Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 6fa5575e-af77-4de8-bb8c-3e04040d40b0
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE DURING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350349.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.1
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instruc- tions to prevent damage, loss, and deterioration by environmental conditions such as temperature or humidity. 14. INSPECTION, TEST, AND OPERATING STATUS Provisions to indicate the inspection, test, and operating status of items to prevent inadvertent use or bypassing of inspection and tests. 17.1-4 Rev. 2 - July 1981 15. NONCONFORMING MATERIALS, PARTS, OR COMPONENTS Provisions to control the use or disposition of nonconforming materials, parts, or components. 16. CORRECTIVE ACTION Provisions to assure that conditions adverse to quality are promptly -identified and corrected and that measures are taken to preclude repetition. 17. QUALITY ASSURANCE RECORDS Provisions for the identification, retention, retrieval, and maintenance of records that furnish evidence of activities affecting quality. 18. AUDITS A. Provisions for audits to verify compliance with all aspects of the QA program and to determine the effectiveness of the QA program. B. Responsibilities and procedures for auditing, documenting and reviewing audit results, and designating management levels to review and assess audit results. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA The applicant (and its principal contractors such as the NSSS vendor,. A/E, constructor and construction manager) must establish a QA program for the. design and construction phases in accordance with Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, "Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants." The applicant's QA program (including its principal contractors) must describe in the PSAR or SSAR how each criterion of Appendix B will be met. The acceptance criteria used by the QAB to evaluate this QA program are listed in the following eighteen subsections. The acceptance criteria include a commitment to comply with the regulations, regulatory positions presented in the appropriate issue of the Regulatory Guides, and the Branch Technical Position listed in subsection V. Thus, the commitment constitutes an integral part of the QA