Nuclear Plant Control Room Operator Modeling Within the ADS-IDAC, Version 2, Dynamic PRA Environment: Part 1 - General Description and Cognitive FoundationsVolume 10, Number 7, November 2014 - Paper 3 - pp. 691-703KEVIN COYNE1 and ALI MOSLEH21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mailstop CSB 4A07M, Washington, DC 20555-00012 University of California, 3111 Engineering V, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1595 (Received on June 01, 2014 and revised on September 16, 2014) Abstract:Dynamic simulation-based approaches for probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) offer several key advantages over traditional “static” techniques such as traditional event tree-fault tree based methods. For example, dynamic simulation approaches can more realistically represent event sequence and timing, provide a better representation of thermal hydraulic success criteria, and permit more detailed modeling of operator response. Version 2.0 of the Accident Dynamics Simulator paired with the Information, Decision, and Action cognitive model in a Crew context (ADS-IDAC) is one such dynamic method that shows promise for supporting nuclear power plant PRAs and other risk-informed applications. By linking a realistic nuclear plant thermal-hydraulic model with a crew behavior model, ADS-IDAC creates a rich simulation environment. The crew behavior model describes the operators’ preferences and tendencies, knowledge, and situation-response rules.
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