Download or read book Software Important to Safety in Nuclear Power Plants written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides guidance on current practices, documenting their strengths and weaknesses in dealing with the important issues of software engineering that nuclear power plant system designers, software producers and regulators are facing. It focuses on safety critical applications of general purpose processors controlled by custom developed software; however, it should also have application in safety related applications and in other types of computers.