Quality Assurance means all those actions that provide confidence that quality is achieved. Quality Assurance Program or QAP means the overall program established to assign responsibilities and authorities, define policies and requirements, and provide for the performance and assessment of work. Reactor means, unless it is modified by words such as containment, vessel, or core, the entire nuclear reactor facility, including the housing, equipment, and associated areas devoted to the operation and maintenance of one or more reactor cores. Any apparatus that is designed or used to sustain nuclear chain reactions in a controlled manner, including critical and pulsed assemblies and research, test, and power reactors, is defined as a reactor. All assemblies designed to perform subcritical experiments that could potentially reach criticality are also to be considered reactors.
Critical assemblies are special nuclear devices designed and used to sustain nuclear reactions.
Critical assemblies may be subject to frequent core and lattice configuration change and may be used frequently as mockups of reactor configurations. Record means a completed document or other media that provides objective evidence of an item, service, or process. No person shall take or cause to be taken any action inconsistent with the requirements of this part or any program, plan, schedule, or other process established by this part. The requirements in this part are DOE Nuclear Safety Requirements and are subject to enforcement by all appropriate means, including the imposition of civil and criminal penalties in accordance with the provisions of part 820 of this title. A person shall maintain complete and accurate records as necessary to substantiate its compliance with the requirements of this part.