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The final part of the functional safety standard IEC 61508 was released in 2000. Although the ANSI/ISA 84.01 was released in the US in 1996, it had only limited impact since a relatively low percentage of end-users were accustomed with it and there were no strict laws enforcing the standard. IEC 61508, on the other hand is relatively well known.

This standard is being applied in a variety of industries, ranging from nuclear power generation to automotive manufacturers. In addition, the standard is also applied in many countries in Europe, Australia, Japan, and others. In addition, a process industry derivative standard was developed called IEC 61511.

From this, the ISA S84 committee developed ISA 84.00.01-2004, identical to IEC 61511 with the addition of a grandfather clause. Responding to this the nuclear industry derivative, IEC 61513 was also created.

exida has done some interesting work with Nuclear organizations, these applications include:

IEC 61508 training Custom Course IEC 62138/IEC 61513 3 day onsite IEC 61508 training IEC 61508 3 DAY COURSE AECL Training course IEC 61513 SafetyCase Database with IEC 61508 arguments Review of architecture requirements for nuclear project Prepare 61513 Class 2 and 3 qualification documents. Prepare 61513 Class 2 and 3 qualification documents. Process Gap Analysis of HMI, ST Requirements review Qualification analysis and report for HMI system, 61508 and 61513 Training courses Review of qualification document and 1 day of 61508 verification training

IEC 61508 approval support for nuclear power plants Co-authoring of guideline for field instrument qualification for German nuclear power plants 1508 approval support for nuclear power plants

Reliability / LCC analysis of scrubber designs