IEEE Begins Work on Standard to Recommend Practices for Investigating Events at Nuclear Facilities

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IEC 60880
Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control systems important to safety – Software aspects for computer-based systems performing category A functions-Edition 2.0

ASTM C 1638
Standard Guide for the Determination of Iodine-129 In Uranium Oxide

IEEE 1205
Guide for Assessing, Monitoring, and Mitigating Aging Effects on Class 1E Equipment Used in Nuclear Power Generating Stations

IEEE 344
Recommended Practice for Seismic Qualification of Class 1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations

IEEE 1023
Recommended Practice for the Application of Human Factors Engineering to Systems, Equipment, and Facilities of Nuclear Power Generating Stations and Other Nuclear Facilities

ANS 55.6
Liquid Radioactive Waste Processing System For Light Water Reactor Plants

ANS 51.1
Nuclear Safety Criteria For Design Of Stationary Pressurized Water Reactor Plants

ANS 58.2
Design Basis For Protection Of Light Water Nuclear Power Plants Against The Effects Of Postulated Pipe Rupture

ANS 5.1
Decay Heat Power In Light Water Reactors

ANS 57.1
Design Requirements For Light Water Reactor Fuel Handling Systems

IEEE 352
IEEE Guide for General Principles of Reliability Analysis of Nuclear Power Generating Station Safety Systems

IEEE 933
IEEE Guide for the Definition of Reliability Program Plans for Nuclear Power Generating Stations

IEEE 1289
IEEE Guide for the Application of Human Factors Engineering in the Design of Computer-Based Monitoring and Control Displays for Nuclear Power Generating Stations

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IEEE Begins Work on Standard to Recommend Practices for Investigating Events at Nuclear Facilities - IEEE P1707

March 17, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

The standard will provide common terminology and recommended practices for initiating and conducting event investigations, analyzing data, producing results and identifying corrective actions associated with facility personnel, processes, equipment and systems at nuclear facilities.

The nuclear industry does not employ a common practice or approach to event investigations, which results in widely experienced terminology problems, according to the IEEE.

The IEEE also began work on revisions to several earlier power-related standards.

IEEE P622 - Recommended Practice for the Design and Installation of Electric Heat Tracing Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Systems updates the 1994 standard to reflect the state of technology in the nuclear industry.

Also being updated to reflect current technologies and specifications are IEEE P18 - Standard for Shunt Power Capacitors and IEEE PC57.19.03 - Standard Requirements, Terminology and Test Code for Bushings for DC Applications Rated 110 kV BIL and Above.

The recommendations presented in this guide apply to the shipping, handling, inspection, installation and maintenance of liquid-immersed power transformers rated 501 kilovolt-ampere (kVA) and above with secondary voltages of 1000 volts and above.

This guide covers the entire range of power transformers including extra high voltage (EHV) transformers with distinctions as required for various sizes, voltage ratings and liquid insulation types.

The IEEE also reaffirmed three power-related standards: