FRA Guidance on Electromagnetic Safety and Environmental Consensus Standards
The objectives of this project are to: (1) continue to represent rail interests on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) / International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES) Committee and assist Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (2) conduct international scan to identify standards, guidelines and industry Best Practices (BP) to prevent, minimize or mitigate Electromagnetic fields (EM) safety hazards; and (3) develop FRA guidance/Safety Advisory (SA) with applicable safety standards on Electromagnetic fields (EMF), radiation (EMR), compatibility (EMC) and interference (EMI) for safe operability and human exposure safety.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Equipment and Components
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $175000.00
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Performing Organizations:
Association of American Railroads
P.O. Box 11130
Pueblo, CO United States 81001-Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Start Date: 20051001
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20091001
- Source Data: RiP Project 30705
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Best practices; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic radiation; Railroad safety; Standards
- Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad operations
- Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01465246
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RiP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:57PM