Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 6fa5575e-af77-4de8-bb8c-3e04040d40b0
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE DURING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350349.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.1
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eactor Regulation staff responsible for the review of appflcations to construct and operate nuclear power plants. These documents are made available to the public as part of the Commission's policy to Inform the nuclear industry and the general public of regulatory procedures and policies. Standard review plans are not substitutes for regulatory guides or the Commission's regulations and compliance with them is not required. The standard review plan sections are keyed to the Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants. Not all sections of the Standard Format have a corresponding review plan. Published standard review plans will be revised periodically, as appropriate, to accommodate comments and to reflect new Informa- tion and experience. Comments and suggestions for Improvement will be considered and should be sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Washington. D.C. audit. The application is not docketed unless the established and implemented program in these areas has no substantive deviation from NRC QA guidance applicable to activities conducted prior to docketing. Representatives from the offices of NRR and IE may meet with the applicant's representatives nine to twelve months prior to tendering of the application to provide a clear understanding of what is expected in the QA program description and the imple- mented program in order for the program to be, accepted during the substantive review and associated inspection. Where an NRC-accepted QA topical report is referenced in the application, the referenced QA program is not re-reviewed except for conformance to the applicable staff positions in this SRP section and the Regulatory Guides in effect at the time of docketing the application. For the case of CP applications referencing a standard design that includes an approved QA program directly or by refer- ence, the applicant need not conform to new or revised Regulatory-Guides