RSICC CODE PACKAGE PSR-486

1. NAME AND TITLE

TSORT: Automated Technique for Nuclear Plant Training Task Assignment.

2. CONTRIBUTOR

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, through the Energy Science and Technology Software Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

3. CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

BASIC; IBM PC (P00486IBMPC00).

4. NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

TSORT is an automated technique to assign tasks to training strategies. This technique assists the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in two areas: the first is to provide a standardized method to select tasks for use in NRC-sponsored training research and the second is to evaluate whether training program developers have allocated nuclear power plant tasks to appropriate training strategies.

5. METHOD OF SOLUTION

A multi-attribute utility theory and a count metric method is used.

6. RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

Maxima of 10 information dimensions and 9 training strategy categories.

7. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Each sort option requires approximately 2 minutes on an IBM PC/AT.

8. COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

IBM PC, or compatible, computer with color graphics monitor.

9. COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

The software was developed under DOS 3.1. A BASICA (QBASIC or BASIC) interpreter is required to run it. The software was developed in 1984 and was not modified when transferred to RSICC and released in September 2001.

10. REFERENCE

C. C. Jorgensen, "Nuclear Power Plant Personnel Qualifications and Training: TSORT, An Automated Technique to Assign Tasks to Training Strategies," NUREG/CR-3481, Vol.1, ORNL/TM-9308/V1 (October 1984).

11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

Included are the referenced document and one DS/HD DOS diskette with the source code.

12. DATE OF ABSTRACT

September 2001.

KEYWORD: NUCLEAR SAFETY