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BS IEC 61888:2002

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Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation important to safety. Determination and maintenance of trip setpoints

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English

Published date

13-03-2003

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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Abbreviations
5 Determination of setpoints
   5.1 Safety
   5.2 Safety analysis
   5.3 Limiting safety system setting (LSSS)
        5.3.1 Channel uncertainty and trip setpoint
        5.3.2 Channel uncertainty determination
        5.3.3 Trip setpoint
        5.3.4 Allowable value
   5.4 Combination of uncertainties
        5.4.1 Square-root-sum-of-squares method (SRSS)
        5.4.2 Algebraic method
   5.5 Operational considerations
   5.6 Instrument channel range
6 Documentation
7 Maintenance of safety system setpoints
   7.1 Testing
   7.2 Replacement
Annex A (informative) Example of setpoint determination
Bibliography

Describes the requirements for assuring that automatic setpoints for nuclear safety system instrumentation are established and maintained within specified limits in nuclear power plants and nuclear reactor facilities.

Committee
NCE/8
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 01/703567 DC (03/2003) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, September 2013. (08/2013)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
24
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Defines the requirements for assuring that automatic setpoints for nuclear safety system instrumentation are established and maintained within specified limits in nuclear power plants and nuclear reactor facilities.

Standards Relationship
IEC 61888:2002 Identical

IEC 60050-394:2007 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
IEC 60671:2007 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Surveillance testing
ISA S67.04 : 1988 SETPOINTS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY-RELATED INSTRUMENTATION
IEC 61226:2009 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions
IEC 60980:1989 Recommended practices for seismic qualification of electrical equipment of the safety system for nuclear generating stations
IEC 60987:2007+AMD1:2013 CSV Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Hardware design requirements for computer-based systems
IEC 60880-2:2000 Software for computers important to safety for nuclear power plants - Part 2: Software aspects of defence against common cause failures, use of software tools and of pre-developed software
IEC 60880:2006 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Software aspects for computer-based systems performing category A functions
IEC 60780:1998 Nuclear power plants - Electrical equipment of the safety system - Qualification
IEC 61513:2011 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - General requirements for systems
IEEE 338-2012 IEEE Standard for Criteria for the Periodic Surveillance Testing of Nuclear Power Generating Station Safety
IEEE 603-2009 REDLINE IEEE Standard Criteria for Safety Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations

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