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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the same audit elements and criteria as those used on other triennial audits. (3) If more than one purchaser buys from a single supplier, a purchaser may either perform or arrange for an audit of the supplier on behalf of itself and other purchasers to reduce the number of external audits of the supplier. The scope of this audit should satisfy the needs of all the purchasers, and all the purchasers for whom the audit was conducted should receive the audit report. Nevertheless, each of the purchasers relying on the results of an audit performed on behalf of several purchasers remains individually responsible for the adequacy of the audit. (4) The applicant or licensee should perform or arrange for annual evaluations of suppliers. It should document these evaluations and take the following considerations into account, where applicable: (a) the review of supplier-furnished documents and records such as certificates of conformance, nonconformance notices, and corrective actions; (b) results of previous source verifications, audits, and receiving inspections; and RG 1.28, Page 9 (c) operating experience of identical or similar products furnished by the same supplier and results of audits from other sources (e.g., Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee audit reports or NRC inspection reports). Note: the NRC recognizes the ASME Accreditation Program and associated certificates of authorization as evidence that the holder of the certificate of authorization has a documented QA program that meets the requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50. However, recognition of the ASME Accreditation Program applies only to the programmatic aspects of the QA programs. Applicants and licensees or their subcontractors should ensure that the suppliers are effectively implementing their approved QA programs. For additional information, see Information Notice (IN) 86-21, “Recognition of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Accreditation Program for N Stamp Holders,” dated March 31,