Human Factors Engineering Aspects of Instrumentation and Control System Design

Human Factors Engineering Aspects of Instrumentation and Control System Design

Author: IAEA

Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency

Published: 2021-03-31

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 920121720X

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Safety, reliability, and productivity in the nuclear industry result from a systematic consideration of human performance. A plant or other facility consists of both the engineered system and the human users of that system. It is therefore crucial that engineering activities consider the humans who will be interacting with those systems. Engineering design, specifically instrumentation and control (I&C) design, can influence human performance by driving how plant personnel carry out work and respond to events within a nuclear power plant. As a result, human–system interfaces (HSIs) for plant operators as well as the maintenance and testing of the I&C system cannot be designed by isolated disciplines. The focus of this publication is to integrate knowledge from the disciplines of human factors engineering (HFE) and I&C to emphasize an interdisciplinary approach for the design of better HSIs and consequently improved human performance in nuclear power plants. This is accomplished by practical explanations of the HFE processes and corresponding outputs that inform the I&C development. More specifically, the publication addresses issues in the design process where collaboration between HFE, I&C and other important disciplines and stakeholders is paramount and identifies key tools and tasks for exchanging inputs and outputs between different design disciplines, particularly I&C and HFE. The practical information provided in this publication is intended to support Member States’ capabilities to improve their approach to I&C through the consideration of HFE.


Instrumentation and Control Systems and Software Important to Safety for Research Reactors

Instrumentation and Control Systems and Software Important to Safety for Research Reactors

Author: IAEA

Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9201035233

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This publication provides specific recommendations on research reactor instrumentation and control systems and software important to safety, including instrumentation and control system architecture and associated components, from sensors to actuators, operator interfaces and auxiliary equipment, to meet the relevant requirements of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-3, Safety of Research Reactors. The recommendations and guidance apply to both the design and configuration management of instrumentation and control systems for new research reactors and the modernization of the instrumentation and control systems at existing research reactor facilities. In addition, this Safety Guide provides recommendations and guidance on human factors engineering and human-machine interfaces, and for computer based systems and software for use in instrumentation and control systems important to safety. This Safety Guide is a revision of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-37, which it supersedes.


Intelligent and Safe Computer Systems in Control and Diagnostics

Intelligent and Safe Computer Systems in Control and Diagnostics

Author: Zdzislaw Kowalczuk

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-08-31

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 3031161599

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The main subject matter of the book is related to the demands of research and industrial centers for diagnostics, monitoring, and decision-making systems that result from the increasing complexity of automation and systems, the need to ensure the highest level of reliability and safety, and continuing research and the development of innovative approaches to fault diagnosis. Most welcome are combinations of domains of engineering knowledge for diagnosis, including detection, isolation, localization, identification, reconfiguration, and fault-tolerant control. This field is open to new challenges, including industrial diagnostics, diagnostics of computer systems and networks, as well as non-industrial applications in the form of medical diagnostics, especially those based on artificial intelligence and deep neural networks. Our community is mainly interested in the following six topics: fault detection, isolation, and identification (FDI); (ii) fault-tolerant control systems; (iii) process safety, quality, and reliability; (iv) medical diagnostics; as well as (v) methodologies based on mathematical modeling, parameter identification and state estimation, qualitative models, statistical and signal processing, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic and rough sets, expert systems, neural networks; and (vi) industrial applications of diagnostics in fault-tolerant problems, safety, monitoring and alarming, quality control, computer systems and networks, diagnostic software, software reliability, medicine and therapy, environment protection, production control, and other industries such as chemistry, electronics, and power systems. The book is divided into six parts: (I) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; (II) Cybersecurity; (III) Artificial Neural Networks; (IV) Fault Detection; (V) Systems Modeling; and (VI) Adaptive, Robust and FTC Systems.


Human Factors Engineering in the Design of Nuclear Power Plants: IAEA Safety Standards Series No. Ssg-51

Human Factors Engineering in the Design of Nuclear Power Plants: IAEA Safety Standards Series No. Ssg-51

Author: International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-31

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 9789201004192

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This publication provides recommendations and guidance for meeting Requirement 32 of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-2/1 (Rev. 1), Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design, for optimal operator performance involving systematic consideration of human factors, including the human machine interface (HMI). The Safety Guide provides a structured approach and guidance on application of human factors engineering (HFE) in the design of the HMI, which is the basis for human physical and cognitive processes in nuclear power plants. It applies to application of HFE in the design, operation and maintenance of the HMI for new plants, as well as for modifications of the HMI of existing plants.


Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems

Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems

Author: Yang Xu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 981107416X

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This book gathers selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in Chengdu, China on August 23–25, 2017. The symposium provided a platform of technical exchange and experience sharing for a broad range of experts, scholars and nuclear power practitioners. The book reflects the state of the art and latest trends in nuclear instrumentation and control system technologies, as well as China’s growing influence in this area. It offers a valuable resource for both practitioners and academics working in the field of nuclear instrumentation, control systems and other safety-critical systems, as well as nuclear power plant managers, public officials and regulatory authorities.


Progress of Nuclear Safety for Symbiosis and Sustainability

Progress of Nuclear Safety for Symbiosis and Sustainability

Author: Hidekazu Yoshikawa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-03-20

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 4431546103

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This book introduces advanced methods of computational and information systems allowing readers to better understand the state-of-the-art design and implementation technology needed to maintain and enhance the safe operation of nuclear power plants. The subjects dealt with in the book are (i) Full digital instrumentation and control systems and human–machine interface technologies (ii) Risk monitoring methods for large and complex plants (iii) Condition monitors for plant components (iv) Virtual and augmented reality for nuclear power plants and (v) Software reliability verification and validation for nuclear power plants. The target readers of this book are Ph.D. students, researchers and engineers in the field of nuclear power engineering.


Reports of the Technical Assessment Task Force: Quality assurance; Condensate polishing system; Closed emergency feedwater valves; Pilot-operated relief valve design and performance; Containment: transport of radioactivity from the TMI-2 core to the environs; Iodine filter performance; Recovery: TMI-2 cleanup and decontamination

Reports of the Technical Assessment Task Force: Quality assurance; Condensate polishing system; Closed emergency feedwater valves; Pilot-operated relief valve design and performance; Containment: transport of radioactivity from the TMI-2 core to the environs; Iodine filter performance; Recovery: TMI-2 cleanup and decontamination

Author: United States. President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island. Technical Assessment Task Force

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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