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IEC 62859:2016 Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control systems – Requirements for coordinating safety and cybersecurity

PublishedPaid · 28 October 2016

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Summary

The standard explains how to coordinate nuclear safety and cybersecurity requirements in power plant instrumentation and control systems, so that security measures do not compromise safety functions and vice versa. It covers architecture, design, qualification, operation and maintenance of the systems, and choices that can create conflicts, such as updates, remote access and diagnostics. It was updated by Amendment 1 in 2019.

Reference

IEC 62859:2016

Official title

Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control systems – Requirements for coordinating safety and cybersecurity

Body

IEC – Technical committee: IEC SC 45A

Type

Standard

Status

Published

Published

28 October 2016

Edition

1.0

Access to the text

Paid

Sectors

• Nuclear

Notes

The standard was amended by IEC 62859:2016/AMD1:2019 of 9 October 2019; the consolidated version IEC 62859:2016+AMD1:2019 was released on the same date.

Last verified

29 October 2026 (verified via web)

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