The effects of degraded digital instrumentation and control systems on human-system interfaces and operator performance

7th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies 2010, NPIC and HMIT 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1768-1779

  O'Hara, John ^a   Gunther, Bill ^a   Martinez Guridi, Gerardo ^a   Xing, Jing ^b   Barnes, Valerie ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Degraded conditions; Human factors engineering; Human system interfaces; Instrumentation and control; Operator performance

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; C-SYSTEMS; DEGRADED CONDITIONS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION; DIGITAL SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FEEDWATER CONTROL SYSTEM; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; HUMAN SYSTEM INTERFACE; HUMAN-SYSTEM INTERFACES; INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL; MONITOR AND CONTROL; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; OPERATING EXPERIENCE; OPERATOR PERFORMANCE; PLANT OPERATIONS; PLANT SAFETY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PROCESS DISTURBANCES; STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES; U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79958250248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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