EXCHANGE PROGRAM ON ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2000
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• Publication Date: October 16, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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October 16, 1974
7 7 TES DEL JTNIEPJT F C.DrA 9EqC..E
Washington, D.C. 20230
*DOC Exemption Letter In ERU File*
Dr. v. V. Boitsov
President
Gosudarstvennyj
Kornitet Standartov
Soveta Ministrov S.S.S.R.
Lenin.sky Prospekt 9b
Moskva 117049
U.S.S.R.
Subject: Exchange Program on Electrical
Industry Standards
Dear Dr. Boitsov:
As part of the program on exchange of standards decided upon at our
meeting with 'your associates in Moscow in June, it was decided that
an effort be made to arrange for discussion of exchanges in this
area between members of the USSR and USA delegations to the IEC
meeting in Bucharest in September 1974. I am enclosing a report
covering the results of such discussions in Bucharest prepared by
Dr. Leon Podolsky, Chairman of the U.S. delegation and President
of the United States National Committee of the International
Electrotechnical Commission.
When the documents referred to in the second last paragraph of the
report of the U.S. delegation have been received, we shall arrange
through appropriate channels to send them to you for relaying to
Mr. I. I. Sulzhenko.
Sincerely,
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Aft,tLL F. L, LaQue
~CDeputy Assistant Secretary
for Product Standards
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.Pursuant to the letter dated August 7, 1974, from Dr. F. L. LaQue,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Product Standards, to
Dr. Leon Podolsky, President of the U.S. National Committee of the
IEC, a meeting was arranged on September 12, 1974, in Bucharest,
Roumania, during the period of the annual general meeting of the
IEC, to discuss exchange of information on standards.
The attendees of this meeting, held at the Intercontinental Hotel, were:
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Dr. L. Podolsky - President, U.S. National Committee of the IEC..
(Consulting Engineer)
Mr, M. G. Domsitz - Vice President, USNC/IEC (Nat. Bur. Stds,)
Mr. S. Sherr - Member USNC/IEC (Director of Standards IEEE)
USSR
Mrs. A. A. Vinogradova
- USSR State Committee for Standards
Mr. I. I. Sulzhenko
Mr, G. 6. Nemtsev
Mr. A. U. Golunov
Mr. N. G. Kuleshov
Deputy Chief, Dept. of Foreign Relations,:
USSR State Committee for Standards
Chief,of Electrotechnical Dept. USSR State
Comm. for Standards
- Senior Expert, Electrotechnical Dept.
USSR State Comm. for Standards
- Engineer, USSR State Committee for
Sciences and Technology
The USSR delegation from Moscow presented at once the list of USSR
standards, given in Appendix I hereto, which all pertain to electrical
power distribution and generation equipment and devices and to electric
we?dirQ equipment, They were not prepared, or interested, in any other
subjects.
It appeared from discussion that in March and April, 1974, a USSR
delegation had been in the U.S. to discuss the'subject of trade between
the U.S. and USSR on these electrical equipment items. The attendees
at this meeting were not able to identify the persons in the U.S. to
whom their mission talked, but promised to send a copy of their delegates'
report to us for further identification.
The USSR delegates were of the impression that the U.S. Government could
direct U.S. companies making the items covered by standards on their
list to give them internal specifications, access to their manufacturing
plants, and to their test laboratories. We pointed out that our govern-
ment could not force private companies to divulge proprietary information,
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Practically all the items of standards on the ist o Appen ix are-
covered by published standards, readily available, of such organizations
as I1LEE, ANSI, NEMA, and EEI.
The U.S. delegation made clear that it was acting in an advisory capacity,
only,, to the Office of Product Standards of the Commerce Department. We
agreed to recommend to the Commerce Department that the following infor-
mation be supplied to them:
1. A list of U.S, standards (of the organizations listed
above) corresponding to the items in Appendix I, insofar
as possible.
2. Catalogues of NEMA, IEEE, EIA, AHAM, and ANSI standards.
3. A copy of the U.S. National Electric Code.
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4. A copy of the National Electric Safety Code.
5. A list of major U.S. companies making, and interested
in supplying, the items covered by the standards in
Appendix I.
All of the above information should be sent to Mr. I. I. Sulzhenko,
at the Foreign Relations Department, State Committee for Standards,
Council of Ministers of the USSR, 9 Leninsky Pr., M 49, Moscow.
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tainls~? LIST OF ST ,:tARDS
per toproducS~.s t .t a subject of
trade between the US and the USS-iZ
GOST 11677-65, Distribution and power transformers (and autotrans-
foxmers).. General technical requirements.
COST 11920--73t General purpose three-phase oil power trans oa ters
rated at 1000 k.V''A through 8000`) hVA, 35 kV and below.: Main para-
meters and technical requirements.
GOST .12022-66 Three-phase oil distribution trans-fo .era 25 kVA
through 630 kVA, 35.kV and below. -yin parameters and techffi.caI
requi rem.ents.
COST 17,44- 72.500 k.V oil power transformers (and a utotransforrners
Basic parameters and technical requirements.
COST '17545-?2. 330 kV oil power transformers (and autotrsns~'ocers),
Basic parameters and technical requirements.
COST 15957-7o. 220 kV three-phase oil power transformers (and, auto-
tr& sformers). Basic parameters and technical requirements,
G,OST 95-69. Single-operator single-phase tran.sforzaers for me-^1
at welding. .
COST 687--?0. A.c. high-voltage circuit breakers. General technical
regiz re .ents.
GOST 689-69. High-voltage alte.atin. current isolators (disron-
nectors). General technical requix-ements.
COST 16357--70. Non-linear resistor type greeters for pr' ue c 4,:i on
of i,asuaation of electrical equip tent rated from 3 to 500 'kV . a4.cb
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COST 2213--70. Alternating current fuses with voltage above
1000 V. Technical requirements.
COST 533-68. Double-pole turbine type electric generatcrs
(turbogenerators). Technical requirements.
GOST 5616-72. Water-wheel type generator (hydroelectric gene-
rator). Basic parameters qnd technical requirements.
GOST i7525-72. Water-wheel type generator (h ydroel ec tr^c gene-
rator) buld. Technical requirements.
COST 19523-74. Series 4A 3-phase asynchronous squirrel cage
motors power from 0, 06 to 400 kw. General spec-4"* ica tions.
G-CST 14045-68. Series .D 3-phase squirrel cage ; nnuc ,3 on motors
of ratings from 0,25 to 15 1-w. Series of rated outputs, moun-
ting and_ connecting dimensions.
C-CST 18130-72. Semiautomatic metal are welder.
GUST 297-73. Resistance welding machines. General technical
requirements.
GUST 18410-73. Power paper insulated cables.
GUST 18409-73. Power paper insulated rondraining cab'! es.
GOST 16442-70. Plastics insulated power. cables.
COST 1 64 41---70..Oil--filled cables for alternating voltages
110 and 220 IN,
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