Virtual environments simulation for dose assessment in nuclear plants

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 382-387

  Mól, Antônio Carlos A ^a   Jorge, Carlos Alexandre F ^a   Couto, Pedro M ^b   Augusto, Silas C ^a   Cunha, Gerson G ^c   Landau, Luiz ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b Faculdades Paraíso   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Human factor; Nuclear operator training; Safety; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SAFETY FACTOR;

CASE STUDIES; DOSE ASSESSMENT; GAME ENGINES; HUMAN FACTOR; MODELING AND SIMULATIONS; NUCLEAR OPERATOR TRAINING; NUCLEAR PLANTS; SAFETY; SOURCE CODES; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 58349086536     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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