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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, startup, maintenance, and modification are responsible for achieving acceptable quality. B. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM (Criterion II) 1. The QA program ensures that there is regular management review of the QA program to assess its effectiveness and the adequacy of its scope, and 17.5-8 Draft Revision 1 – August 2014 implementation, which describe the provisions for reviews by management above or outside the QA organization to ensure achieving an objective program assessment. 2. The QA program is binding on all participating organizations from the top executive to all workers whose activities may influence quality. 3. Management of those organizations implementing the QA program, or portions thereof, assess the adequacy of that part of the program for which they are responsible and ensure its effective implementation at least once each year or at least once during the life of the activity, whichever is shorter. However, the period for assessing operational QA programs may be extended to once every 2 years for the following activities as approved in the Safety Evaluation by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation of the Proposed Revisions to the Quality Assurance Program Descriptions of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 3 and James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML100361087): a. Conformance to the Technical Specifications and License Conditions. b. Training and qualification of the facility staff. c. Results of actions taken to correct deficiencies in the facility equipment, structures, systems, or methods of operation. d. Radiological environmental monitoring program and the results thereof. 4. The applicant or holder retains and exercises the responsibility for the scope and implementation of an effective overall QA program. 5. The QAPD includes the criteria used to identify the items and activities to which the QA program applies. A list of the SSCs and/or activities under the