G/TBT/N/USA/1990  
4 May 2023  
(23-3144) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) [2021]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if  different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: Describes methods and procedures that the NRC staff considers acceptable 
for use in complying with the agency's regulations regarding the Quality Assurance (QA) 
program criteria for the design and construction phases of nuclear power plants and fuel 
reproc essing plants.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Quality 
assurance program criteria (design and construction) of nuclear power plants and fuel 
reprocessing plants; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Nuclear energy engineering (ICS 
code(s): 27.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulatory 
Guide: Quality Assurance Program Criteria (Design and Construction); ( 2 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  Draft guide; request for comment - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG -1403, 
"Quality Assurance Program Criteria (Design and Constru ction)." This DG is proposed 
Revision 6 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28  of the same name. The proposed revision 
endorses Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 14 -05A, "Guidelines for the Use of Accreditation 
in Lieu of Commercial Grade Surveys for Procurement of Laboratory Calibration and Test 
Services," Revision 1, issued November 2020, as an acceptable approach for licensees 
and suppliers  subject to the quality assurance (QA) requirements of NRC regulations. Also 
in this proposed revision, the NRC staff endorses the Part I and Part II requirements 
included in NQA-1-2017, NQA-1-2019, and NQA-1-2022 for the implementation of a QA 
program during the design and construction phases of nuclear power plants and fuel 
reprocessing plants.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/USA/1990  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 27713, 3 May 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 50 and 52:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-03/html/2023 -09160.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-03/pdf/2023 -09160.pdf  
This draft guide; request for comment is identified by Docket Number NRC -2023-0054. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC -2023-0054/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searchi ng the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their 
stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 2 June 2023 will be shared with the regulator and 
will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  2 June 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09444_00_e.pdf