As used in this part, quality assurance comprises all those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the geologic repository and its structures, systems, or components will perform satisfactorily in service. Quality assurance includes quality control, which comprises those quality assurance actions related to the physical characteristics of a material, structure, component, or system that provide a means to control the quality of the material, structure, component, or system to predetermined requirements.
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234 (
42 U.S.C. 2071,
2073,
2092,
2093,
2095,
2111,
2201,
2232,
2233,
2273,
2282; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (
42 U.S.C. 5841,
5842,
5846,
5851;
42 U.S.C. 2021a; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (
42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114, 117, 121 (
42 U.S.C. 10134,
10137,
10141;
44 U.S.C. 3504 note
source: 66 FR 55792, Nov. 2, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 63.141