IEC 62138:2004
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Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important for safety - Software aspects for computer-based systems performing category B or C functions
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31-12-2021
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English - French
Published date
16-01-2004
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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
4 Key concepts and assumptions
4.1 Types of software
4.2 Types of data
4.3 Software and System Safety Lifecycles
4.4 Gradation principles
5 Requirements for the software of I&C systems performing
category C functions
5.1 General requirements
5.2 Selection of pre-developed software
5.3 Software requirements specification
5.4 Software design
5.5 Implementation of new software
5.6 Software aspects of system integration
5.7 Software aspects of system validation
5.8 Installation of software on site
5.9 Anomaly reports
5.10 Software modification
6 Requirements for the software of I&C systems performing
category B functions
6.1 General requirements
6.2 Selection of pre-developed software
6.3 Software requirements specification
6.4 Software design
6.5 Implementation of new software
6.6 Software aspects of system integration
6.7 Software aspects of system validation
6.8 Installation of software on site
6.9 Anomaly reports
6.10 Software modification
Bibliography
Provides requirements for the software of computer-based I&C systems performing functions of safety category B or C as defined by IEC 61226. Complements IEC 60880 and IEC 60880-2, which provide requirements for the software of computer-based I&C systems performing functions of safety category A. Is also consistent with, and complementary to, IEC 61513.
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Stability Date: 2017. (09/2017)
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Standard
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95
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International Electrotechnical Committee
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Superseded
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| Standards | Relationship |
| DIN IEC 62138 : 2004 | Identical |
| I.S. EN 62138:2009 | Identical |
| NF EN 62138 : 2009 | Identical |
| CEI EN 62138 : 2011 | Identical |
| GOST R IEC 62138 : 2010 | Identical |
| NEN IEC 62138 : 2004 | Identical |
| BS EN 62138:2009 | Identical |
| NEN-EN-IEC 62138:2019 | Identical |
| PN EN 62138 : 2009 | Identical |
| BS IEC 62138 : 2004 | Identical |
| VDE 0491-3-3 : 2010 | Identical |
| DIN EN 62138 : 2010 | Identical |
| EN 62138:2009 | Identical |
| NEN EN IEC 62138 : 2009 | Identical |
| OVE/ONORM EN 62138 : 2010 | Identical |
| PNE-prEN 62138 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 62138:2009 | Identical |
| BS EN 61513:2013 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. General requirements for systems |
| BS EN 61226:2010 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Classification of instrumentation and control functions |
| BS IEC 62855:2016 | Nuclear power plants. Electrical power systems. Electrical power systems analysis |
| BS IEC 60671 : 2007 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SURVEILLANCE TESTING |
| 15/30300357 DC : 0 | BS IEC 62859 ED 1.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - REQUIREMENTS FOR COORDINATING SAFETY AND CYBERSECURITY |
| BS IEC 62765-1 : 2015 | NUCLEAR POWERS PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - MANAGEMENT OF AGEING OF SENSORS AND TRANSMITTERS - PART 1: PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS |
| BS EN 60987:2015 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Hardware design requirements for computer-based systems |
| IEC 62705:2014 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Radiation monitoring systems (RMS): Characteristics and lifecycle |
| IEC 62646:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Computer-based procedures |
| IEC 61225:2005 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Requirements for electrical supplies |
| I.S. EN 61513:2013 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SYSTEMS (IEC 61513:2011 (EQV)) |
| IEC TR 62918:2014 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Use and selection of wireless devices to be integrated in systems important to safety |
| IEC 60671:2007 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Surveillance testing |
| EN 60671:2011 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Surveillance testing |
| EN 62566:2014 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing category A functions |
| EN 60965:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room |
| EN 62808:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Design and qualification of isolation devices |
| IEC TR 63123:2017 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems - Guidance for the application of IEC 63147:2017/IEEE Std 497™ -2016 in the IAEA / IEC framework |
| NF EN 61226 : 2010 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS |
| 16/30331810 DC : 0 | BS IEC 60709 ED 3.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION, CONTROL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SEPARATION |
| BS IEC 61500 : 2009 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| BS IEC 62808 : 2015 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DESIGN AND QUALIFICATION OF ISOLATION DEVICES |
| BS EN 60671:2011 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control systems important to safety. Surveillance testing |
| 16/30324061 DC : 0 | BS IEC 61504 ED2.0 - NUCLEAR FACILITIES INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF RADIATION AND/OR LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY |
| BS IEC 61513:2011 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. General requirements for systems |
| 17/30332636 DC : 0 | BS IEC 62988 ED 1.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SELECTION AND USE OF WIRELESS DEVICES |
| 06/30134861 DC : DRAFT MAY 2006 | |
| BS IEC 60768:2009 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation important to safety. Equipment for continuous in-line or on-line monitoring of radioactivity in process streams for normal and incident conditions |
| IEC TR 62096:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Guidance for the decision on modernization |
| EN 61226:2010 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions |
| EN 60987:2015 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Hardware design requirements for computer-based systems |
| VDI/VDE 3528 Blatt 1:2017-06 | Requirements of commercial grade products and criteria for their use in the instrumentation and control systems important to safety in nuclear power plants - General part |
| I.S. EN 60965:2016 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - SUPPLEMENTARY CONTROL ROOM FOR REACTOR SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM |
| CEI EN 60671 : 2012 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SURVEILLANCE TESTING |
| I.S. EN 60671:2011 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SURVEILLANCE TESTING |
| I.S. EN 60987:2015 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - HARDWARE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS |
| 15/30300369 DC : 0 | BS IEC 62646 ED 2.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - COMPUTER BASED PROCEDURES |
| BS IEC 62705:2014 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Radiation monitoring systems (RMS): Characteristics and lifecycle |
| PD IEC/TR 62987:2015 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control systems important to safety. Use of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and related methods to support the justification of systems |
| 09/30176792 DC : 0 | BS EN 61513 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SYSTEMS |
| 16/30331802 DC : 0 | BS EN 62887 ED 1.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS: CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST METHODS |
| BS EN 62566:2014 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing category A functions |
| 17/30327241 DC : 0 | BS EN 61500 ED.2 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| BS IEC 61504:2017 | Nuclear facilities. Instrumentation and control systems important to safety. Centralized systems for continuous monitoring of radiation and/or levels of radioactivity |
| BS IEC 60568:2006 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation important to safety. In-core instrumentation for neutron fluence rate (flux) measurements in power reactors |
| PD IEC/TR 61838:2009 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Use of probabilistic safety assessment for the classification of functions |
| BS IEC/IEEE 62582-5:2015 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Electrical equipment condition monitoring methods Optical time domain reflectometry |
| CEI EN 61500 : 2012 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| EN 62765-1:2017 | Nuclear powers plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Management of ageing of sensors and transmitters - Part 1: Pressure transmitters |
| 07/30172925 DC : 0 | BS IEC 60951-1 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ACCIDENT AND POST ACCIDENT CONDITIONS - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
| IEC 61504:2017 | Nuclear facilities - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Centralized systems for continuous monitoring of radiation and/or levels of radioactivity |
| IEC TR 62235:2005 | Nuclear facilities - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Systems of interim storage and final repository of nuclear fuel and waste |
| IEC TR 61838:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Use of probabilistic safety assessment for the classification of functions |
| NF EN 60671 : 2011 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SURVEILLANCE TESTING |
| I.S. EN 62808:2016 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DESIGN AND QUALIFICATION OF ISOLATION DEVICES |
| IEC 60532:2010 | Radiation protection instrumentation - Installed dose rate meters, warning assemblies and monitors - X and gamma radiation of energy between 50 keV and 7 MeV |
| IEC 60768:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation important to safety - Equipment for continuous in-line or on-line monitoring of radioactivity in process streams for normal and incident conditions |
| IEC 60951-1:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation important to safety - Radiation monitoring for accident and post-accident conditions - Part 1: General requirements |
| CSA N290.14 : 2015 | QUALIFICATION OF DIGITAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL APPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS |
| IEC 61513:2011 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - General requirements for systems |
| BS IEC 62671:2013 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Selection and use of industrial digital devices of limited functionality |
| IEC 60965:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room |
| BS EN 60965:2016 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Supplementary control room for reactor shutdown without access to the main control room |
| BS IEC 62566 : 2012 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DEVELOPMENT OF HDL-PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| BS IEC 60951-1:2009 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation important to safety. Radiation monitoring for accident and post-accident conditions General requirements |
| BS IEC 62646:2016 | Nuclear power plants. Control rooms. Computer-based procedures |
| BS IEC 61559-1:2009 | Radiation protection instrumentation in nuclear facilities. Centralized systems for continuous monitoring of radiation and/or levels of radioactivity General requirements |
| 11/30229935 DC : 0 | BS EN 62671 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - SELECTION AND USE OF INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL DEVICES OF LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY |
| 11/30215545 DC : 0 | BS IEC 62646 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - COMPUTER BASED PROCEDURES |
| BS IEC 60987:2007 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Hardware design requirements for computer-based systems |
| PD IEC/TR 63084:2017 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Platform qualification for systems important to safety |
| 04/30115723 DC : DRAFT JUN 2004 | |
| CEI EN 61513 : 2013 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - GENERAL REQUIREMENT FOR SYSTEMS |
| BS IEC 61226 : 2009 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS |
| CEI 45-33 : 2009 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - IN-CORE INSTRUMENTATION FOR NEUTRON FLUENCE RATE (FLUX) MEASUREMENTS IN POWER REACTORS |
| BS IEC/IEEE 62646 : 2012 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - COMPUTER BASED PROCEDURES |
| 14/30258869 DC : 0 | BS IEC 62765-1 ED 1.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - MANAGEMENT OF AGEING OF SENSORS AND TRANSMITTERS - PART 1: PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS |
| BS IEC 60532:2010 | Radiation protection instrumentation. Installed dose rate meters, warning assemblies and monitors. X and gamma radiation of energy between 50 keV and 7 MeV |
| I.S. EN 61226:2010 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS |
| BS EN 62808:2016 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control systems important to safety. Design and qualification of isolation devices |
| BS EN 61500:2011 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Data communication in systems performing category A functions |
| IEC 60987:2007+AMD1:2013 CSV | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Hardware design requirements for computer-based systems |
| IEC 61559-1:2009 | Radiation protection instrumentation in nuclear facilities - Centralized systems for continuous monitoring of radiation and/or levels of radioactivity - Part 1: General requirements |
| IEC 62855:2016 | Nuclear power plants - Electrical power systems - Electrical power systems analysis |
| IEC 62808:2015+AMD1:2018 CSV | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Design and qualification of isolation devices |
| IEC TR 63084:2017 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Platform qualification for systems important to safety |
| IEC 61226:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions |
| IEC 62566:2012 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Development of HDL-programmed integrated circuits for systems performing category A functions |
| EN 61500:2011 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Data communication in systems performing category A functions |
| 12/30249606 DC : 0 | BS EN 62645 ED 1.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - REQUIREMENT S FOR SECURITY PROGRAMMES FOR COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS |
| PD IEC/TR 62918:2014 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Use and selection of wireless devices to be integrated in systems important to safety |
| IEC TR 62987:2015 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Use of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and related methods to support the justification of systems |
| 15/30298379 DC : 0 | BS EN 60965 ED 3.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - CONTROL ROOMS - SUPPLEMENTARY CONTROL ROOM FOR REACTOR SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM |
| 13/30249610 DC : 0 | BS EN 62705 ED 1.0 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEMS (RMS) CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST METHODS |
| I.S. EN 62566:2014 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DEVELOPMENT OF HDL-PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| I.S. EN 62765-1:2017 | NUCLEAR POWERS PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - MANAGEMENT OF AGEING OF SENSORS AND TRANSMITTERS - PART 1: PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS |
| PD IEC/TR 62096:2009 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Guidance for the decision on modernization |
| I.S. EN 61500:2011 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - DATA COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS PERFORMING CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS |
| BS EN 62765-1:2017 | Nuclear powers plants. Instrumentation and control important to safety. Management of ageing of sensors and transmitters Pressure transmitters |
| BS IEC 61225:2005 | Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation and control systems important to safety. Requirements for electrical supplies |
| NF EN 61513 : 2013 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL IMPORTANT TO SAFETY - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SYSTEMS |
| IEC 60568:2006 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation important to safety - In-core instrumentation for neutron fluence rate (flux) measurements in power reactors |
| IEC 62765-1:2015 | Nuclear powers plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Management of ageing of sensors and transmitters - Part 1: Pressure transmitters |
| EN 61513:2013 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - General requirements for systems |
| IEC 61226:2009 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions |
| IEC 61511-1:2016+AMD1:2017 CSV | Functional safety - Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector - Part 1: Framework, definitions, system, hardware and application programming requirements |
| IEC 61508-4:2010 | Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508) |
| IEC 61508-3:2010 | Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 3: Software requirements (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508) |
| ISO/IEC 12207:2008 | Systems and software engineering — Software life cycle processes |
| IEC 60880-2:2000 | Software for computers important to safety for nuclear power plants - Part 2: Software aspects of defence against common cause failures, use of software tools and of pre-developed software |
| IEC 60880:2006 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control systems important to safety - Software aspects for computer-based systems performing category A functions |
| ISO 9001:2015 | Quality management systems — Requirements |
| IEC 61513:2011 | Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - General requirements for systems |
| ISO 9000-3:1997 | Quality management and quality assurance standards Part 3: Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:1994 to the development, supply, installation and maintenance of computer software |
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