Human factors methods for nuclear control room design. Volume 4. Human factors considerations for advanced control board design. Final report

Abstract

Human factors engineering is an interdisciplinary specialty concerned with influencing the design of equipment systems, facilities, and operational environments to promote safe, efficient, and reliable operator performance. Human factors approaches were applied in the design of representative nuclear power plant control panels. First, methods for upgrading existing operational control panels were examined. Then, based on detailed human factors analyses of operator information and control requirements, designs of reactor, feedwater, and turbine-generator control panels were developed to improve the operator-control board interface, thereby reducing the potential for operator errors. The study is summarized in EPRI NP-1118-SY. The final report is being published in four volumes. This volume is devoted to a description of human factors issues and considerations associated with the development of advanced, multi-CRT control room concepts. Hybrid concepts, which integrate both conventional and advanced control and display approaches, are also reviewed.