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12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Torrey Mortenson (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
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Jay Bogardus (ANS)
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Human Factors Engineering Enhancement Integrated with Human Reliability Analysis for Control Room Design of Nuclear Power Plant
Kenji Mashio (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.,)
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Human Factor Errors in Nuclear Power Plants: A Review
Meenu Sethu (San Jose State Univ.), Nesar Ahmed Titu (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Dingyu Hu (San Jose State Univ.), Mahboubeh Madadi (San Jose State Univ.), Jamie Baalis Coble (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Klaus Blache (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Anahita Khojandi (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville)
MEDIC - Approach for the Evaluation of Technological Preventive Measures Against Erroneous Personnel Actions at Human Machine Interfaces of Digital I&C Systems
Hervé Mbonjo (Gesellschaft fur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Patrick Gebhardt (Gesellschaft fur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
Human Automation Collaboration Concerning Task Information Presentation System (TIPS)
R. Hill (INL), J. Oxstrand (INL)
Experiences and Benefits in Digitalizing Surveillance Test Procedures
Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom), Javier Barroso (Tecnatom), Javier Gil (Tecnatom)
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