Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 6da091a7-97d7-454e-b536-991f99f1e8aa
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Quality Assurance Terms and Definitions
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1221/ML12216A008.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.74
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February 1974 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION REGULATORY I DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY STANDARDS REGULATORY GUIDE 1.74 QUALITY ASSURANCE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3UIDE A. INTRODUCTION Appendix B, "Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,"of 10 CFR Part 50, "Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,"' establishes quality assurance requirements for the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components. This guide identifies quality assurance terms and acceptable definitions that are important to the understanding of these quality assurance requirements for the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components. This guide applies to all types of nuclear power plants. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has been consulted concerning this guide and has concurred in the regulatory position. B. DISCUSSION Working Group N45-2.10 of the American National Standards Institute Standards Committee N45, Reactor Plants and Their Maintenance, has prepared a standard that contains certain terms and their definitions that are important to the understanding of the intent of required quality assurance practices for the construction of nuclear power plants. This standard was approved by subcommittee N45-2, Nuclear Quality Assurance Standards, of the American National Standards Institute Standards Committee N45 and the full committee and its Secretariat. It was subsequently approved and designated N45.2.10-1973 by the American National Standards Institute on May 31, 1973. Although Section 1.1, "Scope," of ANSI N45.2.10-1973 states that the standard contains terms and their definitions that are important to the understanding of the intent of required quality assurance practices for the construction of nuclear power plants, these same terms are applicable to other phases of plant life. including design, preoperational and startup testing, and the