Guidelines for the modernization of nuclear power plant control room and human-system interfaces
- Electric Power Research Inst., 3420 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (United States)
- CDF Services, Inc., 2101 N. Green Acres Rd., 3, Fayetteville, AR 72703 (United States)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 300, Upton, NY 11973 (United States)
- MPR Associates, Inc., 320 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (United States)
Several nuclear power plants are implementing instrumentation and control (I and C) modernization programs using digital equipment to address obsolescence issues and the need to improve plant performance, while maintaining high levels of safety. As an integral part of the I and C modernization program, the control room and other human-system interfaces (HSIs) are also being modernized. Utilities identified the need for guidance for control rooms and HSIs to support and improve personnel performance, reduce the likelihood of human errors, increase the productivity of the plant, and take effective advantage of the benefits that can be achieved with the new technology being implemented. A project, initially jointly funded by the Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI) and the U.S. Dept. of Energy (US DOE) and later by EPRI alone, has developed guidance that will facilitate planning, specification, design, implementation, operations, maintenance, training, and licensing activities for control rooms and HSIs. Although this guidance was developed for modernization of operating plants, most of the guidelines apply to new plants as well. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22030127
- 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; 10 refs.; 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
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERS
CONTROL ROOMS
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DIGITAL SYSTEMS
HUMAN FACTORS
IMPLEMENTATION
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PERFORMANCE
REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION
REACTOR LICENSING
REACTOR MAINTENANCE
REACTOR SAFETY
RECOMMENDATIONS
TRAINING
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