Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 5eb2dc52-e4fd-4516-96e8-78311f9c289e
Document Type: srp
Title: QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION - DESIGN CERTIFICATION,
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1403/ML14035A202.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 17
Section ID: 17.5
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ndates the establishment of a QA program. Meeting the requirements of GDC 1 provides assurance that SSCs important to safety will be designed, fabricated, constructed, and tested in a manner that will facilitate the satisfactory performance of their intended function. 2. Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 is applicable to this section because it specifies the criteria for establishing a QA program for all phases of a facility’s life, including design, construction, operation, and modification. This SRP provides guidance related to staff 17.5-39 Draft Revision 1 – August 2014 review and approval of the required QA program and describes methods acceptable to the staff for establishing and implementing such a program. Compliance with Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 pursuant to 10 CFR 50.34(b)(6)(ii) and 10 CFR 50.34(h), requires that every applicant or holder provide a description of its QA program for the design, fabrication, construction, and testing of the SSCs important to safety to the NRC for review. Furthermore, the proposed 10 CFR 50.54(a)(1) provides specific implementation requirements for the operational phase of the QA program. 3. The requirements of 10 CFR 50.34(f)(3)(ii) and (iii) are applicable because they require 1) all SSCs important to safety be listed in accordance with Criterion II of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50; 2) independence between organizations performing checking functions and those responsible for performing the function; 3) QA be implemented during construction; 4) QA personnel be included in the documented review and concurrence in quality-related procedures associated with design, construction, and installation; 5) QA personnel be qualified; 6) sizing the staff commensurate with its duties and responsibilities; 7) establishing procedures for maintenance of as-built documentation; 8) providing a QA role in design and analysis activities; and 9) establishing criteria for QA programmatic requirements. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer will