Evaluation of operators' mental workload of human-system interface automation in the advanced nuclear power plants

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2537-2542

  Jou, Yung Tsan ^a   Yenn, Tzu Chung ^b   Lin, Chiuhsiang Joe ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^b   Chiang, Chih Cheng ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; AUTOMATION DESIGN; CONTROL ROOMS; DEGREE OF AUTOMATION; DEGREES OF AUTOMATION; HUMAN SYSTEM INTERFACE; MENTAL WORKLOAD; SITUATION AWARENESS; SYSTEM FAILURES; TASK SIMULATION; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 70349462936     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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