TY - GEN
T1 - Comparison of mutual awareness in analog vs. Digital control rooms
AU - Savchenko, Kateryna
AU - Medema, Heather
AU - Boring, Ronald
AU - Ulrich, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of United Kingdom 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Control rooms in nuclear power plants are complex, collaborative working environments rife with potential for human error. As control rooms evolve from analog to digital interfaces, crew communication strategies must change as well. With the increase in automation and the use of digital HMIs, operators no longer rely on large annunciator panels, but have instead moved to personal sitting workstations. The technology shift causes operators to focus only on their screens, reducing interaction between crewmembers. Therefore, the collaboration and coordination of task demands requires greater attention to communication, vigilance and mutual awareness, or collective knowledge of the situation. This paper will investigate, through literature review and expert interviews the impact of the technology shift and identify significant and critical improvements that can be implemented in the main control rooms to increase safety and reliability.
AB - Control rooms in nuclear power plants are complex, collaborative working environments rife with potential for human error. As control rooms evolve from analog to digital interfaces, crew communication strategies must change as well. With the increase in automation and the use of digital HMIs, operators no longer rely on large annunciator panels, but have instead moved to personal sitting workstations. The technology shift causes operators to focus only on their screens, reducing interaction between crewmembers. Therefore, the collaboration and coordination of task demands requires greater attention to communication, vigilance and mutual awareness, or collective knowledge of the situation. This paper will investigate, through literature review and expert interviews the impact of the technology shift and identify significant and critical improvements that can be implemented in the main control rooms to increase safety and reliability.
KW - Human-Computer interaction
KW - Main control rooms
KW - Mutual awareness
KW - Nuclear power plants
KW - Situation awareness
KW - Teamwork
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85023192086&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-60645-3_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-60645-3_19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85023192086
SN - 9783319606446
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 192
EP - 199
BT - Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, 2017
A2 - Boring, Ronald Laurids
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, 2017
Y2 - 17 July 2017 through 21 July 2017
ER -