An experimental investigation on relationship between PSFs and operator performances in the digital main control room

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-68

  Park, Jooyoung ^a   Lee, Daeil ^a   Jung, Wondea ^b   Kim, Jonghyun ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digital main control room; Human error; Human reliability analysis; Operator performance; Performance shaping factor; Probabilistic safety assessment

Indexed keywords

SAFETY FACTOR;

HUMAN ERRORS; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; MAIN CONTROL ROOM; OPERATOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE SHAPING FACTORS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84994894144     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: 18732100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.10.020     Document Type: Article

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