IEC 60709:2018
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems important to safety - Separation
Abstract
IEC 60709:2018 is applicable to nuclear power plant instrumentation and control (I&C) and electrical systems and equipment, whose functions are required to be independent due to their contribution to:
This new edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- a redundant or diverse safety group;
- different defence in depth levels;
- different safety classes and also with non-classified (NC) systems.
This new edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- include requirements referring to the separation principle in electrical systems important to safety;
- define separation criteria for I&C and electrical systems in a generic way;
- align with the new revisions of IAEA documents and broaden the scope to include other aspects of separation.
Additional information
Publication type | International Standard |
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Publication date | 2018-04-18 |
Edition | 3.0 |
Available language(s) | English/French |
TC/SC | TC 45/SC 45A - Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilitiesrss |
ICS | 27.120.20 - Nuclear power plants. Safety |
Stability date | 2026 |
Pages | 96 |
File size | 1731 KB |
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