Engineering design for the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Operations Center

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A design study of the NRC Operations Center was initiated to anticipate the movement of the Center from its present location in Bethesda, Maryland to the White Flint Two building in Rockville, Maryland. Based on a review of documentation on the Operation Center functions, interviews with selected personnel, and observation of an emergency exercise, the design team developed requirements for a new Center. The requirements basis consisted of communications diagrams documenting the information flow within the Operations Center, an adjacency matrix, and results from the interviews. From this basis a new conceptual layout was developed for the Center, consistent with the constraints imposed by the proposed new building. Work stations were defined for the staff, both for day-to-day operations and for emergency conditions. Recommendations are included concerning the use of supporting equipment currently in the Center as well as equipment planned for future use. 5 refs., 17 figs., 2 tabs.

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