Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: ed595a39-2817-46a5-93dd-476899712ff9
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 10/2017 (Rev. 5)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1720/ML17207A293.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.28
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ing Plants,” for establishing and implementing a quality assurance (QA) program for the design and construction of nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing plants. Applicability This RG applies to all applicants for a construction permit and operating license subject to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, and all applicants for a combined operating license, early site permit, design approval, design certificate, and manufacturing license subject to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, through 10 CFR Part 52. Applicable Rules • 10 CFR Part 50 establishes QA program requirements for the design and construction of nuclear power plants. o Appendix A, General Design Criterion 1 (GDC 1), “Quality Standards and Records,” to 10 CFR Part 50 requires that a QA program be established and implemented. o 10 CFR 50.34(a)(7) requires a description of the QA program to be applied to the design, fabrication, construction, and testing of the structures, systems, and components of the facility, and a discussion of how the applicable requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B will be satisfied. RG 1.28, Page 2 • 10 CFR Part 52 references 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, for QA programs associated with Part 52 licensees. o 10 CFR 52.17(a)(1)(xi) requires an early site permit applicant to include a description of the QA program applied to site-related activities for the future design, fabrication, construction, and testing of the SSCs of a facility or facilities that may be constructed on the site that satisfies applicable portions of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, as well as a discussion of how the applicable requirements of Appendix B to Part 50 will be satisfied. o 10 CFR 52.47(a)(19) requires a standard design certification applicant to include a description of the QA applied to the SSCs of the facility that satisfies applicable portions of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, as well as a discussion of how the applicable requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 were satisfied. o 10