Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Construction Cost Reductions through the Use of Virtual Environments - Task 4 Report: Virtual Mockup Maintenance Task Evaluation

Technical Report · Mon Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/837145· OSTI ID:837145

Shaw, Timothy; Baratta, Anthony; Whisker, Vaughn

Task 4 report of 3 year DOE NERI-sponsored effort evaluating immersive virtual reality (CAVE) technology for design review, construction planning, and maintenance planning and training for next generation nuclear power plants. Program covers development of full-scale virtual mockups generated from 3D CAD data presented in a CAVE visualization facility. This report focuses on using Full-scale virtual mockups for nuclear power plant training applications.

• Research Organization: The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Lab
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-01SF22327
• OSTI ID: 837145
• Report Number(s): DOE-SF22327-4; NERI 01-069; TRN: US0802509
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
42 ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
EVALUATION
MAINTENANCE
MOCKUP
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PLANNING
TRAINING
Virtual Mockup
Training
Nuclear
NERI
GENIV
Construction cost reduction
CAVE
Virtual Reality
AP1000
AP600
CAD