IEC 60951-2:2009
Nuclear power plants - Instrumentation important to safety - Radiation monitoring for accident and post-accident conditions - Part 2: Equipment for continuous off-line monitoring of radioactivity in gaseous effluents and ventilation air
IEC 60951-2:2009 provides general guidance on the design principles and performance criteria for equipment for continuous off-line monitoring of radioactivity in gaseous effluents and ventilation air used in nuclear power plants for accident and post-accident conditions. General requirements for technical characteristics, test procedures, radiation characteristics, electrical, mechanical, and environmental characteristics are given in IEC 60951-1. These requirements are applicable in this part unless otherwise stated. The main technical changes with regard to the previous edition are as follows:- clarify the definitions;- up-date the references to new standards published since the first edition;- update the units of radiation.This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 60951-1:2009.
IEC 60951-2:2009 provides general guidance on the design principles and performance criteria for equipment for continuous off-line monitoring of radioactivity in gaseous effluents and ventilation air used in nuclear power plants for accident and post-accident conditions. General requirements for technical characteristics, test procedures, radiation characteristics, electrical, mechanical, and environmental characteristics are given in IEC 60951-1. These requirements are applicable in this part unless otherwise stated. The main technical changes with regard to the previous edition are as follows:
- clarify the definitions;
- up-date the references to new standards published since the first edition;
- update the units of radiation.
This publication is to be read in conjunction with IEC 60951-1:2009.
Lays down specific requirements for monitoring equipment for noble gases and gaseous effluents, measuring in accident and post-accident conditions the volumetric activity of radioactive noble gases in effluents and the total discharge of noble gas activity over a given period. Does not deal with sampling procedures and laboratory analysis methods.
Provides criteria for the design, selection, functional location, testing and calibration of installed equipment for monitoring airborne radioactivity within nuclear power plants with light water reactors during and after accident conditions.
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