A Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of Advanced Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Technologies: Methods and Qualitative Results

BLanc, Katya Le¹  Powers, David¹  Joe, Jeffrey¹  Spielman, Zachary¹  Rice, Brandon¹  Fitzgerald, Kirk¹ 

[1] Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

关键词: Advanced Displays;    Control Room;    Modernization;    Nuclear Power Plant;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1261010
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT--15-36432
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1261010

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Control room modernization is an important part of life extension for the existing light water reactor fleet. None of the 99 currently operating commercial nuclear power plants in the U.S. has completed a full-scale control room modernization to date. Nuclear power plant main control rooms for the existing commercial reactor fleet remain significantly analog, with only limited digital modernizations. Upgrades in the U.S. do not achieve the full potential of newer technologies that might otherwise enhance plant and operator performance. The goal of the control room upgrade benefits research is to identify previously overlooked benefits of modernization, identify candidate technologies that may facilitate such benefits, and demonstrate these technologies through human factors research. This report describes a pilot study to test upgrades to the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory at INL.