Workload Change Over Time For Nuclear Power Plant Operation Tasks

Abstract

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) operation requires multiple task types to complete necessary day-today activities and operating procedures. The accurate completion of these tasks is necessary for safetycritical domains, as errors and omissions can potentially result in severe consequences. As a result, it is important to determine the cause of human error within various task types. One factor that contributes to human performance is workload. The present experiment is a follow-up, further investigating levels of workload, within a NPP simulated environment, with experienced participants. EEG, ECG, and the NASA-TLX have been shown to be sensitive to changes in workload across domains and are thus utilized in the present experiment to record workload differences. Specifically, the present experiment investigated these participants across 27 sessions for three different NPP task types-checking, detection, and response implementation.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volume

2015-January

Number of Pages

105-109

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931215591022

Socpus ID

84981747018 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84981747018

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