Design and application criteria for Class I electric equipment for nuclear power generating stations

Abstract

I have only touched on the many areas of concern that the electrical design or applications engineer should consider when designing the Class I auxiliary power systems for a nuclear power generating station. There has been much work and research done over the past 4 or 5 years by committees of IEEE, ASME, ANS, and .other societies. The designers, suppliers, constructors, users, and operators for nuclear power generating stations should be fully aware of the results of the work of these committees. The IEEE-Joint Committee for Nuclear Power Standards through its eight subcommittees is preparing various criteria in the areas of single failure criteria, equipment qualification, periodic testing, auxiliary power systems, reactor protection systems, diesel generators, reliability, quality assurance, electrical penetrations, and terminology. We owe a debt of gratitude to those people working on the various working groups, subcommittees and committees for bringing problems and solutions to light so that all of us may have better direction in the design of safe nuclear power generating stations.