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safety standards “Design of Instrumentation and
Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,” which
will supersedes IAEA standards NS-G-1.1 and
NS-G-1.3.
Besides international standards, all countries
used national ones. The harmonization of national
and international standards is an urgent task.
Note that some of the standards in force in
the United States(developed by the American
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IEEE, and the American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers -- ASME and others) de facto have
become international standards and have been
widely adopted not only in the United States but
in other countries, successfully supplementing
the IEC standards. This, for example, pertains to
standards on qualification of equipment, to post-
accident monitoring, etc. The main distinction,
however, is the fact that the IEEE standards focus
on safety systems, and the IEC standards focus on
systems that are important for safety.
Many documents of the U.S. Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission (U.S.NRC) have received
international use. An example of a U.S.NRC
document which has been widely disseminated
is NUREG-0800, which contains standard plans
for safety analysis of different structures, compo-
nents, equipment and systems. Section 7.0 of this
document is devoted to I&C systems.

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Hashemian, H. M. et al. (1998). Advanced in-
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Hughes, P. J., & Johnson, G. L. (2000). Instru-
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IAEA. (1980). 50-SG-D3. Protection systems and
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IAEA. (1984). 50-SG-D8. Safety related instru-
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IAEA. (1988). 50-C-D. Code on the safety on
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