Approach to integrated system validation of NPP control rooms

Leena Norros; Paula Savioja; Leena Salo

Approach to integrated system validation of NPP control rooms

Leena Norros, Paula Savioja, Leena Salo

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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Abstract

Integrated system validation (ISV) is becoming more and more topical as more control rooms are going through modernizations and new plants are being built. Drawing on international experience some key issues are discussed which require further development: the metrics used to analyze performance and interface features, and the reference used in evaluations. In the paper a new approach to ISV is presented. It has been developed while participating in real validation projects. The novel contribution of the approach is that it offers a modeling method to develop contextual evaluation criteria to be used in the evaluation. The targeted overall quality is "systems usability". Articulating this concept creates a possibility to introduce new features to the evaluation metrics, i.e. evaluation of work practices and user experience. These measures build on the data that performance and cognitive oriented measures offer. With regard to reference of evaluation a longitudinal approach labeled the "Usability Case" is proposed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Sixth American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2009
Publisher	American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Pages	1998-2010
Volume	4
ISBN (Print)	978-161567695-8
Publication status	Published - 2009
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	6th American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2009 - Knoxville, United States Duration: 5 Apr 2009 → 9 Apr 2009

Conference

Conference	6th American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Knoxville
Period	5/04/09 → 9/04/09

Keywords

Integrated system validation
Systems usability
Usability case
Work practices

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Norros, L, Savioja, P & Salo, L 2009, Approach to integrated system validation of NPP control rooms. in Proceedings of the Sixth American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2009. vol. 4, American Nuclear Society (ANS), pp. 1998-2010, 6th American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2009, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 5/04/09.

Approach to integrated system validation of NPP control rooms. / Norros, Leena; Savioja, Paula; Salo, Leena.
Proceedings of the Sixth American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies NPIC&HMIT 2009. Vol. 4 American Nuclear Society (ANS), 2009. p. 1998-2010.

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