Nuclear quality assurance operating philosophy: A quality-oriented approach

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6966775

Corcoran, W R ^[1]; Geiger, J E ^[2]; Heibel, R E ^[3]; Cotton, J B ^[4]; Sabol, A R ^[5]

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1. TENERA Risk Management Services, Windsor, CT (United States)
2. Florida Power and Light Co., Juno Beach (United States)
3. Baltimore Gas and Electric, Lusby, MD (United States)
4. Philadelphia Electric Co., Wayne, PA (United States)
5. Pennsylvania Power and Light, Allentown (United States)

Quality assurance programs have been part of the nuclear utility management process since the publication of the draft of 10CFR50 Appendix B in the late 1960s. The unwritten operational philosophy of nuclear quality assurance organizations focused on compliance with federal regulations. Adverse experiences, including operational events and extended shutdowns, prompted the gradual adoption of isolated practices extending beyond compliance orientation. These practices have an orientation that accommodates a definition of quality, a perspective of the role of nuclear quality assurance organizations in the overall concept of defense-in-depth, a definition of the segments of the nuclear quality assurance mission, and recent advances in the understanding of self-assessment. Observation of these practices at various nuclear utilities resulted in a syntheses of practices and approaches into a coherent quality-oriented nuclear quality assurance operating philosophy that is not totally adopted at any one utility.

• OSTI ID: 6966775
• Report Number(s): CONF-920606-; CODEN: TANSA
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 65; Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Boston, MA (United States), 7-12 Jun 1992; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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