Analysis of information exchange activities to actualize and validate situation awareness during shift changeovers in nuclear power plants

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-144

  Carvalho, Paulo Victor Rodrigues De ^a   Benchekroun, Tahar Hakim ^b   Gomes, Jose Orlando ^c  

^a National Nuclear Energy Commission   (Brazil)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Process systems safety; Resilience engineering; Shift work changeover; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL; COGNITIVE OVERLOAD; CURRENT SITUATION; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; MID-AIR COLLISIONS; PROCESS SYSTEM; REGULATION LOOPS; SAFETY-CRITICAL; SHIFT WORK; SITUATION AWARENESS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 80052502246     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20201     Document Type: Article

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