Regulatory Guide 3.3

Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Fuel Reprocessing Plants

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Issue date:	01/31/1973
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1/8/73 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

REGULATORY

DIRECTORATE

OF REGULATORY

STANDARDS REGULATORY

GUIDE 3.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

FOR FUEL REPROCESSING

PLANTS 3UIDE

A. INTRODUCTION

Ap 1 l.ndix It il 10 (iFR Part 50. "Qualiiv Assturance (riteria ti' Nuclear Plants and F'tcl RIeprocessine I t lants." eslablishes qualiiy assmuance tequireinntl11 mr theI designl. constiuctiO

n. and operaitioolI

fnuclear power plant and Ibudl reprocessing plant structtures.

systetms and conilionents.

Thk regLulatory guide describes an acceptable iethod otf 'coplyintg with the Comnmnission's regulations with regard it )verall quality assurance program requirenents t'tr fuel reprocessing plants.

B. DISCUSSION

Stilahnimit lte N45-3. Nuclear Oiullily Assutrance Standards" ( Iornmerly ad liot Committee N45-3.7) of the Anerican National Standards Inslisute.

Standards Conitmitlce N45. React or Plants and Their Mtaintenance.

under the spoinsorship of the American Sociely of Mechanical Itnoineers.

has develoled a standard which includes general requirenienis and guidance for the establishlnent and cxeculion of qualiiy assurance programs during tlie design. construction;

and ofpetation phases. of nuclear power plants. This standard was approoved by the American National Standards Committee N45 and its Secretariat.

and it was subsequently approved and designated N45.2-19171 by the Aluerican National Standards Institute on October 20, 1972.This standard is adapltable to fuel reprocessing plailis as it .as prepared to satisfy the intent .tid atIiplif"y dIe requLirCIletIts of AI[(' quality assurance i-CtIlatiOns and prnvides gcneral requirements and guidance for establislhmient and execution of quality assuratnce prgtgra ins.C. REGULATORY

POSITION Thle general and Muidelines for establishing and executing quality assurance programs for nuclear power plants which are included in ANSI N45.2 -197 I. "Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Ntclear Power Plants' may be adapted to fuel reprocessing plants and a:'e generally acceptable and provide ati adequate basis for complying with the program requirements of Appendix B it) 10 CFR Part 50. applicable to fuel reprocessing plants. When adapting ANSI N45.2-1971 to fuel reprocessing plants the term fuel reprocessing plants should be substituted as applicable wherever specific reference is made to the term nuclear power planils).Co'pies mal. ie otrai. cd front tihe, A et ic: S ciet,0 ti ,Medharlic'd E..ngirneers, Unitfled FI-nincerhig C,,.nler.

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