Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f5fcd424-bea6-4f79-b002-f91d93dd4c9e
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - DESIGN CERTIFICATION,
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0631/ML063190019.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.5
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NQA-1) a. The organizational elements responsible for delegated work are identified and documented. b. Management controls and lines of communication between the applicant’s designated person or his designee (and the delegated organization) are identified and documented. c. Responsibility for the QA program and the extent of management oversight is established. d. The performance of delegated work is formally evaluated by the applicant or holder. 7. Management ensures that the size of the QA organization is commensurate with its duties and responsibilities. (This applies to DC applicants, ESP, and construction QA programs.) (10 CFR 50.34(f)(3)(iii)(F)) 8. Responsibility and authority to stop unsatisfactory work and control further processing, delivery, installation, or use of nonconforming items (e.g., SSCs, parts, materials, equipment, consumable materials, and software) is assigned by the applicant or holder such that cost and schedule considerations do not override safety considerations. (NQA-1) 9. Individuals assigned the responsibility for ensuring effective execution of any portion of the QA program at any location have direct access to such levels of management as may be necessary to perform this function. (NQA-1) 10. Personnel performing work activities such as, but not limited to, design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, installation, startup, maintenance, and modification are responsible for achieving acceptable quality. (NQA-1) 17.5-8 March 2007 11. The applicant or holder may delegate part or all of the activities of planning, establishing, and implementing the overall QA program to others but is to retain the responsibility for the program. (NQA-1) 12. When the applicant or holder delegates responsibility for planning, establishing, or implementing any part of the overall QA program, sufficient authority to accomplish the assigned responsibility also is delegated. (NQA-1) B. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM (10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B,