Digital instrumentation and control equipment (DI&C) transmits information in ones and zeros, and provides a number of advantages in nuclear safety.

CNRA held several workshops in 1996 and 2001 on the licensing of Digital I&C Systems and a Joint CSNI/CNRA Task Group presented a study on research and regulatory needs in this are in 2006. This work...

Software-based systems are used and retrofitted in operating nuclear power plants worldwide. The failure modes of both hardware and software in these systems are to some extent different from the ana...

The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is an international committee created in 1989 to guide the NEA concerning safety in the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear installat...

Based on a request of Committees, an Organising Committee of Experts on sofware licensing issues was established to develop a state-of-the-art view of the technological problems and methods for ident...

This consensus position addresses agreed-upon principles on data communication independence for digital I&C systems between safety systems, between redundant divisions of a safety system, and between...

This consensus position provides evaluation guidance for the qualification of platforms developed for general industrial use as well as those developed specifically for nuclear applications important...

The Working Group on Digital Instrumentation and Control (WGDIC) promotes harmonisation and improvements in nuclear safety through the development of regulatory guidance to address digital instrument...