What is BS EN IEC 60987 about?
I&C systems important to safety may be implemented using conventionally hardwired equipment, programmable digital equipment, or by using a combination of both types of equipment.
BS EN IEC 60987 provides requirements and recommendations for the hardware aspects of I&C systems whatever the technology and applies for all safety classes in a graded manner.
NOTE- BS EN IEC 60987 does not explicitly address how to protect systems against those threats arising from malicious attacks, i.e., cybersecurity, for programmable digital item.
Who is BS EN IEC 60987 for?
BS EN IEC 60987 on nuclear power plants is useful for:
- Nuclear Power Plant
- Safety authorities concerned with Nuclear Power Plant
- I&C Engineers
Why should you use BS EN IEC 60987?
The requirements defined within BS EN IEC 60987 guide, in particular, the selection of pre-existing components, hardware aspects of system detailed design and implementation and equipment manufacturing. It empowers the manufacturers with the required guidance.
BS EN IEC 60987 covers the hardware aspects of digital systems design for systems important to safety. This helps the users to ensure safety.
BS EN IEC 60987 consistently implements and provides details for the safety and security principles and basic aspects provided in the relevant IAEA safety standards and the IAEA nuclear security series (NSS).
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN IEC 60987 supersedes EN 60987:2015. BS EN IEC 60987 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 60987:2015. These include:
- Title modified
- Take account of the fact that hardware requirements apply to all I&C technologies, including conventional hardwired equipment, programmable digital equipment or by using a combination of both types of equipment
- Align the standard with the new revisions of IAEA documents SSR-2/1, which include as far as possible an adaptation of the definitions
- Review the existing requirements and update the terminology and definitions Extend the scope of the standard to all hardware (computerized and non-computerized) and to all safety classes 1, 2 and 3
