Published May 1999 | Version v1
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A study on human performance using experimental simulator

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear Power Engineering Corp. (NUPEC), Tokyo (Japan)
  • 2. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe (Japan)

Description

Impact of human reliability recently becomes relatively important for the safety of NPP, as machine reliability of nuclear power plant (NPP) has been increased. Further improvement of human reliability is indispensable to maintain better safety of NPP. It is expected to collect further knowledge of human performance, especially in case of emergency, for the improvement of human reliability. In this study, various operator performance in coping with accident scenarios has been observed, collected and analyzed. The operator performance data were obtained by the experiment using an experimental simulator which simulates a pressurized water reactor (PWR) power plant. Some design based events, such as loss of coolant accident (LOCA), steam generator tube rupture (SGTR) and main steam line break (MSLB), were chosen as initiating events. Combining various equipment failures, referred to as 'subsidiary events', some experimental scenarios were implemented and served for the experiments (author) (ml)

Part of:
Enlarged Halden programme group meeting on man-machine systems research and high burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects. Volume I

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Man-machine systems research and high burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Journal Page Range
13 p.
Report number
HRP--352/v.1

Conference

Title
Enlarged HPG meeting on man-machine systems research and high burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects
Dates
24-29 May 1999
Place
Loen (Norway)

INIS

Country of Publication
Norway
Country of Input or Organization
Norway
INIS RN
38116874
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature, Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CONTROL ROOMS; EMERGENCY PLANS; EQUIPMENT INTERFACES; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING; LOSS OF COOLANT; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR OPERATORS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS; REACTOR SIMULATORS; RELIABILITY; RUPTURES; STEAM GENERATORS; STEAM LINES
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ANALOG SYSTEMS; BOILERS; DATA; ENGINEERING; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FAILURES; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; INFORMATION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUMERICAL DATA; PIPELINES; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SIMULATORS; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; VAPOR GENERATORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
3 figs., 5 tabs