Nuclear power plants. Instrumentation important to safety. Radiation detectors. Characteristics and test methods

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

03-30-2007

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Describes characteristics and tests methods for gas-filled radiation detectors used for the protection of nuclear reactors. Applies to the radiation detectors which are installed external to the core of nuclear reactors and which provide electrical input signals to the reactor\'s control and instrumentation system.

Committee	NCE/8
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 5548(1978). (03/2007) Supersedes 05/30117679 DC. (04/2007) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, March 2015. (03/2015)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	44
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	05/30117679 DC : DRAFT AUG 2005 BS 5548:1978

Standards	Relationship
IEC 60515:2007	Identical

IEC 60050-394:2007	International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
IEC 61468:2000	Nuclear power plants - In-core instrumentation - Characteristics and test methods of self-powered neutron detectors
IEC 61226:2009	Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and control important to safety - Classification of instrumentation and control functions
IEC 60980:1989	Recommended practices for seismic qualification of electrical equipment of the safety system for nuclear generating stations
IEC 60780:1998	Nuclear power plants - Electrical equipment of the safety system - Qualification
IEC 61501:1998	Nuclear reactor instrumentation - Wide range neutron fluence rate meter - Mean square voltage method
IEC 60050-393:2003	International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 393: Nuclear instrumentation - Physical phenomena and basic concepts
IEC 60568:2006	Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation important to safety - In-core instrumentation for neutron fluence rate (flux) measurements in power reactors