BS PD IEC/TR 62987:2015

BS PD IEC/TR 62987:2015 provides guidance on nuclear-specific issues when applying Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and related methods to instrumentation and control systems important to safety in nuclear power plants. The information in this Technical Report complements, for nuclear power plant applications, the procedure for FMEA in IEC 60812.

This Technical Report attempts to provide information, in the context of applications to nuclear power plant instrumentation and control systems important to safety, on:

• terminology used in FMEA processes,
• benefits of using FMEA,
• shortcomings and limitations of FMEA methods,
• anticipated outcomes of and claims to be made from application of FMEA,
• relationships to other analysis methods used in establishing the safety / reliability of nuclear power plant designs,
• typical FMEA process inputs,
• typical FMEA process outputs,
• typical initiators of FMEA processes,
• most prevalent uses of FMEA processes,
• recommended uses of FMEA processes,
• discouraged uses of FMEA processes,
• FMEA work product contents and characteristics,
• FMEA work product configuration management practices,
• good practices,
• supporting tools,
• specific examples of FMEA use for nuclear power plant licensing, and
• FMEA references.

Cross References:

IEC 60812:2006

IEC 61226:2009

IEC 61513:2011

ANSI/IEEE 352:1987

IEEE 577:2004

IEEE 603:1998

IEEE 7-4.3.2:2003

IAEA NP-T-1.5:2009

IEC 60880

IEC 60987:2007

IEC 62138:2004

IAEA SSR-2/1:2012

IAEA NS-G-1.3:2002

IAEA SSG-30:2014

INSAG-10:1996

INSAG-12

STUK-YTO-TR 190:2002

IEEE 500:1984

MIL-STD-1629A

EPRI TR-102348:2002

NUREG/IA-0254:2011

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