Supporting situation awareness and collaboration in nuclear power plant operations: The role of large screen displays

核电厂的安全运行取决于操作人员对核电厂的总体情况的掌握 地位和相互合作。人机界面是主要资源 来保持这种观点。大屏幕显示器正成为电子设备的普遍组件。 新的和新装修的控制室中的人机界面。的设计目标 这些显示器1）支持操作员对过程的概览，以及2）支持 控制室中操作员和监督员之间的协作。然而， 经验数据，以验证这些好处获得。 该项目将有两个主要阶段。首先，我们将创建两个新的概览显示， 增强的Candu 6核电站;其中一个将是一个大屏幕显示器。我们将 从运行的Candu 6反应堆调整第二个大屏幕显示器。在第二阶段， 我们将在控制室模拟设备中评估这三个显示器。 该研究的结果将有利于加拿大的工业伙伴，加拿大公众， 研究人员行业合作伙伴将获得新的见解设计的信息显示器 提高操作人员的效率。公众将受益于 提高核电设施的安全可靠运行。最后 研究人员将创造有关设计方法和产品的新知识， 更好地了解工厂状况，并协调他们的努力， 可靠的电源供应。

Safe operation of nuclear power plants depends on operators maintaining an overview of plant status and collaborating with one another. The human-machine interface is the primary resource for maintaining that overview. Large screen displays are becoming prevalent components of the human-machine interface in new and newly refurbished control rooms. The design objectives of these displays are 1) to support an operator overview of the process, and 2) to support collaboration amongst operators and supervisors in the control room. However, there is very little empirical data to validate that these benefits obtain. The project will have two major phases. In the first, we will create two new overview displays for the Enhanced Candu 6 nuclear power plant; one of which will be a large screen display. We will adapt a second large screen display from an operating Candu 6 reactor. In the second phase, we will evaluate the three displays in a control room simulator facility. The results of the study will benefit the Canadian industry partner, the Canadian public, and the researchers. The industry partner will obtain new insight into the design of information displays that increase the effectiveness of operating crews. The public will benefit from the incremental improvement in the safe and reliable operation of nuclear power facilities. Finally, the researchers will create new knowledge about design methods and products that help operators form a better understanding of plant status and coordinate their efforts to maintain a safe and reliable power supply.