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IEC 60860:2014 ED2

Radiation protection instrumentation - Warning equipment for criticality accidents IEC 60860:2014 ED2

Publication date:   Jun 19, 2014

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60.60 Standard published   Jun 19, 2014

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TC 45/SC 45B

International Standard

13.280   Radiation protection

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IEC 60860:2014 prescribes general, radiation detection, environmental, mechanical, electromagnetic and documentation requirements and specifies acceptance criteria for criticality accident warning equipment. This International Standard applies to equipment intended to provide warning of a criticality accident by the detection of gamma radiation, neutrons or both from such an event. The main technical changes with regard to the previous edition are as follows:
- reference to IEC 61508 concerning the safety classification;
- introducing requirement for the alarm sound level;
- energy response requirement changes;
- specification of time period of 1 min for the overload requirement;
- updated EMC, mechanical and environmental requirements according to IEC 62706.

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IEC 60860:1987 ED1

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IEC 60860:2014 ED2
60.60 Standard published
Jun 19, 2014