3. 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)
4. R&D at IFE
Nuclear Technology,
Physics and Safety
Energy & Environmental
Technology
Petroleum
Technology
Safety Man-Technology-
Organisation
Isotope
Laboratories
5. 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)
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. MTO Experimental Facilities
Air traffic
control
simulator
Virtual
reality
center
Future lab &
integration
lab
HAMMLAB
control room
simulator
Observation
gallery
Integrated
Operations
lab
10. MTO Experimental Facilities
Used 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
13. 14
3D VR visualisation of dose rates
Radioisotopic 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
