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

核电站的安全运行有赖于操作员保持对核电站的全面了解 地位和相互协作。人机界面是最主要的资源 用来维持这一概览。大屏幕显示器正在成为 新的和新翻新的控制室的人机界面。的设计目标 这些显示是1)支持操作员对流程的概述，以及2)支持 控制室内操作员和主管之间的协作。然而，有很少的 经验数据来验证这些好处的获得。 该项目将分为两个主要阶段。在第一个示例中，我们将为以下内容创建两个新的概览显示 增强型坎杜6号核电站；其中之一将是大屏幕显示器。我们会 改装运行中的坎杜6号反应堆的第二个大屏幕显示器。在第二阶段， 我们将在控制室模拟器设施中评估这三个显示器。 研究结果将使加拿大的行业合作伙伴、加拿大公众和 研究人员。行业合作伙伴将获得对信息显示设计的新见解 这提高了操作人员的效率。公众将从增量中受益 提高核电设施安全可靠运行水平。最后， 研究人员将创造有关设计方法和产品的新知识，帮助操作员 更好地了解工厂的状况，并协调他们的努力，以维护安全和 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.