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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Torrey Mortenson (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
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Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (ANS)
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Human Factors Engineering Enhancement Integrated with Human Reliability Analysis for Control Room Design of Nuclear Power Plant
Kenji Mashio (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.,)
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Human Factor Errors in Nuclear Power Plants: A Review
Meenu Sethu (San Jose State Univ.), Nesar Ahmed Titu (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Dingyu Hu (San Jose State Univ.), Mahboubeh Madadi (San Jose State Univ.), Jamie Baalis Coble (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Klaus Blache (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Anahita Khojandi (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville)
MEDIC - Approach for the Evaluation of Technological Preventive Measures Against Erroneous Personnel Actions at Human Machine Interfaces of Digital I&C Systems
Hervé Mbonjo (Gesellschaft fur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Patrick Gebhardt (Gesellschaft fur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
Human Automation Collaboration Concerning Task Information Presentation System (TIPS)
R. Hill (INL), J. Oxstrand (INL)
Experiences and Benefits in Digitalizing Surveillance Test Procedures
Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom), Javier Barroso (Tecnatom), Javier Gil (Tecnatom)
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