Automated Work Packages Prototype: Initial Design, Development, and Evaluation. Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1236802· OSTI ID:1236802

Oxstrand, Johanna Helene ^[1]; Le Blanc, Katya Lee ^[1]; Bly, Aaron Douglas ^[1]; Agarwal, Vivek ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The goal of the Automated Work Packages (AWP) project is to demonstrate how to enhance work quality, cost management, and nuclear safety through the use of advanced technology. The work described in this report is part of the digital architecture for a highly automated plant project of the technical program plan for advanced instrumentation, information, and control (II&C) systems technologies. This report addresses the DOE Milestone M2LW-15IN0603112: Describe the outcomes of field evaluations/demonstrations of the AWP prototype system and plant surveillance and communication framework requirements at host utilities. A brief background to the need for AWP research is provided, then two human factors field evaluation studies are described. These studies focus on the user experience of conducting a task (in this case a preventive maintenance and a surveillance test) while using an AWP system. The remaining part of the report describes an II&C effort to provide real time status updates to the technician by wireless transfer of equipment indications and a dynamic user interface.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1236802
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-15-35825; M2LW-15IN0603112
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
AUTOMATION
Automated Work Packages
COMMUNICATIONS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COST
Computer Based Procedure
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
EVALUATION
HUMAN FACTORS
INSPECTION
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT
MONITORING
REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION
SUSTAINABILITY
Valve Position Indication
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Wireless Communication