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IEEE
UPDATES TWO NUCLEAR POWER STANDARDS
Contact:
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 14 December 2004 IEEE has revised two nuclear power
standards. One deals with the seismic qualification of equipment,
and the other recommends practices for using human factors engineering
in nuclear facilities. The IEEE also reaffirmed three existing
nuclear power standards.
IEEE 344(TM),
"Recommended Practice for Seismic Qualification of Class
1E Equipment for Nuclear Power Generating Stations", was
updated to reflect recent experience. It offers improved methods
to assess how well Class 1E devices and assemblies will perform
during and after a safe shutdown earthquake. The standard includes
experience-based seismic qualification procedures and criteria.
IEEE 1023(TM),
"Recommended Practice for the Application of Human Factors
Engineering to Systems, Equipment, and Facilities of Nuclear Power
Generating Stations and Other Nuclear Facilities", was revised
to reflect current industry practice and to be compatible with
other IEEE standards. It provides guidance for developing integrated
programs to apply human factors engineering in the design, operation
and maintenance of nuclear power and other nuclear facilities.
The IEEE also
reaffirmed the continued use of three existing guides for nuclear
power facilities:
- IEEE 352(TM),
"IEEE Guide for General Principles of Reliability
Analysis of Nuclear Power Generating Station Safety Systems";
- IEEE 933(TM),
"IEEE Guide for the Definition of Reliability Program Plans
for Nuclear Power Generating Stations";
- IEEE 1289(TM),
"IEEE Guide for the Application of Human Factors Engineering
in the Design of Computer-Based Monitoring and Control Displays
for Nuclear Power Generating Stations".
The above
standards were sponsored by the Power Engineering Society.
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