TOOKUIL: A case study in user interface development for safety code application

Conference · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:350922

Gray, D L; Harkins, C K; Hoole, J G; Peebles, R C; Smith, R J

Traditionally, there has been a very high learning curve associated with using nuclear power plant (NPP) analysis codes. Even for seasoned plant analysts and engineers, the process of building or modifying an input model for present day NPP analysis codes is tedious, error prone, and time consuming. Current cost constraints and performance demands place an additional burden on today`s safety analysis community. Advances in graphical user interface (GUI) technology have been applied to obtain significant productivity and quality assurance improvements for the Transient Reactor Analysis Code (TRAC) input model development. KAPL Inc. has developed an X Windows-based graphical user interface named TOOKUIL which supports the design and analysis process, acting as a preprocessor, runtime editor, help system, and post processor for TRAC. This paper summarizes the objectives of the project, the GUI development process and experiences, and the resulting end product, TOOKUIL.

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC12-76SN00052
• OSTI ID: 350922
• Report Number(s): KAPL-P--000234; K--96142; CONF-961192--; ON: DE99002666
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
SAFETY ANALYSIS
T CODES
TRANSIENTS