Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: c90016c6-e03f-4224-8ff3-87a6f7d3ca42
Document Type: srp
Title: Appendix 7-A
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0525/ML052500547.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 7
Section ID: 7
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cceptable. Resource Characteristics Appendix 7-A Rev. 4 — June 1997 BTP HICB-14-13 The resource characteristics that the software development plan should exhibit include methods/tools and standards. Methods/tools requires a description of the software development methods, techniques and tools to be used. The approach to be followed for reusing software should be described. The plan should identify suitable facilities, tools and aids to facilitate the production, management and publication of appropriate and consistent documentation and for the development of the software. It should describe the software development environment, including software design aids, compilers, loaders, and subroutine libraries. The plan should require that tools be qualified with a degree of rigor and level of detail appropriate to the safety significance of the software which is to be developed using the tools. Methods, techniques and tools that produce results that cannot be verified to an acceptable degree or that are not compatible with safety requirements should be prohibited, unless analysis shows that the alternative would be less safe. Standards requires a list the international, national, industry, and company standards and guidelines (including Reg. Guides) to be followed in the project. This should include software requirements standards, software design standards and software coding standards and internal standards and engineering and physical standards that form the basis for the plant safety analysis. The Reg. Guides listed in Table 761 should be considered for inclusion in the list of standards. c. Software Quality Assurance Plan The software quality assurance (QA) plan should exhibit the management, implementation and resource characteristics listed below. It is acceptable to include the software QA plan in a more general project QA plan if the required content exists. The software QA plan should conform with the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, and the