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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tion; 4) QA personnel be included in the documented review and concurrence in quality-related procedures associated with design, construction, and installation; 5) QA personnel be qualified; 6) sizing the staff commensurate with its duties and responsibilities; 7) establishing procedures for maintenance of as-built documentation; 8) providing a QA role in design and analysis activities; and 9) establishing criteria for QA programmatic requirements. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will select material from the procedures described below, as may be appropriate for a particular case. 17.5-46 March 2007 These review procedures are based on the identified SRP acceptance criteria. For deviations from these acceptance criteria, the staff should review the applicant’s evaluation of how the proposed alternatives provide an acceptable method of complying with the relevant NRC requirements identified in Subsection II. Manual Chapters 2501, 2502, and 2504 specify inspections to be performed to assess the applicant’s or holder’s interpretation and translation of the QAPD commitments into its procedures, processes, and organizational staffing. These inspections will focus on the effectiveness of the QAPD implementation. Through review of the information provided by the applicant or holder and, as required, meetings with the applicant or holder; review of applicable NRC inspection reports; and discussion with involved NRC inspectors, a judgment is made of the applicant's or holder’s capability to carry out its QA responsibilities. The reviewer’s satisfaction with the QA program commitments, the description of how the commitments will be met, the organizational arrangements, and the capabilities to fulfill the QAPD should lead to the conclusion of acceptability as described in Subsection IV of this document. The reviewer verifies that the Quality Assurance Program - Operation is fully described and that implementation milestones have been identified. The reviewer