Licensee contractor and vendor inspection status report, 1978. Quarterly reports

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6562276

A fundamental premise of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's nuclear facility licensing and inspection program is that the licensee is responsible for the proper construction and safe operation of his nuclear power plant. The licensee and his contractors and vendors each participate in the inspection process in accordance with requirements prescribed in the NRC rules and regulations. The licensee is responsible for developing a detailed quality assurance plan as part of his license application. This plan includes the quality assurance programs of the licensee's contractors and vendors. The NRC reviews the licensee's and contractor's quality assurance plans to determine that implementation of the proposed quality assurance program would be satisfactory and responsive to NRC regulations. The firms designing nuclear steam systems, the architect engineering firms doing design work on nuclear power plants, and certain selected vendors are currently inspected on a regular basis by NRC. If defects or malfunctions in safety-related components or systems occur which may be attributed to a failure in quality assurance, the NRC looks closely at the quality assurance program. In addition to providing information on inspection results, this Licensee Contractor and Vendor Inspection Status Report contains information submitted by licensees covering events attributed by the licensee to design deficiencies and equipment malfunctions. These licensee event reports which cover one calendar quarter, identify both the vendor and the organization responsible for the procurement and/or design document.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Inspection and Enforcement
• OSTI ID: 6562276
• Report Number(s): NTISUB/D-039
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210700* -- Nuclear Power Plants-- Regulation & Licensing
INSPECTION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
US NRC
US ORGANIZATIONS