TY - GEN
T1 - Applications of the rancor microworld nuclear power plant simulator
AU - Lew, Roger
AU - Ulrich, Thomas A.
AU - Boring, Ronald L.
AU - Werner, Steffen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/10/27
Y1 - 2017/10/27
N2 - The Rancor Microworld is a recently developed low- fidelity Nuclear Power Plant Simulator. The microworld concept provides a simplified representation of an integrated 30 MW pressurized water reactor that can be taken from a cold-shutdown through turbine startup and load generation. Non-expert operators can be trained to competently operate the Rancor simulator within an hour, and it has already been used to examine attention and situation awareness measures in a series of experiments. Here we discuss the role of simulation in nuclear human factors, examine how a tool like Rancor fills a niche for nuclear human factors process control, and discuss potential avenues for future development and research in computer-based procedures, human reliability analysis, team operations, and cybersecurity.
AB - The Rancor Microworld is a recently developed low- fidelity Nuclear Power Plant Simulator. The microworld concept provides a simplified representation of an integrated 30 MW pressurized water reactor that can be taken from a cold-shutdown through turbine startup and load generation. Non-expert operators can be trained to competently operate the Rancor simulator within an hour, and it has already been used to examine attention and situation awareness measures in a series of experiments. Here we discuss the role of simulation in nuclear human factors, examine how a tool like Rancor fills a niche for nuclear human factors process control, and discuss potential avenues for future development and research in computer-based procedures, human reliability analysis, team operations, and cybersecurity.
KW - human factors
KW - human factors
KW - microworld
KW - nuclear power plant simulator
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85040228614
U2 - 10.1109/RWEEK.2017.8088663
DO - 10.1109/RWEEK.2017.8088663
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85040228614
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 Resilience Week, RWS 2017
SP - 143
EP - 149
BT - Proceedings - 2017 Resilience Week, RWS 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 Resilience Week, RWS 2017
Y2 - 18 September 2017 through 22 September 2017
ER -