Design and Analysis for an Operator's Action Sharing System

In the paper, contrary to HRP approach, no more FPD is introduced because there is no room to install. The same workstation and the same LDP should be utilized for ream transparency. A action sharing system will be introduced at ShinKori 3,4 MCR, and further applied to other APR1400 plant if necessary. The project started and applied by the end of 2014. Despite benefit of action sharing system, there are lots of challenges to overcome such as traffic load, and interfaces. The challenges have been analyzed thoroughly. Traffic load can be reduced through vector graphics, video driver, and capture and compressing techniques. Furthermore interfaces for action sharing system are developed and evaluated to reduce secondary workload. Advanced digital control rooms have lots of advantages compared to analog control room. They can integrate all process variables into more comprehensible forms. Advanced alarm processor can suppress trivial alarms, and P and ID based mimic isplays can be integrated with context sensitive menu for referencing. Moreover computer based procedures have been introduced at more advanced MCR. Because all these display appears at flat panel display (FPD), they can be easily modified if necessary. These days newly introduced MCRs are advanced types, and analog control rooms are no more built. In spite of this trend, advanced control rooms have shortage in view of team transparency. For example, shift supervisor cannot tell which devices reactor operator is manipulating. APR1400 MCR has large display panel to share the same situation awareness among crew member. Because LDP has fixed display comparing switchable display in FPD, situation awareness can be enhanced. However, even LDP cannot show the active device that crew member are manipulating due to either limited number of devices in LDP or no demarcation for the active device. During construction of ShinKori 3/4, the demarcation box for the active device has been introduced and called an Active Control Box. CPS of APR1400, however, has good features in view of crew coordination. RO and TO's procedure can be synchronized by shift supervisor's procedure. HRP recognized the same issue and initiated a project on team transparency, published a report saying that crew appreciated value of team transparency. HRP MMIS for team awareness sharing consists of LDP with Active Control Box around manipulating device, and additional FPD showing the display that other operator is working on