HRA research activities at the Institute for Energy Technology
Claire TaylorMichael Hildebrandt
Rob McDonald
About IFE
• Established in 1948• An independent,
internationally oriented institute
• Performing research & development across a broad scope of energy technologies
• 600 employees in Norway (Halden and Kjeller)
R&D at IFENuclear Technology, Physics and Safety
Energy & Environmental Technology
Petroleum Technology
Safety Man-Technology-Organisation
Isotope Laboratories
The Halden Reactor Project
• Performing international research on safety under OECD / NEA administration
• 20 member countries• More than 100 participating
organizations• 70% international financing • Norway’s largest international R&D
project (about MNOK 200 annually)• 3-year research program periods
(currently 2015-2017)
MTO Sector research areas• Human performance, human
reliability and organizational factors
• Control room design and evaluation, control room systems
• Human system interfaces• Future operations concepts and
integrated operations• Virtual and augmented reality
applications• Safety critical software• Air traffic control
MTO bilateral activity examples• Petro-HRA – adaptation of a nuclear HRA method
to the petroleum domain, development of a “complete” HRA method
• Integrated Operations – “MTO analysis” of work processes, function allocation, virtual organizations
• CREATE control room design and verification tool, including a model bank, layout tool, verification tool and documentation to support the verification
MTO bilateral activity examples• Air traffic control, investigating new
approaches to organize air traffic control, and remote operation of several airports from one center.
• Recent installation of a small-scale air traffic controller simulator in the MTO lab at Halden
• Integrated system validation, research on an expanded assessment methodology and validation of NPP modernization projects in Sweden and Finland
MTO Experimental Facilities
Air traffic control simulator
Virtual reality center
Future lab & integration lab
HAMMLAB control room simulator
Observation gallery
Integrated Operations lab
MTO Experimental FacilitiesUsed to study human-technology interaction
MTO lab
Experiments Development of technology
Tests and demonstrations
• Human reliability• Human factors• Level of automation
• Large screen displays• Alarm systems• Virtual and
augmented reality solutions
• Operator support systems
• Usability and robustness
• Demonstrate capabilities
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3D VR visualisation of dose ratesRadioisotopic contributions from all sources
60Co 58Co
137Cs 110mAg
L Op. : 39 %R Op. : 7 %
L Op. : ~0 %R Op. : ~0 %
L Op. : 54 %R Op. : 8 %
L Op. : 7 %
R Op. : 85 %
R Op