Nuclear power plant communications in normative and actual practice: A field study of control room operators' communications

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-78

  Carvalho, Paulo V R ^a   Vidal, Mario C R ^b   de Carvalho, Eduardo F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTROL ROOMS (POWER PLANTS); ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ERGONOMICS; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CONTROL ROOM CREWS; CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS' COMMUNICATIONS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33846062400     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20062     Document Type: Article

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