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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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session|Cosponsored by PSA
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Jooyoung Park
Alternate Chair:
Ronald L. Boring
Session Organizer:
Jonghyun Kim
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Why do Human-Machine Teams Fail: Investigating Failure Mechanisms in Human Reliability Analysis
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Vincent Philip Paglioni (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Ahmad Al-Douri (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland, College Park)
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Causal Pathways Leading to Human Failure Events in Information-Gathering System Response Activities
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Ahmad Al-Douri (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland, College Park)
Advanced Human-System Interface Risk Analysis Based on Redundancy-Guided Systems-Theoretic Hazard Analysis and Human Reliability Analysis
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Jooyoung Park (INL), Edward Chen (NCSU), Han Bao (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jisuk Kim (INL), Sai Zhang (INL), Ronald Boring (INL)
HAMSTER -- A New EDF HRA-Type C Methodology
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Jean-François Enjolras (EDF Technical Direction), Anne Gailleton (EDF Technical Direction)
Presented by Cécile Luzior (EDF)
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