The use of questionnaire and virtual reality in the verification of the human factors issues in the design of nuclear control desk

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Luquetti dos Santos, Isaac José Antonio ^a   dos Santos Grecco, Cláudio Henrique ^a   Abreu Mol, Antonio Carlos ^a   Rodrigues Carvalho, Paulo Victor ^a  

^a Nuclear Engineering Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control desk; Human factors; Nuclear reactor; Questionnaire; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONTROL DESKS; HUMAN SYSTEM INTERFACE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGULATORY AGENCIES; RESEARCH NUCLEAR REACTORS; SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OPERATOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 58049181012     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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