Effects of Supervisor Experience and Assistance of a Shift Technical Advisor (STA) on Crew Performance in Control Room Simulators.

摘要

The report describes the second experiment using a training simulator to evaluate effects of experience level of Senior Reactor Operators (SRO) in the supervisor's role, and presence of a Shift Technical Advisor (STA) on performance of nuclear power plant control room operators/crews. The experiment was conducted in pressurized water reactor (PWR) plant-referenced simulator. Data collected on 20 three-man crews of licensed operators, performing four sequences. Performance measures were derived from task analyses of the sequences. No significant differences in overall performance were found attributable to experience of supervisors, nor to presence of an STA. Results were similar to results of an earlier experiment performed with boiling water reactor (BWR) crews.