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  • BS IEC 61497:1998

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    Nuclear power plants. Electrical interlocks for functions important to safety. Recommendations for design and implementation

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-03-1999

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Introduction
    Clause
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions and abbreviations
    3.1 Definitions
    3.2 Abbreviations
    4 Requirements
    4.1 System requirements
    4.2 System design
    4.3 Interlock integrity
    4.4 Interlock equipment
    4.5 Documentation
    4.6 Computer-based equipment
    4.7 Operator actions
    4.8 Power supplies
    5 Test methods
    5.1 Test and monitoring facilities
    5.2 Automatic test aids
    5.3 Self-testing and monitoring
    Annex A (informative) Typical interlocks
    Annex B (informative) Guidance on application of single-channel
            double-channel or multi-channel interlocks

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    Defines recommendations for the design and implementation of electric interlocks, used actively or passively to prevent unsafe conditions or ensuring specific safe conditions and states, during the operation of nuclear power plants.

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    Committee NCE/8
    Development Note Supersedes 97/703022 DC. (06/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, September 2013. (08/2013)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEC 61226:2009 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions
    IEC 61500:2009 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Data communication in systems performing category A functions
    IEC 60812:2006 Analysis techniques for system reliability - Procedure for failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
    IEC 60987:2007+AMD1:2013 CSV Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Hardware design requirements for computer-based systems
    IEC 60880:2006 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Software aspects for computer-based systems performing category A functions
    IEC 60231A:1969 Supplement A - General principles of nuclear reactor instrumentation
    IEC 61225:2005 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Requirements for electrical supplies
    IEC 60617-12:1997 Graphical symbols for diagrams - Part 12: Binary logic elements
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