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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other customers that is proposed for use on the auditing party’s contract, the preaward survey may serve as the first triennial audit. Therefore, when such preaward surveys are employed as the first triennial audits, they must satisfy the same audit elements and criteria as those used on other triennial audits. (6) 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 of the purchasers, and the audit report should be distributed to all the purchasers for whom the audit was conducted. 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. 12. Evaluations of suppliers are documented and take into account the following, where applicable: (Approved via SE (Accession No. ML050700416).) (a) Receipt inspection, operating experience, and supplier evaluation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis as the information becomes available. The results of the review are promptly considered for effect on a supplier’s continued qualification and adjustments made as necessary (including corrective actions, adjustments of supplier audit plans, and 17.5-33 March 2007 input to third party auditing entities, as warranted). Additionally, results are reviewed periodically to determine if, as a whole, they constitute a significant condition adverse to quality requiring additional action. (b) If there is no ongoing receipt inspection or operating experience with which to analyze the supplier for a period of twelve months, an annual evaluation shall be performed as follows: (1) review of supplier-furnished documents and records such as certificates of conformance, nonconformance notices, and corrective actions (2) results of previous source