scope:

This standard establishes the minimum requirements forthe acceptance and use of non-real-time, high-integrity software used fordesign and analysis in the nuclear industry. This standard is directly relatedto ANSI/ANS-10.7-2013 which provides requirements for the developer ofnon-real-time, high-integrity software. 

The activities described in thisstandard enable an end user of complex simulation software to assure, whensoftware has been developed in accordance with appropriate requirements, thatthe software will meet the specific identified needs of the end user and thatthe software is installed and used in a correct manner.

The type of softwarediscussed in this standard is software used for the analysis, design, andsimulation of complex physical systems and phenomena. This type of softwarerequires a high degree of functional reliability in order to reduce the risk ofundetected errors.