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SEPIA is an Intelligent Computer Aided Training System (ICAT) for training of incident management in the case of steam generator tube rupture in a nuclear power plant. SEPIA has been regularly used for 2 years by a few hundred operators of 20 French nuclear plants operated by EDF (French Electrical Utility).
the whole Computer Based Training facility consists of : 1) a Simulator on which the operator executes its training session during 1 or hours, and 2) SEPIA which produces intelligent debriefing, corrections and advices about the simulated session. The SEPIA specific architecture supports instructional model and measures, like detailed explanation functionalitites, a learner model allowing local quantitative and qualitative corrections as well as theoretical thermodynamics lessons, and a trainer model based on a comparison between theoretical and practical behaviours.
Written C and using the expert system shell S1 on UNIX, SEPIA has taken advantages of its object oriented modelization to extend successively from 900 MW to 1300 MW reactors domains and from training centers to auto-tutoring facilities. The multi-disciplinary approach of a team has led to a very high level of satisfaction recoreded at regular users groups meetings from learners, instructors and training managers.
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Mercier, V., Delmas, D., Lonca, P., Moreau, JJ. (1993). SEPIA: An Intelligent Training System For French Nuclear Power Plant Operators. In: Towne, D.M., de Jong, T., Spada, H. (eds) Simulation-Based Experiential Learning. NATO ASI Series, vol 122. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78539-9_18
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