Abstract
The investigation of nuclear power plants (NPPs) accidents in the past shows that most of the accidents mainly occur in unexpected events. In this study, in order to verify whether Ecological Interface Design (EID) improves the situational awareness of operators in NPPs, this paper first analyzes the system by using the first three stages of cognitive work analysis, and then applies EID to the operating interface of NPPs to develop an ecological interface. In order to make the test results more complete, an improved interface has also been developed. A process expert and six operators were invited to participate in our experiments to measure situational awareness. The results show that the situational awareness of ecological interfaces in unexpected events is significantly higher than that of traditional and advanced interfaces. The significance of this study is that EID, as a practical technology, can be widely used in operator control rooms to improve the ability of operators to solve unexpected events.
Funding source: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipment and Harbin Engineering University
Award Identifier / Grant number: K-A2020.410
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: This work was partially supported by the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Monitoring Technology and Equipment and Harbin Engineering University under project No. K-A2020.410.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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