next Japanese PWR plants

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:22030058

Ito, K; Hanada, S; Yoshida, Y ^[1]; Sugino, K ^[2]

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1. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 1-1 Wadasaki-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, 652-8585 (Japan)
2. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 1-1-2 Wadasaki-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, 652-8555 (Japan)

The purpose of main control room improvement is to reduce operator workload and potential human errors by offering a better working environment where operators can maximize their abilities. Japanese PWR utilities and Mitsubishi have developed an operator support system entitled Emergency Operator Support System (EOSS). The system supports operators in incidental/accidental situations which may be worsened by human errors. In order to confirm the validity of the system, a proto type was built, and was evaluated by operator crews. The consequence showed good result of effectiveness in avoiding potential human errors and decreasing workload of operators. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 22030058
• Resource Relation: Conference: NPIC and HMIT 2006: 5. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 12-16 Nov 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 5. International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation Controls, and Human Machine Interface Technology| 1430 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
97 MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERS
CONTROL ROOMS
CORRECTIONS
EMERGENCY PLANS
ERRORS
HUMAN FACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTOR OPERATORS