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Digital instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power plants : safety and reliability issues : final report

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Digital instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power plants : safety and reliability issues : final report / Committee on Application of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems to Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Safety, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Chapin, Douglas M.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Application of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems to Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Safety.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Energy and Environmental Systems.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.
Description
xi, 112 pages; 28 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Committee chair: Douglas M. Chapin.
  • "This report and study on which it is based were supported by Contract No. NRC-04-94-055 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission."--Verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Key Issues -- 3. Systems Aspects of Digital Instrumentation and Control Technology -- 4. Software Quality Assurance -- 5. Common-Mode Software are Failure Potential -- 6. Safety and Reliability Assessment Methods -- 7. Human Factors and Human-Machine Interfaces -- 8. Dedication of Commercial Off-the-Shelf Hardware and Software -- 9. Case-by-Case Licensing Process -- 10. Adequacy of Technical Infrastructure -- 11. Overview and Summary -- App. A. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- App. B. Committee Meetings (Phases 1 and 2) -- App. C. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing of Digital Instrumentation and Control Technology -- App. D. Development of the Final List of Eight Issues -- App. E. Excerpts from Licensing Regulations -- App. F. Digital Instrumentation and Control System Features.
ISBN
0309057329
LCCN
97066084
OCLC
  • 37870753
  • ocm37870753
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries