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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er's, proof, receipt, pre-operational, and post-installation], installation, pre-operation, startup, operations, maintenance, modification, decommissioning, and audits) are generated and maintained to reflect completed work. b. The program is to provide provisions for the administration, receipt, storage, preservation, safekeeping, retrieval, and disposition of records. C. SELF-ASSESSMENT 1. Methodology a. Personnel responsible for carrying out the self-assessment function, including safety committee activities, audits, and other independent assessments, are to be cognizant of day-to-day activities so that they can act in a management advisory function. For example, during the operations phase of a nuclear power plant, this would involve monitoring the overall performance of the plant, identifying anomalous performance and precursors of potential problems, reporting findings in an understandable form and in a timely fashion to a level of line management having the authority to effect corrective action, reporting results back to line management, and verifying satisfactory resolution of problems. b. Organizations performing self-assessment activities are to be technically and performance oriented, with their primary focus on the quality of the end product and a secondary focus on procedures and processes. c. Personnel performing self-assessment activities are not to have direct responsibilities in the area they are assessing. d. Self-assessments are to be accomplished using instructions, procedures, or other appropriate means that are of a detail commensurate with the activity's complexity and importance to safety. 2. Assessment a. A program of planned and periodic assessments is to be established and implemented tb confirm that activities affecting quality comply with the QA program and that the QA program has been implemented effectively. 17.3-14 Rev. 0 - August 1990 b. Assessments are to provide comprehensive independent evaluation of activities and procedures. c.