Evaluation of safety parameter display concepts. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5339665

Woods, D D; Wise, J A; Hanes, L F

New control room equipment designed to improve operator performance must be evaluated before adoption and installation. Two experimental concept for a Safety Parameters Display System (SPDS) were evaluated to assess benefits and potential problems associated with the SPDS concept and its integration into control room operations. Participants were licensed utility operators undergoing retraining on a nuclear power plant simulator. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed on crew response to seven simulated accident conditions. Data on operator decisions and actions have been organized into timelines. Analysis of the timelines and observations collected during testing provide important insights about the potential impact of the SPDS concept on control room operations.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Research and Development Center
• OSTI ID: 5339665
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-2239-Vol.2; ON: DE82902072; TRN: 82-015905
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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