Analyzing the staffing and workload in the main control room of the advanced nuclear power plant from the human information processing perspective

Safety Science

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-168

  Lin, Chiuhsiang Joe ^a   Yenn, Tzu Chung ^c   Jou, Yung Tsan ^c   Hsieh, Tsung Ling ^b   Yang, Chih Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced nuclear power plant; HIP; Main control room; Staffing; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PRESENTATION; MAIN CONTROL ROOM; OPERATOR WORKLOAD; REACTOR OPERATORS; STAFFING; WORKLOAD;

BIONICS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; JOB ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SURVEYS;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MANUAL LABOR; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATOR; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84875245110     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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