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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301D
Session Chair:
Thomas A. Ulrich
Alternate Chair:
Rachael Hill
Session Organizer:
Jonghyun Kim
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Experience of Implementation and Use of Dynamic Instructions in MCR
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Javier Barroso (Tecnatom), Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom)
Paper
The Concept of Seamless Dynamic Emergency Operating Procedure
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Jung Sung Kang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Generation-Proof Alarm Design
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Reginald Seay (Jacobs Technology)
Developing Expertise and Collaboration of Nuclear Power Plant Field Operators in Virtual Reality
2:15–2:40PM EDT
S. Pakarinen (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), J. Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), T. Passi (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), H. Koskinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), K. Lukander (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), T.-T. Salonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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