Human factors data collection and analysis for operational evaluation and performance assessment
- E.R. Johnson Associates Inc., Fairfax, VA (United States)
- B&W Fuel Company, Lynchburg, VA (United States)
The Department of Energy`s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) intends to utilize a Legal Weight Truck (LWT) tractor semitrailer cask transport system for highway shipments of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF). The Management and Operating (M&O) contractor for the OCRWM is in the process of validating the cask transport system in order to analyze and evaluate critical aspects of system performance. The LWT transport system is required to provide operational durability and performance with substantial weight savings over an otherwise comparable truck tractor semitrailer combination. The LWT is a commercial lighweight truck tractor in cab over engine (COE) configuration. A key component of this LWT cask transport system is the human operator. It has been suggested that the operating environment of a COE tractor would result in accelerated driver fatigue when compared to an engine-in-front, or `baseline`, configuration. Tests are currently in progress. Data and test results are expected in time for the 1995 IHLRWM conference.
- OSTI ID:
- 127214
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504179--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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