Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a5ee4c78-1135-4bb6-8d54-e974a3402f87
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: An Approach for Plant-Specific, Risk-Informed Decisionmaking: Graded Quality Assurance
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1221/ML12216A017.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.176
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to ensure that appropriate system and component performance are maintained. For the safety-related SSCs in the high safety- significant category, no changes in QA controls are expected to be proposed. For the non-safety-related SSCs that are found to be high safety-significant, an evaluation would be performed to determine what augmentation of existing QA controls is appropriate. For low safety-significant SSCs that are safety-related, reductions in QA controls are anticipated. For non- safety-related SSCs that are low safety significant, licensees would continue to define their quality controls. Means should be specified for monitoring the performance of systems and components and of quality-related activities and processes and for applying corrective actions. Specific guidance for Element 3 is provided in Regulatory Position 3. Element 4: Submit Proposed Change The final element involves documenting the analyses for NRC staff or independent review or inspection, and submitting the request to change implementation of QA commitments, as required by 10 CFR 50.54(a) if the change involves a reduction in the licensee's QA commitments (for example, a deviation from an NRC regulatory guide or American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard). If the proposed change does not involve a reduction in the licensee's QA commitments, prior NRC staff review and approval is not required and the change to the QA program is submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e). The changes associated with the adoption of GQA proposed by the licensee will be described in the QA Program. In addition, important assumptions that play a key role in supporting the acceptability of the QA program change should be identified by the licensee in the QA program. Documentation necessary to support the GQA effort is listed in Regulatory Position 4 of this regulatory guide. C. REGULATORY POSITION 1. ELEMENT 1: DEFINE THE PROPOSED CHANGE The first element in the process of evaluating a change to QA