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Title: Generic requirements specification for qualifying a commercially available PLC for safety-related applications in nuclear power plants. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:354904
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  1. S. Levy Inc., Campbell, CA (United States)

This is a specification for qualifying a commercially available PLC for application to safety systems in nuclear power plants. The specifications are suitable for evaluating a particular PLC product line as a platform for safety-related applications, establishing a suitable qualification test program, and confirming that the manufacturer has a quality assurance program that is adequate for safety-related applications or is sufficiently complete that, with a reasonable set of compensatory actions, it can be brought into conformance. The specification includes requirements for: (1) quality assurance measures applied to the qualification activities, (2) documentation to support the qualification, and (3) documentation to provide the information needed for applying the qualified PLC platform to a specific application. The specifications are designed to encompass a broad range of safety applications; however, qualifying a particular platform for a different range of applications can be accomplished by appropriate adjustments to the requirements.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); S. Levy Inc., Campbell, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
OSTI ID:
354904
Report Number(s):
EPRI-TR-107330; TRN: AHC29924%%108
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English