EARLY-STAGE DESIGN AND EVALUATION FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONTROL ROOM UPGRADES
As control rooms are modernized with new digital systems at nuclear power plants, it is necessary to evaluate operator performance with these systems as part of a verification and validation process. While there is regulatory and industry guidance for some modernization activities, there are no well defined standard processes or predefined metrics available for assessing what is satisfactory operator interaction with new systems, especially during the early design stages. This paper proposes a framework defining the design process and metrics for evaluating human system interfaces as part of control room modernization. The process and metrics are generalizable to other applications and serve as a guiding template for utilities undertaking their own control room modernization activities.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1177225
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-14-32522
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual International Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society,Chicago,10/27/2014,10/31/2014
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Verification and Validation of Digitally Upgraded Control Rooms
Baseline Evaluations to Support Control Room Modernization at Nuclear Power Plants