Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: cd56bdba-c3ad-487c-9736-aba8587452af
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350376.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.3
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: 1. The QAPD acceptably describes the authority and responsibility of management and supervisory personnel, performance/verification personnel, and self-assessment personnel. 2. The organizations and persons responsible for performing the verification and self-assessment functions have the authority and independence to conduct their activities without undue influence from those directly responsible for costs and schedules. 3. The QAPD describes a philosophy and controls that, when properly implemented, comply with the requirements of Appendix. B and Criterion l'of Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50, 10 CFR Part 2i, 10 CFR 50.55a, and 10 CFR 50.55(e), with the criteria contained in SRP Section 17.3, and with the regulatory positions in the following regulatory guides: ReQulatorv Guide Title Revision or Date 4. The QA program applies to activities and items that are important to safety. 5. Accordingly, the staff concludes that the applicant's QAPD complies with the applicable NRC regulations and industry standards and can be implemented for the {Specify the aMlication). A brief description of the applicant's QA program that highlights the more important aspects of the program is to be provided in the SER. 17.3-16 Rev. 0 - August 1990 V. IMPLEMENTATION To evaluate conformance with Commission regulations, the staff will use SRP Section 17.3 to review new QAPDs received 6 months or more after SRP Section 17.3 has been noticed in the Federal Register. The staff will review applicant proposals -of alternative methods for complying with the specified portions of the Commission's regulations and guidance on a case-by-case basis. An applicant for a CP/OL that references a standard design developed under a Section 17.1 QA program will not be required to adopt SRP Section 17.3 for the standard plant designer's QA program. The staff will continue to review licensee-proposed revisions of quality assurance program descriptions that have been accepted by the staff in accordance with SRP