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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design verification is to be completed before relying on the item to perform its function and before its installation becomes irreversible (requiring extensive demolition or rework). e. In exceptional circumstances, the designer's immediate supervisor can perform the design verification, provided 17.3-8 3Rev. 0 - August 1990 (a) the supervisor is the only technically qualified individual capable of performing the verification, (b) the need is individually documented and approved in advance by the supervisor's management, and (c) the frequency and effectiveness of the supervisor's use as a design verifier are independently verified to guard against abuse. f. Design verification procedures are to be established and implemented to ensure that an appropriate verification method is used, the appropriate design-parameters to be verified are chosen, the acceptance criteria are identified, the verification is satisfactorily accomplished, and the results are properly recorded. 4. Procurement Control a. A program is to be established and implemented to ensure that purchased items and services are of acceptable quality. b. The program is to include provisions for evaluating prospective suppliers and selecting only qualified suppliers. c. The program is to include provisions for ensuring that qualified suppliers continue to provide acceptable products and services. d. The program is to include provisions (such as source verification, receipt inspection, pre-installation and post-installation tests, and certificates of conformance) for accepting purchased items and services. e. Applicable technical, regulatory, administrative, and reporting requirements (such as specifications, codes, standards, tests, inspections, special processes, and 10 CFR Part 21) are to be invoked for procurement of items and services. f. The program is to include provisions for ensuring that documentary evidence that an item conforms to procurement requirements is on site before the item is placed in