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dc.contributor.authorThornburg, K. M.
dc.contributor.authorPeterse, H.P.M.
dc.contributor.authorLiu, A.M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-25T19:57:13Z
dc.date.available2014-09-25T19:57:13Z
dc.date.issued2012-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90362
dc.description.abstractLong duration, low task load environments are typical for nuclear power plant control rooms, where operators, after hours of operating under a low task load situation, may have to shift to a high task load situation. The effects of time-on-task and boredom due to low task load will be an important consideration for the design of new nuclear power plant control rooms, which will rely more heavily on automation. This paper describes a research study of performance in a simulated nuclear control room environment, where 36 participants responded to an alarm during a 4 hour long experiment where the alarm onset time and the availability of distractions were varied. The results indicate that operators perform better in a sterile environment and that the duration of non-active time before the alarm influences operator performance.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.en_US
dc.publisherHFESen_US
dc.subjectboredomen_US
dc.subjectnuclear control roomen_US
dc.titleOperator Performance in Long Duration Control Operations: Switching from Low to High Task Loaden_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
dc.identifier.citationThornburg, K.M., Peterse, H.P.M., Liu, A.M., Operator Performance in Long Duration Control Operations: Switching from Low to High Task Load, Proceedings of HFES 2012: 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Boston, MA, October, 2012.en_US


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