Nuclear Engineering and Technology

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  • Pages.801-813
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  • 2023
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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The evolution of the Human Systems and Simulation Laboratory in nuclear power research

  • Anna Hall (Human Factors & Reliability Department, Idaho National Laboratory) ;
  • Jeffrey C. Joe (Human Factors & Reliability Department, Idaho National Laboratory) ;
  • Tina M. Miyake (Human Factors & Reliability Department, Idaho National Laboratory) ;
  • Ronald L. Boring (Human Factors & Reliability Department, Idaho National Laboratory)
  • 투고 : 2022.04.22
  • 심사 : 2022.10.26
  • 발행 : 2023.03.25
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The events at Three Mile Island in the United States brought about fundamental changes in the ways that simulation would be used in nuclear operations. The need for research simulators was identified to scientifically study human-centered risk and make recommendations for process control system designs. This paper documents the human factors research conducted at the Human Systems and Simulation Laboratory (HSSL) since its inception in 2010 at Idaho National Laboratory. The facility's primary purposes are to provide support to utilities for system upgrades and to validate modernized control room concepts. In the last decade, however, as nuclear industry needs have evolved, so too have the purposes of the HSSL. Thus, beyond control room modernization, human factors researchers have evaluated the security of nuclear infrastructure from cyber adversaries and evaluated human-in-the-loop simulations for joint operations with an integrated hydrogen generation plant. Lastly, our review presents research using human reliability analysis techniques with data collected from HSSL-based studies and concludes with potential future directions for the HSSL, including severe accident management and advanced control room technologies.

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This work of authorship was prepared as an account of work sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory (under Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517), an agency of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S. Government, nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. We would like to thank Thomas Ulrich, Katya Le Blanc, and Roger Lew for their scientific contributions cited in this paper, as well as the members of the Human Factors and Reliability Department at INL (Department C240) for their research efforts in the HSSL. Additionally, Brandon Rice and Kirk Fitzgerald were invaluable in building out the HSSL from its beginnings. Lastly, we would also like to express thanks to all the individuals in the LWRS program who supported and sponsored the work conducted in the HSSL.

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