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Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Requirements for emergency response facilities (IEC 62954:2019)
This document presents the requirements for the on-site emergency response facilities
(referred to hereinafter as the “ERF”) which are to be used in case of incidents or accidents
occurring on the associated Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The ERF consists of the Emergency
Response Centre (ERC), the Technical Support Centre (TSC) and the Operational Support
Centre (OSC), as shown in Figure 1.
It establishes requirements for the ERF features and ERF I&C equipment to:
• coordinate on-site operational efforts with respect to safety and radioprotection;
• optimize the design in terms of environment control, lighting, power supplies and access
control of the ERF;
• enhance the identification and resolution of potential conflicts between the traditional
operational means and emergency means (MCR/SCR and ERF, operating staff and
emergency teams, operational procedures and emergency procedures);
• aid the identification and the enhancement of the potential synergies between the
traditional operational means and emergency means.
This document is intended for application to new nuclear power plants whose conceptual
design is initiated after the publication of this document, but it may also be used for designing
and implementing ERF in existing nuclear power plants or in any other nuclear facility.
Detailed equipment design is outside the scope of this document.
This document does not define the situations (reactor plant conditions, hazards and
magnitudes of hazards) leading to mobilisation of emergency response teams and activation /
use of the ERF. These aspects are usually addressed in the NPP Emergency Plan. However,
the need for consistency of the ERF design and operation with the NPP Emergency Plan is
within scope.
Kernkraftwerke - Warten - Anforderungen für Notfall-Reaktionseinrichtungen (IEC 62954:2019)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance - Salles de commande - Exigences pour les moyens de réaction d'urgence (IEC 62954:2019)
l'IEC 62954:2019 expose les exigences pour les moyens de réaction d'urgence (ci-après dénommés "ERF") utilisées en cas d'incidents ou d'accidents qui surviennent sur la centrale nucléaire associée. L'ERF comprend l'ERC (Emergency Response Centre, centre de réaction d'urgence), le TSC (Technical Support Centre, centre de soutien technique) et l'OSC (Operational Support Centre, centre de soutien opérationnel).
Il établit les exigences pour les fonctionnalités de l'ERF ainsi que pour les équipements I&C de l'ERF pour:
· coordonner les efforts opérationnels sur site pour ce qui concerne la sûreté et la radioprotection;
· optimiser la conception en termes de contrôle environnemental, d'éclairages, d'alimentations électriques et de contrôle d'accès de l'ERF;
· améliorer l'identification et la résolution de conflits potentiels entre les moyens opérationnels traditionnels et les moyens d'urgence (MCR/SCR et ERF, personnel d'exploitation et équipes d'urgence, procédures opérationnelles et procédures d'urgence);
· faciliter l'identification et l'amélioration des synergies potentielles entre les moyens opérationnels traditionnels et les moyens d'urgence.
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NORME EUROPÉENNE
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ICS 27.120.20
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Nuclear power plants - Control rooms - Requirements for
emergency response facilities
(IEC 62954:2019)
Centrales nucléaires de puissance - Salles de commande - Kernkraftwerke - Warten - Anforderungen für Notfall-
Exigences pour les moyens de réaction d'urgence Reaktionseinrichtungen
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This document (EN IEC 62954:2021) consists of the text of IEC 62954:2019 prepared by IEC/TC 45
"Nuclear instrumentation".
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IEC 60709 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60709
IEC 60964 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60964
IEC 60965 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60965
IEC 61227 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61227
IEC 61772 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61772
IEC 61839 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61839
IEC 62645 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62645
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61226 2009 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61226 2010
control important to safety - Classification
of instrumentation and control functions
IEC 61513 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61513 -
control important to safety - General
requirements for systems
IEC/IEEE 60780-- Nuclear facilities – Electrical equipment EN 60780-323 -
323 important to safety - Qualification
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms and definitions . 10
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 12
5 ERF basis for design . 12
5.1 General . 12
5.2 Role and main features . 12
5.2.1 General . 12
5.2.2 Emergency Response Centre (ERC) . 13
5.2.3 Technical Support Centre (TSC) . 13
5.2.4 Operational Support Centre (OSC) . 14
5.3 Availability and hazard withstand . 14
5.4 Information to be available in ERF . 15
6 ERF location and physical features . 15
6.1 Location . 15
6.2 Access routes . 16
6.3 Access control . 16
6.4 Environmental design. 16
6.5 Other habitability aspects . 16
6.6 Power supplies . 17
6.7 Documentation . 17
7 Principles of operation . 18
7.1 Organisational aspects . 18
7.2 Staffing . 18
8 Human Machine Interface (HMI) . 18
8.1 Room layout and workspace design . 18
8.2 Hardware and software HMI design . 18
9 Human Factors Engineering (HFE) . 19
9.1 General . 19
9.2 Operational experience . 19
9.3 Functional analysis and assignment . 19
9.4 Task analysis . 19
9.5 Style guide . 20
9.6 HFE verification and validation . 20
10 Instrumentation and control equipment . 20
10.1 Safety classification . 20
10.2 Design of I&C equipment for ERF . 20
10.3 I&C functions of the ERF . 21
10.4 Testability . 21
11 Equipment qualification . 21
12 Communications . 21
12.1 Communication principles . 21
12.2 Nature of communications . 21
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12.3 Data communications . 22
12.4 Verbal communications . 22
12.5 Non-verbal communications . 22
12.6 Communication confidentiality . 22
13 Maintenance and training . 23
13.1 Maintainability . 23
13.2 Repairs . 23
13.3 Periodic verification of equipment and perishable goods . 23
13.4 Training and exercises . 23
Annex A (informative) Extracts from IAEA Safety Guides relevant to ERF . 24
Bibliography . 26
Figure 1 – On-site and off-site ERFs and communicating entities . 6
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FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62954 has been prepared by subcommittee 45A: Instrumentation,
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INTRODUCTION
a) Technical background, main issues and organisation of the Standard
The Fukushima-Daiichi accident has shown that extremely severe hazards can occur for
which a nuclear power plant has not been designed to resist. In such situations, the plant has
possibly to cope with one or several damaged reactors, and associated radioactive releases,
but also has to cope with the loss of a major part of the electrical sources, cooling functions
and I&C, possibly including the Main Control Room (MCR), as well as with difficulties in
accessing the site. Providing safe on-site facilities for managing such an emergency is hence
a major issue.
An international consensus has emerged to promote the design and installation of a specific
set of facilities aiming at coordinating the efforts of personnel charged with controlling the
emergency activities and those of authorities external to the site charged with protecting the
population and the environment. These facilities are called the Emergency Response
Facilities (ERF).
Different countries, utilities and nuclear power plants have different geographical and
infrastructure characteristics and different requirements under emergency situations.
However, the same fundamentals apply in terms of both on-site and off-site requirements.
The IAEA requirements for emergency response are addressed in SSR-2/1 and GSR Part 7.
Informative Annex A provides the more relevant extracts from these two IAEA publications.
Figure 1 below illustrates the most important control locations, emergency response facilities
and other associated facilities on-site and off-site. Some of the on-site facilities could be
combined to support close-communication or their functions could be dispersed across other
on-site facilities. The level of hardening and autonomy of the individual on-site facilities could
vary considerably.
Figure 1 – On-site and off-site ERFs and communicating entities
NOTE 1 No internationally standardized terminology has been established for the various on-site and off-site
emergency response facilities. The terms used in Figure 1 indicate the ones that have been adopted in this
document.
NOTE 2 Depending on local contexts, the “on-site” ERFs could be implemented close to the NPP and not inside it.
NOTE 3 The role and composition of the off-site civil authorities and emergency infrastructure are known to vary
widely. These entries in Figure 1 are therefore considered as illustrative only.
As indicated in Figure 1 some functional services are already dealt with in IEC standards.
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This standard was proposed after the Fukushima-Daiichi accident to take into account the
lessons learned from those dramatic events. Several reports prepared after the accident, at
national level (Japanese Government report) as well as at international level (IAEA fact
finding mission) highlighted the role played by the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) during
those events and identified the need to take into account the experience gained to strengthen
the requirements for such a facility.
This led to the development of this standard, with the following principles:
• The scope should align with that of the relevant IAEA guidance, as given in SSR-2/1,
Rev. 1 and GSR Part 7;
• The scope should address the three functional facilities related to Emergency Response
that are addressed by the IAEA guidance (i.e. the ERC, TSC and OSC);
• The scope should be limited to such facilities that are on or near the NPP site. The scope
should exclude activities in the scope of local response authorities;
• The requirements should be defined in terms of the functions that are to be performed;
• The standard should address the way in which the functions are invoked in response to
different severities of incident / accident and any responsibilities that would be transferred
from the MCR to the Emergency Response Facilities (ERFs);
• The scope should include consideration of the requirements for environment control,
lighting, power supplies, access control of the ERFs, etc., as needed to enable the
Emergency Response functions to be performed;
• The only “controls” that should be provided are those that relate to the services that
provide the above mentioned environment control, lighting, power supplies, access control
of the ERFs, etc.;
• The standard should recognize that a wide range of national or regional situations exist
regarding the structure and arrangements for the off-site Emergency Response support.
This IEC standard specifically focuses on the issue of requirements relevant for the
Emergency Response Facilities (ERFs).
It is intended that the Standard be used by designers and operators of NPPs (utilities),
systems evaluators, vendors and subcontractors, and by licensors.
b) Situation of the current Standard in the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series
IEC 62954 is at the third level of the IEC SC 45A standard series. It is to be considered as
affiliated to IEC 60964, the top document on control rooms in the SC 45A standard series.
For a generic description of the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series, see item d) of
this introduction.
c) Recommendations and limitations regarding the application of the Standard
This standard establishes functional requirements for Emergency Response Facilities and
clarifies the design and operation of the ERF systems to be used in case of incidents or
accidents occurring on nuclear power plants (NPPs) and/or nuclear facilities.
It is recognized that this is an evolving area of regulatory requirements, due to ongoing
analysis of the Fukushima lessons learned. Therefore, the goal of this project is to provide a
standard, which defines the framework within which the evolving country or plant specific
requirements may be developed and applied.
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d) Description of the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series and relationships
with other IEC documents and other bodies documents (IAEA, ISO)
The top-level documents of the IEC SC 45A standard series are IEC 61513 and IEC 63046.
IEC 61513 provides general requirements for I&C systems and equipment that are used to
perform functions important to safety in NPPs. IEC 63046 provides general requirements for
electrical power systems of NPPs; it covers power supply systems including the supply
systems of the I&C systems. IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 are to be considered in conjunction
and at the same level. IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 structure the IEC SC 45A standard series
and shape a complete framework establishing general requirements for instrumentation,
control and electrical systems for nuclear power plants.
IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 refer directly to other IEC SC 45A standards for general topics
related to categorization of functions and classification of systems, qualification, separation,
defence against common cause failure, control room design, electromagnetic compatibility,
cybersecurity, software and hardware aspects for programmable digital systems, coordination
of safety and security requirements and management of ageing. The standards referenced
directly at this second level should be considered together with IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 as
a consistent document set.
At a third level, IEC SC 45A standards not directly referenced by IEC 61513 or by IEC 63046
are standards related to specific equipment, technical methods, or specific activities. Usually
these documents, which make reference to second-level documents for general topics, can be
used on their own.
A fourth level extending the IEC SC 45 standard series, corresponds to the Technical Reports
which are not normative.
The IEC SC 45A standards series consistently implements and details the safety and security
principles and basic aspects provided in the relevant IAEA safety standards and in the
relevant documents of the IAEA nuclear security series (NSS). In particular this includes the
IAEA requirements SSR-2/1, establishing safety requirements related to the design of nuclear
power plants (NPPs), the IAEA safety guide SSG-30 dealing with the safety classification of
structures, systems and components in NPPs, the IAEA safety guide SSG-39 dealing with the
design of instrumentation and control systems for NPPs, the IAEA safety guide SSG-34
dealing with the design of electrical power systems for NPPs and the implementing guide
NSS17 for computer security at nuclear facilities. The safety and security terminology and
definitions used by SC 45A standards are consistent with those used by the IAEA.
IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 have adopted a presentation format similar to the basic safety
publication IEC 61508 with an overall life-cycle framework and a system life-cycle framework.
Regarding nuclear safety, IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 provide the interpretation of the general
requirements of IEC 61508-1, IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-4, for the nuclear application
sector. In this framework IEC 60880, IEC 62138 and IEC 62566 correspond to IEC 61508-3
for the nuclear application sector. IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 refer to ISO as well as to
IAEA GSR Part 2 and IAEA GS-G-3.1 and IAEA GS-G-3.5 for topics related to quality
assurance (QA). At level 2, regarding nuclear security, IEC 62645 is the entry document for
the IEC/SC 45A security standards. It builds upon the valid high level principles and main
concepts of the generic security standards, in particular ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002; it
adapts them and completes them to fit the nuclear context and coordinates with the
IEC 62443 series. At level 2, IEC 60964 is the entry document for the IEC/SC 45A control
rooms standards and IEC 62342 is the entry document for the ageing management standards.
NOTE 1 It is assumed that for the design of I&C systems in NPPs that implement conventional safety functions
(e.g. to address worker safety, asset protection, chemical hazards, process energy hazards) international or
national standards would be applied.
NOTE 2 IEC/SC 45A domain was extended in 2013 to cover electrical systems. In 2014 and 2015 discussions
were held in IEC/SC 45A to decide how and where general requirements for the design of electrical systems were
to be considered. IEC/SC 45A experts recommended that an independent standard be developed at the same level
as IEC 61513 to establish general requirements for electrical systems. Project IEC 63046 is now launched to cov
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ICS 27.120.20
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Exigences pour les moyens de réaction d'urgence Reaktionseinrichtungen
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As stated in the nuclear safety directive 2009/71/EURATOM, Chapter 1, Article 2, item 2, Member States
are not prevented from taking more stringent safety measures in the subject-matter covered by the
Directive, in compliance with Community law.
In a similar manner, this European standard does not prevent Member States from taking more stringent
nuclear safety and/or security measures in the subject-matter covered by this standard.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60709 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60709
IEC 60964 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60964
IEC 60965 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60965
IEC 61227 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61227
IEC 61772 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61772
IEC 61839 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61839
IEC 62645 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62645
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61226 2009 Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61226 2010
control important to safety - Classification
of instrumentation and control functions
IEC 61513 - Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation and EN 61513 -
control important to safety - General
requirements for systems
IEC/IEEE 60780- - Nuclear facilities – Electrical equipment EN 60780-323 -
323 important to safety – Qualification
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IEC 62954
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INTERNATIONAL
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Nuclear power plants – Control rooms – Requirements for emergency response
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Centrales nucléaires de puissance – Salles de commande – Exigences pour les
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms and definitions . 10
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 12
5 ERF basis for design . 12
5.1 General . 12
5.2 Role and main features . 12
5.2.1 General . 12
5.2.2 Emergency Response Centre (ERC) . 13
5.2.3 Technical Support Centre (TSC) . 13
5.2.4 Operational Support Centre (OSC) . 14
5.3 Availability and hazard withstand . 14
5.4 Information to be available in ERF . 15
6 ERF location and physical features . 15
6.1 Location . 15
6.2 Access routes . 16
6.3 Access control . 16
6.4 Environmental design. 16
6.5 Other habitability aspects . 16
6.6 Power supplies . 17
6.7 Documentation . 17
7 Principles of operation . 18
7.1 Organisational aspects . 18
7.2 Staffing . 18
8 Human Machine Interface (HMI) . 18
8.1 Room layout and workspace design . 18
8.2 Hardware and software HMI design . 18
9 Human Factors Engineering (HFE) . 19
9.1 General . 19
9.2 Operational experience . 19
9.3 Functional analysis and assignment . 19
9.4 Task analysis . 19
9.5 Style guide . 20
9.6 HFE verification and validation . 20
10 Instrumentation and control equipment . 20
10.1 Safety classification . 20
10.2 Design of I&C equipment for ERF . 20
10.3 I&C functions of the ERF . 21
10.4 Testability . 21
11 Equipment qualification . 21
12 Communications . 21
12.1 Communication principles . 21
12.2 Nature of communications . 21
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12.3 Data communications . 22
12.4 Verbal communications . 22
12.5 Non-verbal communications . 22
12.6 Communication confidentiality . 22
13 Maintenance and training . 23
13.1 Maintainability . 23
13.2 Repairs . 23
13.3 Periodic verification of equipment and perishable goods . 23
13.4 Training and exercises . 23
Annex A (informative) Extracts from IAEA Safety Guides relevant to ERF . 24
Bibliography . 26
Figure 1 – On-site and off-site ERFs and communicating entities . 6
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – CONTROL ROOMS –
REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITIES
FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62954 has been prepared by subcommittee 45A: Instrumentation,
control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities, of IEC technical committee 45:
Nuclear instrumentation.
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INTRODUCTION
a) Technical background, main issues and organisation of the Standard
The Fukushima-Daiichi accident has shown that extremely severe hazards can occur for
which a nuclear power plant has not been designed to resist. In such situations, the plant has
possibly to cope with one or several damaged reactors, and associated radioactive releases,
but also has to cope with the loss of a major part of the electrical sources, cooling functions
and I&C, possibly including the Main Control Room (MCR), as well as with difficulties in
accessing the site. Providing safe on-site facilities for managing such an emergency is hence
a major issue.
An international consensus has emerged to promote the design and installation of a specific
set of facilities aiming at coordinating the efforts of personnel charged with controlling the
emergency activities and those of authorities external to the site charged with protecting the
population and the environment. These facilities are called the Emergency Response
Facilities (ERF).
Different countries, utilities and nuclear power plants have different geographical and
infrastructure characteristics and different requirements under emergency situations.
However, the same fundamentals apply in terms of both on-site and off-site requirements.
The IAEA requirements for emergency response are addressed in SSR-2/1 and GSR Part 7.
Informative Annex A provides the more relevant extracts from these two IAEA publications.
Figure 1 below illustrates the most important control locations, emergency response facilities
and other associated facilities on-site and off-site. Some of the on-site facilities could be
combined to support close-communication or their functions could be dispersed across other
on-site facilities. The level of hardening and autonomy of the individual on-site facilities could
vary considerably.
Figure 1 – On-site and off-site ERFs and communicating entities
NOTE 1 No internationally standardized terminology has been established for the various on-site and off-site
emergency response facilities. The terms used in Figure 1 indicate the ones that have been adopted in this
document.
NOTE 2 Depending on local contexts, the “on-site” ERFs could be implemented close to the NPP and not inside it.
NOTE 3 The role and composition of the off-site civil authorities and emergency infrastructure are known to vary
widely. These entries in Figure 1 are therefore considered as illustrative only.
As indicated in Figure 1 some functional services are already dealt with in IEC standards.
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This standard was proposed after the Fukushima-Daiichi accident to take into account the
lessons learned from those dramatic events. Several reports prepared after the accident, at
national level (Japanese Government report) as well as at international level (IAEA fact
finding mission) highlighted the role played by the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) during
those events and identified the need to take into account the experience gained to strengthen
the requirements for such a facility.
This led to the development of this standard, with the following principles:
• The scope should align with that of the relevant IAEA guidance, as given in SSR-2/1,
Rev. 1 and GSR Part 7;
• The scope should address the three functional facilities related to Emergency Response
that are addressed by the IAEA guidance (i.e. the ERC, TSC and OSC);
• The scope should be limited to such facilities that are on or near the NPP site. The scope
should exclude activities in the scope of local response authorities;
• The requirements should be defined in terms of the functions that are to be performed;
• The standard should address the way in which the functions are invoked in response to
different severities of incident / accident and any responsibilities that would be transferred
from the MCR to the Emergency Response Facilities (ERFs);
• The scope should include consideration of the requirements for environment control,
lighting, power supplies, access control of the ERFs, etc., as needed to enable the
Emergency Response functions to be performed;
• The only “controls” that should be provided are those that relate to the services that
provide the above mentioned environment control, lighting, power supplies, access control
of the ERFs, etc.;
• The standard should recognize that a wide range of national or regional situations exist
regarding the structure and arrangements for the off-site Emergency Response support.
This IEC standard specifically focuses on the issue of requirements relevant for the
Emergency Response Facilities (ERFs).
It is intended that the Standard be used by designers and operators of NPPs (utilities),
systems evaluators, vendors and subcontractors, and by licensors.
b) Situation of the current Standard in the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series
IEC 62954 is at the third level of the IEC SC 45A standard series. It is to be considered as
affiliated to IEC 60964, the top document on control rooms in the SC 45A standard series.
For a generic description of the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series, see item d) of
this introduction.
c) Recommendations and limitations regarding the application of the Standard
This standard establishes functional requirements for Emergency Response Facilities and
clarifies the design and operation of the ERF systems to be used in case of incidents or
accidents occurring on nuclear power plants (NPPs) and/or nuclear facilities.
It is recognized that this is an evolving area of regulatory requirements, due to ongoing
analysis of the Fukushima lessons learned. Therefore, the goal of this project is to provide a
standard, which defines the framework within which the evolving country or plant specific
requirements may be developed and applied.
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d) Description of the structure of the IEC SC 45A standard series and relationships
with other IEC documents and other bodies documents (IAEA, ISO)
The top-level documents of the IEC SC 45A standard series are IEC 61513 and IEC 63046.
IEC 61513 provides general requirements for I&C systems and equipment that are used to
perform functions important to safety in NPPs. IEC 63046 provides general requirements for
electrical power systems of NPPs; it covers power supply systems including the supply
systems of the I&C systems. IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 are to be considered in conjunction
and at the same level. IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 structure the IEC SC 45A standard series
and shape a complete framework establishing general requirements for instrumentation,
control and electrical systems for nuclear power plants.
IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 refer directly to other IEC SC 45A standards for general topics
related to categorization of functions and classification of systems, qualification, separation,
defence against common cause failure, control room design, electromagnetic compatibility,
cybersecurity, software and hardware aspects for programmable digital systems, coordination
of safety and security requirements and management of ageing. The standards referenced
directly at this second level should be considered together with IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 as
a consistent document set.
At a third level, IEC SC 45A standards not directly referenced by IEC 61513 or by IEC 63046
are standards related to specific equipment, technical methods, or specific activities. Usually
these documents, which make reference to second-level documents for general topics, can be
used on their own.
A fourth level extending the IEC SC 45 standard series, corresponds to the Technical Reports
which are not normative.
The IEC SC 45A standards series consistently implements and details the safety and security
principles and basic aspects provided in the relevant IAEA safety standards and in the
relevant documents of the IAEA nuclear security series (NSS). In particular this includes the
IAEA requirements SSR-2/1, establishing safety requirements related to the design of nuclear
power plants (NPPs), the IAEA safety guide SSG-30 dealing with the safety classification of
structures, systems and components in NPPs, the IAEA safety guide SSG-39 dealing with the
design of instrumentation and control systems for NPPs, the IAEA safety guide SSG-34
dealing with the design of electrical power systems for NPPs and the implementing guide
NSS17 for computer security at nuclear facilities. The safety and security terminology and
definitions used by SC 45A standards are consistent with those used by the IAEA.
IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 have adopted a presentation format similar to the basic safety
publication IEC 61508 with an overall life-cycle framework and a system life-cycle framework.
Regarding nuclear safety, IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 provide the interpretation of the general
requirements of IEC 61508-1, IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-4, for the nuclear application
sector. In this framework IEC 60880, IEC 62138 and IEC 62566 correspond to IEC 61508-3
for the nuclear application sector. IEC 61513 and IEC 63046 refer to ISO as well as to
IAEA GSR Part 2 and IAEA GS-G-3.1 and IAEA GS-G-3.5 for topics related to quality
assurance (QA). At level 2, regarding nuclear security, IEC 62645 is the entry document for
the IEC/SC 45A security standards. It builds upon the valid high level principles and main
concepts of the generic security standards, in particular ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002; it
adapts them and completes them to fit the nuclear context and coordinates with the
IEC 62443 series. At level 2, IEC 60964 is the entry document for the IEC/SC 45A control
rooms standards and IEC 62342 is the entry document for the ageing management standards.
NOTE 1 It is assumed that for the design of I&C systems in NPPs that implement conventional safety functions
(e.g. to address worker safety, asset protection, chemical hazards, process energy hazards) international or
national standards would be applied.
NOTE 2 IEC/SC 45A domain was extended in 2013 to cover electrical systems. In 2014 and 2015 discussions
were held in IEC/SC 45A to decide how and where general requirements for the design of electrical systems were
to be considered. IEC/SC 45A experts recommended that an independent standard be developed at t
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