Evaluation and comparison of alarm reset modes in advanced control room of nuclear power plants

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 935-946

  Huang, Fei Hui ^a   Hwang, Sheue Ling ^a   Yenn, Tzu Chung ^b   Yu, Yuan Chang ^b   Hsu, Chong Cheng ^b   Huang, Hao Wu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced control rooms; Alarm system; Automatic system; Simulator

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; CONTROL ROOMS (POWER PLANTS); DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SIMULATORS;

ADVANCED CONTROL ROOMS; AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; TASK LOAD INDEX (TLX);

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33750284272     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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