Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: ed595a39-2817-46a5-93dd-476899712ff9
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 10/2017 (Rev. 5)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1720/ML17207A293.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.28
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY GUIDE RG 1.28, REVISION 5 Issue Date: October 2017 Technical Lead: A. Ferguson Written suggestions regarding this guide or development of new guides may be submitted through the NRC’s public Web site in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/, under Document Collections, in Regulatory Guides, at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html, Electronic copies of this RG, previous versions of this guide, and other recently issued guides are also available through the NRC’s public Web site in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/, under Document Collections, in Regulatory Guides. This RG is also available through the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under ADAMS Accession Number (No.) ML17207A293. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16180A263. The associated draft guide DG-1326 may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16180A264, and the staff responses to the public comments on DG-1326 may be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML17207A289. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM CRITERIA (DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION) A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes methods that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) considers acceptable for complying with the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities” (Ref. 1), and 10 CFR Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 2), which refer to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, “Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,” for establishing and implementing a quality assurance (QA) program for the design and construction of nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing plants. Applicability This RG applies to