Stress, performance, and control room operations
Conference
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:7088063
The notion of control room operator performance being detrimentally affected by stress has long been the focus of considerable conjecture. It is important to gain a better understanding of the validity of this concern for the development of effective severe-accident management approaches. This paper illustrates the undeniable negative impact of stress on a wide variety of tasks. A computer-controlled simulated work environment was designed in which both male and female operators were closely monitored during the course of the study for both stress level (using the excretion of the urine catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine as an index) and job performance. The experimental parameters employed by the study when coupled with the subsequent statistical analyses of the results allow one to make some rather striking comments with respect to how a given operator might respond to a situation that he or she perceives to be psychologically stressful (whether the stress be externally or internally generated). The findings of this study clearly indicated that stress does impact operator performance on tasks similar in nature to those conducted by control room operators and hence should be seriously considered in the development of severe-accident management strategies.
- OSTI ID:
- 7088063
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-901101--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
220400 -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Control Systems
220900* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Reactor Safety
ACCIDENTS
ADRENAL HORMONES
ADRENALINE
ANIMALS
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
BEHAVIOR
CARDIOTONICS
CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
COMMUNICATIONS
CONTROL ROOMS
DRUGS
EDUCATION
HORMONES
MAMMALS
MAN
MITIGATION
NEUROREGULATORS
NORADRENALINE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PERSONNEL
POWER PLANTS
PRIMATES
PSYCHOLOGY
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTOR OPERATORS
REACTOR SAFETY
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SAFETY
SYMPATHOMIMETICS
TELEVISION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TRAINING
TRANSIENTS
VERTEBRATES
220400 -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Control Systems
220900* -- Nuclear Reactor Technology-- Reactor Safety
ACCIDENTS
ADRENAL HORMONES
ADRENALINE
ANIMALS
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
BEHAVIOR
CARDIOTONICS
CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
COMMUNICATIONS
CONTROL ROOMS
DRUGS
EDUCATION
HORMONES
MAMMALS
MAN
MITIGATION
NEUROREGULATORS
NORADRENALINE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PERSONNEL
POWER PLANTS
PRIMATES
PSYCHOLOGY
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTOR OPERATORS
REACTOR SAFETY
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SAFETY
SYMPATHOMIMETICS
TELEVISION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TRAINING
TRANSIENTS
VERTEBRATES