Handheld Emergency Operating Procedure Tool and Overview Display

Rob McDonald

Institute for Energy Technology (IFE),

OECD Halden Reactor Project

Os Alle 5 Halden, Norway 1751

Robert.McDonald@ife.no

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Purpose• Investigate situations with procedure support tools and/ or situations

with an independent procedural advisor in order to identify what are the most preferable solution

Scope• Scenario runs and interviews over two full days. One hour at the end of

the week for discussion of STA role• an experimental design with two independent variables (STA/Tools)• 6 Swedish and 6 U.S. operations crews• 4 emergency scenarios with added complications

Data collection • Audio, video and simulator log during the scenarios. Questionnaires

after scenarios. Interview after all scenarios. Eye tracking.

18.04.2023

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Resilient procedure use

18.04.2023

HAMMLAB set-up

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Reactoroperator

Turbineoperator

Shiftsupervisor

Shifttechnicaladvisor

Large-screen display

Westinghouse procedure style

Eye Tracking Video

procedure flowchartE-3 Steam generator tube rupture CRITICAL SAFETY FUNCTIONS

FOLDOUT PAGE

High level action summary

Observations from the Resilient Procedure Study

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Create a procedure overview where up to 50 procedure step titles plus foldout page can be shown simultaneously

Readable on a 10-inch tablet

Show transition points, continuous action steps, cautions & notes

Direct access to procedure text, backgrounds, high-level summary

Must work off-line

Support place-keeping, bookmarking

Design goals

EOP overview tool

Features and Functions and Demonstration

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Future Plans

Classroom Training

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Future Plans

Simulator Training

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Training

Future Plans

Control Room Modernization

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Use: Inside control room (STA)

Mobility

Control Room Modernization

Future Plans

Classroom Training

Simulator Training

Control Room Modernization

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IFE tablet tools

Thankyou!

Robert.McDonald@IFE.no(+47) 45284029