Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 837e4be5-f1f5-443b-a145-1df875b7b0c8
Document Type: cfr
Title: Conditions of licenses.
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.54
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Section ID: 50.54
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

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program information that duplicates language in quality assurance regulatory guides and quality assurance standards to which the licensee is committed; and ( vi ) Organizational revisions that ensure that persons and organizations performing quality assurance functions continue to have the requisite authority and organizational freedom, including sufficient independence from cost and schedule when opposed to safety considerations. ( 4 ) Changes to the quality assurance program description that do reduce the commitments must be submitted to the NRC and receive NRC approval prior to implementation, as follows: ( i ) Changes made to the quality assurance program description as presented in the Safety Analysis Report or in a topical report must be submitted as specified in § 50.4 . ( ii ) The submittal of a change to the Safety Analysis Report quality assurance program description must include all pages affected by that change and must be accompanied by a forwarding letter identifying the change, the reason for the change, and the basis for concluding that the revised program incorporating the change continues to satisfy the criteria of appendix B of this part and the Safety Analysis Report quality assurance program description commitments previously accepted by the NRC (the letter need not provide the basis for changes that correct spelling, punctuation, or editorial items). ( iii ) A copy of the forwarding letter identifying the change must be maintained as a facility record for three years. ( iv ) Changes to the quality assurance program description included or referenced in the Safety Analysis Report shall be regarded as accepted by the Commission upon receipt of a letter to this effect from the appropriate reviewing office of the Commission or 60 days after submittal to the Commission, whichever occurs first. ( b ) No right to the special nuclear material shall be conferred by the license except as may be defined by the license. ( c ) Neither the license, nor any