Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: f5fcd424-bea6-4f79-b002-f91d93dd4c9e
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - DESIGN CERTIFICATION,
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0631/ML063190019.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.5
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tion of identifications on items subject to excessive deterioration from environmental exposure c. provisions for updating existing plant records I. CONTROL OF SPECIAL PROCESSES (NOT APPLICABLE TO ESP AND DC APPLICANTS) (10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion IX) 1. A program is required to be established to ensure that special processes, such as welding, heat treating, and nondestructive examination, are properly controlled. (NQA-1) 2. The criteria that establish which processes are special are described. For the purpose of this standard review plan section, a special process is a process, the results of which are highly dependent on the control of the process or the skill of the operators, or both, and in which the specified quality cannot be readily determined by inspection or test of the product. (NQA-1) 3. Special processes are accomplished by personnel qualified in accordance with applicable codes, standards, specifications, criteria, and other special requirements. (NQA-1) 4. Processes are controlled by instructions, procedures, drawings, checklists, or other appropriate means. These means ensure that process parameters are controlled and that specified environmental conditions are maintained. (NQA-1) 5. Each special process instruction includes or references procedure(s), personnel, and equipment qualification requirements. (NQA-1) 6. Records are maintained as appropriate for the currently qualified personnel, processes, and equipment for each special process. (NQA-1) 7. For special processes not covered by existing codes and standards or where quality requirements specified for an item exceed those of existing codes or standards, the necessary requirements for qualifications of personnel, procedures, or equipment are specified or referenced in the procedures or instructions. (NQA-1) J. INSPECTION (10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion X) 1. A program establishes the inspections to be performed (source, in-process, final, receipt, maintenance, modification,