Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: cd56bdba-c3ad-487c-9736-aba8587452af
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350376.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.3
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ce of the regulatory guides in Section VI.A. e. The NRC is to be notified of QAPD changes in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(a)(3) and 50.55(f)(3). B. PERFORMANCE/VERIFICATION 1. Methodology a. Personnel performing work activities such as design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, installation, startup, maintenance, modification, operation, and decommissioning are responsible for achieving acceptable quality. b. Personnel performing verification activities are responsible for verifying the achievement of acceptable quality. c. Work is to be accomplished and verified using instructions, procedures, or other appropriate means that are of a detail commensurate with the activity's complexity and importance to safety. d. Criteria that define acceptable quality are to be specified, and verification is to be against these criteria. 2. Design Control a. A program is to be established and implemented for the design of items that are important to safety. b. The program is to include provisions to control design inputs, processes, outputs, changes, interfaces, records, and organizational interfaces. c. Design inputs (such as the design bases and the performance, regulatory, quality, and quality verification requirements) are to be correctly translated into design outputs (such as specifications, drawings, procedures, and instructions). d. The final design output is to relate to the design input in sufficient detail to permit verification. e. The design process is to ensure that items and activities that are important to safety are selected and 17.3-7 Rev. 0 - August 1990 independently verified consistent with their importance to safety to ensure they are suitable for their intended application. f. Changes to final designs (including field changes and modifications) and dispositions of nonconforming items to use as is or repair are to be subjected to design control measures commensurate with those applied to the original design and approved by the organization