Application of Virtual Human Factor Verification to Fire Accidents at the Main Control Room in Nuclear Power Plant

摘要

The main control room (MCR) is the central of Human-Computer interaction (HCI) of nuclear power plants (NPPs), providing safety and comfortable working environment for operators. The present study built a 3-D virtual reality MCR and presented a fire accident in it. During the experiment, the physiological data including electrodermal activity (EDA) and electrocardiogram (ECG), and eye tracking data of the participants were measured. This method can quantitatively analyse and evaluate HCI, training, fitness and other human factors such as human errors or performance. The results reveal this quantitative evaluation method is valuable for improving HCI design and enhancing human performance.