[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38485-38486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18161]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Design and Assessment Issues in Safety-Critical Digital Systems
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of seminar.
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SUMMARY: The NRC has committed through its Strategic Plan to
incorporate risk insights, conduct anticipatory research on issues of
potential regulatory and safety significance, engage in cooperative
research agreements, and provide timely information to our
stakeholders. As part of this commitment, a seminar has been
established to present on-going anticipatory research in the safety
assessment of digital systems. This research is conducted through a
cooperative agreement between academia and the government. The goal of
this seminar is to inform our stakeholders of current research
activities and to solicit their perspectives and interest in safety
assessment of digital systems.
DATE: August 5, 1999--The seminar will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at
5:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Thornton Hall, Room 316, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903.
CONTACT:
Registration--Francine Randolph, Phone: (301) 415-6798, E-mail:
fxr1@nrc.gov
General--John Calvert, Phone: (301) 415-6323, E-mail: jac4@nrc.gov
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Terry Jackson, Phone: (301) 415-6486, E-mail: twj@nrc.gov
ATTENDANCE: This seminar is free and open to the general public. All
individuals planning to attend should pre-register with Ms. Francine
Randolph by telephone or e-mail and provide their name, affiliation,
phone number, and e-mail address.
PROGRAM: This seminar presents a survey of safety assessment practices
found in nuclear, aviation, medical, railway, and other applications
where the correct operation of a digital system is crucial to system
safety. It also presents new research results related to digital design
and safety assessment. The seminar is partitioned into two half-day
sessions. The morning session examines the design of safety-critical
digital systems, and the afternoon session addresses the assessment of
safety-critical systems. Both sessions demonstrate techniques by
illustrating their application to real industrial systems.
I. Issues in the Design of Safety-Critical Systems
Important terminology and concepts.
Industry approaches and applications of safety-critical
systems.
Design methodologies and processes for safety-critical
systems.
Impact of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and
software on safety-critical system design.
Design principles for safety-critical systems.
A safety-critical digital design methodology,
architecture, application, and implementation.
II. Issues in the Assessment of Safety-Critical Systems
Safety assessment methodologies and processes for digital
systems.
Probabilistic modeling techniques for digital systems.
Critical digital system parameters that impact safety.
Fault coverage modeling and estimation.
Impact of fault coverage on digital system safety.
Example assessment of an industrial safety-critical
digital system.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of July 1999.
John W. Craig,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research
[FR Doc. 99-18161 Filed 7-15-99; 8:45 am]
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