Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: fd099646-2b48-49c1-9d0b-a36844679790
Document Type: srp
Title: ACCESS AUTHORIZATION - OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1522/ML15226A009.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.6.4
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e holistic implications of individual requirements or the complexities associated with meeting the rule’s performance objective and, therefore, can adequately evaluate program effectiveness, and are independent of management having responsibility for day-to-day operation of the AA program. Licensees and other entities are permitted to jointly conduct audits as well as to rely on one another’s audits, if the audits upon which they are relying address the services obtained from the C/V by each of the sharing licensees or applicants. Licensees, applicants, and contractors or vendors may rely on a shared audit to ensure that all services and elements upon which they rely have been adequately audited and to make 13.6.4-12 Revision 0 – October 2016 clear that the licensees, applicants, and C/V are responsible for ensuring that an adequate audit is conducted of any services or elements upon which they rely that are not adequately covered by the shared audit. 14. 10 CFR 73.56 (o), “Records” − Licensees or applicants shall establish, implement, and outline requirements for the retention, storage, and protection of records required by this section. Licensees, applicants, C/V will retain, store, and protect records to ensure their availability and integrity. In addition, this paragraph provides requirements for how long the licensee shall retain these records according to the type of record or until the completion of legal proceedings, whichever is later. These requirements also allow C/V to retain records for which they are responsible. Upon termination of a contract between a contractor and a licensee or applicant, the licensee or applicant will retrieve all relevant records that were accumulated by the contractor throughout the period of the contract. With respect to the information-sharing mechanism required by this section, the expectation is that corrected or new information will be actively communicated by the recipient, in addition to being entered into the