DocumentCode :
1931529
Title :
A framework for incorporating best practices at nuclear power plants
Author :
Ruecker, Lukas ; Lai, Binghua
Author_Institution :
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear :
1992
fDate :
25-31 Oct 1992
Firstpage :
781
Abstract :
In ethnographic fieldwork at nuclear power plants in the USA and Germany, the authors observed that capturing the context in which a practice is developed is crucial to preserving its essence and enhancing its transferability. They formalized the concept of context and concluded that the context of a best practice can be captured by recording its underlying rationale in a deliberation- or process-oriented (vs. an artifact- or outcome-oriented) mode. They adapted an existing computer-based decision management system to capture the knowledge that goes into conceiving, designing, and implementing a practice. The main assumption is that while the context is different from plant to plant, the nature of the process in which practices are developed or adapted is the same. The representation of the system is based on invariants of this process, and is thus able to provide a uniform, seamless environment ideally suited for the transfer of useful knowledge for the development or implementation of best practices. Using context-rich data from the nuclear power plants visited, the approach was tested by simulating the development and transfer of a best practice
Keywords :
fission reactor operation; nuclear power stations; best practices; computer-based decision management system; context; ethography; nuclear power plants; Artificial intelligence; Best practices; Documentation; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Learning; Nuclear measurements; Power generation; Power measurement; Safety;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0884-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301422
Filename :
301422
Link To Document :
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