Criteria for digital computers used in the design of nuclear generation plant safety systems

Abstract

Summary form only. The Nuclear Power Engineering Committee has realized that standards for computers used as part of the design of nuclear safety systems have not kept up with software engineering practices. Standards developed by the IEEE Computer Society, ASME NQA-1 and NQA-2, Part 2.7, and the International Electrotechnical Commission have established the software engineering practices. The author has considered how software engineering practices in compliance with the aforementioned organizations were used to rewrite ANSI/IEEE-ANS-7-4.3.2, 'Application Criteria for Digital Computers Used in Nuclear Facility Safety Systems'. These software engineering practices were used as additional requirements in P-7-4.3.2 when addressing the quality criteria of IEEE-603-1991. These engineering practices addressed computer system development, verification, and validation, and configuration management. >