Quality Assurance Program

 

Conforms to :

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rules and Regulations, Title 10, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Appendix B - Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants (10CRF50)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rules and Regulations, Title 10, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 21 - Reporting of Defects and Non-compliance (10CRF21)

ASME NQA-1-2008 and ASME NQA-1a-2009, Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Regulatory Guide 1.28, revision 4, June 2010

 

Has rigorous development methodology and well-proven QA procedures

 

Is regularly audited by:

Independent internal auditor
Licensees: engineering companies and utilities
Members of NUPIC and NIAC. These audits may be shared by members of these organizations.

 

PQAP (PIPESTRESS Quality Assurance Program) has been developed to include all phases of the life cycle of PIPESTRESS and associated programs :

Theoretical background
Operations/maintenance and requirements specifications phase
Software design phase
Coding and software generation phase
Verification and validation phase
Transfer of responsibility phase
Retirement phase, which shall be three years after the next version has been released. This time period may be extended. Error reporting process shall continue for seven years after the next version has been released