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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its controls, and the appropriate controls in Chapter 17 of the Standard Review Plan to determine the acceptability of the changes. When required, the reviewing organization will prepare a request for additional information for the applicant and review the response for acceptability. Upon concluding that the QAPD describes an acceptable quality assurance program, the reviewing organization may request that an inspection be performed by NRR or Regional personnel as appropriate. The inspection will assess the applicant's interpretation and translation of the QAPD commitments into its procedures, processes, and organizational staffing. The inspection will focus on the effectiveness of the QAPD implementation. 17.3-15 Rev. 0 - August 1990 Through review of the information provided by the applicant and, as required, meetings with the applicant, review of applicable NRC inspection reports, and discussion with involved NRC inspectors, a judgment is made of the applicant's capability to carry out its quality assurance responsibilities. The reviewer's satisfaction with the quality assurance program commitments, the description of how the commitments will be met, the organizational arrangements, and the capabilities to fulfill the QAPD should lead to the conclusion of acceptability as described in Section IV. IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS The reviewer will verify that sufficient information has been provided and that the review is sufficiently complete to support conclusions of the following type in either the staff's safety evaluation report (SER) or a letter to the applicant: On the basis of the staff's detailed review and evaluation of the quality assurance program description (QAPD) in the (toDical report or safety analysis report) for (nuclear facility), we conclude the following: 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