Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f476928a-164c-486b-883e-c7bf521d9cfb
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - DESIGN CERTIFICATION,
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1503/ML15037A441.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.5
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onsibilities. (This applies to DC applicants, ESP, and construction QA programs.) (10 CFR 50.34(f)(3)(iii)(F)). 12. Provisions are established for the resolution of disputes involving quality, arising from a difference of opinion between QA personnel and other department (engineering, procurement, manufacturing, etc.) personnel. 13. The person responsible for directing and managing the onsite QA program is identified and has appropriate organizational position, responsibility, and authority to exercise proper control over the QA program. This individual is free from non-QA duties and can thus give full attention to ensuring that the QA program at the plant site is being effectively implemented. 14. Individual managers are to ensure that personnel working under their management are qualified in accordance with written procedures and that only qualified personnel are permitted to perform those activities for which they are qualified. 15. 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. B. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM (Criterion II) 1. Provisions are included for regular management review of the QA program to assess the effectiveness and the adequacy of the scope and implementation. The persons performing the review are management above or outside the QA organization to ensure an objective assessment. 2. The QA program is binding on all participating organizations from the top executive to all workers whose activities may influence quality. 3. Management of those organizations implementing the QA program, or portions thereof, assess the adequacy of that part of the program for which they are responsible and ensure its effective implementation at least once each year or at least once during the life of the activity, whichever is shorter. However, the period for assessing operational QA