OPERA-a human performance database under simulated emergencies of nuclear power plants

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-519

  Park, Jinkyun ^a   Jung, Wondea ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emergency operating procedures; Operators' performance; Simulated emergencies

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

DATA SOURCES; EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES; OPERATORS' PERFORMANCE; SIMULATED EMERGENCIES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845674929     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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