Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 5eb2dc52-e4fd-4516-96e8-78311f9c289e
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - DESIGN CERTIFICATION,
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1403/ML14035A202.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.5
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ization to ensure that the documents are prepared, reviewed, and approved in accordance with company procedures and that the documents contain the necessary QA requirements such as inspection and test requirements, acceptance requirements, and the extent of documenting inspection and test results. 17. Measures are provided that will ensure design changes, including field changes, are subject to the same design controls that were applied to the original design and are reviewed and approved by the organization that performed the original design unless the originating organization designates another responsible organization. 18. Measures are provided to ensure that responsible plant personnel are made aware of design changes/modifications which may affect the performance of their duties. 19. Procedures are established and described for design verification activities which ensure the following: a. The verifier is qualified and is not directly responsible for the design (i.e., neither the performer nor his immediate supervisor). In exceptional circumstances, the designer's immediate supervisor can perform the verification provided: (1) The supervisor is the only technically qualified individual. (2) The need is individually documented and approved in advance by the supervisor's management. (3) QA audits cover frequency and effectiveness of use of supervisors as design verifiers to guard against abuse. 17.5-16 Draft Revision 1 – August 2014 b. Design verification, if other than by qualification testing of a prototype or lead production unit, is completed prior to release for procurement, manufacturing, construction or to another organization for use in other design activities. In those cases where this timing cannot be met, the design verification may be deferred, provided that the justification for this action is documented and the unverified portion of the design output document and all design output documents, based on the unverified data, are appropriately