I am looking for some assistance to clarify my understanding of commercial grade dedication requirements for a 10CFR50 Appendix B manufacturer that supplies items to nuclear utilities.
Situation: My company manufactures electrical components for nuclear utilities under a 10CFR50 Appendix B program that utilizes NQA-1 for the framework of our quality system documentation. We test our finished assemblies for 1E qualification using IEEE 323 and IEEE 344. We also provide 10CFR21 reportability defects discovered with our product. In this situation we are providing a basic component to our customer.
The design of our product requires us to procure commercially available items such as resistors, capacitors, relays, etc. that are used to build our finished product. Are these items that are the building blocks of our finished products in need of commercial grade dedication in accordance with industry standards (EPRI, 10CFR21, etc.) or are they merely part of our design bases in accordance with our Appendix B program used to produce a qualified basic component?
I welcome any comments I can get from those that are more experienced and well versed than I am in the nuclear industry.
Situation: My company manufactures electrical components for nuclear utilities under a 10CFR50 Appendix B program that utilizes NQA-1 for the framework of our quality system documentation. We test our finished assemblies for 1E qualification using IEEE 323 and IEEE 344. We also provide 10CFR21 reportability defects discovered with our product. In this situation we are providing a basic component to our customer.
The design of our product requires us to procure commercially available items such as resistors, capacitors, relays, etc. that are used to build our finished product. Are these items that are the building blocks of our finished products in need of commercial grade dedication in accordance with industry standards (EPRI, 10CFR21, etc.) or are they merely part of our design bases in accordance with our Appendix B program used to produce a qualified basic component?
I welcome any comments I can get from those that are more experienced and well versed than I am in the nuclear industry.