HRA research activities at the Institute for Energy Technology

Claire TaylorMichael Hildebrandt

Rob McDonald

ABOUT US

About IFE

• Established in 1948• An independent,

internationally oriented institute

• Performing research & development across a broad scope of energy technologies

• 600 employees in Norway (Halden and Kjeller)

R&D at IFENuclear Technology, Physics and Safety

Energy & Environmental Technology

Petroleum Technology

Safety Man-Technology-Organisation

Isotope Laboratories

The Halden Reactor Project

• Performing international research on safety under OECD / NEA administration

• 20 member countries• More than 100 participating

organizations• 70% international financing • Norway’s largest international R&D

project (about MNOK 200 annually)• 3-year research program periods

(currently 2015-2017)

MTO Sector research areas• Human performance, human

reliability and organizational factors

• Control room design and evaluation, control room systems

• Human system interfaces• Future operations concepts and

integrated operations• Virtual and augmented reality

applications• Safety critical software• Air traffic control

MTO bilateral activity examples• Petro-HRA – adaptation of a nuclear HRA method

to the petroleum domain, development of a “complete” HRA method

• Integrated Operations – “MTO analysis” of work processes, function allocation, virtual organizations

• CREATE control room design and verification tool, including a model bank, layout tool, verification tool and documentation to support the verification

MTO bilateral activity examples• Air traffic control, investigating new

approaches to organize air traffic control, and remote operation of several airports from one center.

• Recent installation of a small-scale air traffic controller simulator in the MTO lab at Halden

• Integrated system validation, research on an expanded assessment methodology and validation of NPP modernization projects in Sweden and Finland

MTO Experimental Facilities

Air traffic control simulator

Virtual reality center

Future lab & integration lab

HAMMLAB control room simulator

Observation gallery

Integrated Operations lab

MTO Experimental FacilitiesUsed to study human-technology interaction

MTO lab

Experiments Development of technology

Tests and demonstrations

• Human reliability• Human factors• Level of automation

• Large screen displays• Alarm systems• Virtual and

augmented reality solutions

• Operator support systems

• Usability and robustness

• Demonstrate capabilities

HAMMLAB

Halden Human Machine Lab

Virtual reality center

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3D VR visualisation of dose ratesRadioisotopic contributions from all sources

60Co 58Co

137Cs 110mAg

L Op. : 39 %R Op. : 7 %

L Op. : ~0 %R Op. : ~0 %

L Op. : 54 %R Op. : 8 %

L Op. : 7 %

R Op. : 85 %

R Op

Future lab

HRA RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Recent and ongoing HRA studies

• Micro task study – Michael• The EOP tool & overview displays – Rob• Good Practices for HRA handbook – Claire