CSA N299.2:19 pdf download – Quality assurance program requirements for the supply of items and services for nuclear power plants, Category.
3 Definitions The following definitions shall apply in this Standard: Authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) — the organization having jurisdiction over the design, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, operation, inspection, maintenance, and decommissioning of a nuclear facility. Authorized distributor — a distributor authorized by a manufacturer to conduct transactions and distribute an item within the terms of a distribution agreement. Note: Other distributor(s) are considered unauthorized distributors/brokers. [Source: Adapted from SAE AS6496] Batch (or volume or lot) — an identifiable collection of items, or quantity of material, of a single type, grade, class, size, or composition produced in the same facility under essentially the same conditions and at essentially the same time. Business — an organizational entity with accountability to implement some or all of the requirements of this Standard. Calibration — comparing two instruments, measuring devices, or standards, one of which is of known accuracy. Note: It is done to detect, correlate, report, or eliminate by adjustment any variation in accuracy of the instrument or measuring device of unknown accuracy. Characteristic — any distinct property or attribute of an item, process, or service that can be described and measured to determine conformance and nonconformance to specified requirements. Configuration management — a process that a) establishes consistency between design requirements, physical and operational configuration, and documentation and records; b) maintains configuration management element consistency from initial conception to cessation of operations; c) maintains alignment of safety and design analysis with item configuration; d) facilitates safe operations; and e) supports changes.
Critical characteristics — applicable QA program elements, design, material, and performance characteristics of an item or service that provide reasonable assurance that the item or service will perform its intended end-use function. [Source: Adapted from ASME NQA-1] Customer — the party or its representative issuing a contract for procuring items or services. Note: When suppliers subcontract part of the work to subsuppliers, suppliers become customers as referred to in the CSA N299 series of Standards. Customer representative — the person appointed by the customer to verify the quality of the supplier’s work. Dedication — an acceptance process undertaken to provide reasonable assurance that a) an item or service procured from a supplier whose QA program does not meet the requirements specified in this Standard will perform its intended function; and b) the item or service specified in Item a) is deemed equivalent to an item designed and manufactured under a QA program as described by this Standard. Dedication entity — the entity contracted to perform the dedication activities; this may be the customer, the supplier, or a third party. Description — a document stating the purpose and scope of an activity and who is responsible for what, and the action to be taken to fulfill the QA program requirements. Design — activities that lead to the specification and technical description of a structure, system, or component. Design change — any change or modification, either physical or on paper, to design inputs, outputs, or controls in support of item or service development, implementation, use, and maintenance. Design input — requirements and information specified by customers, AHJs, design groups, or design discipline, and needed as a reference base for design work. Design output — requirements and information that document the configuration of the design.
Indoctrination — providing personnel with instruction regarding certain fundamental ideas and core values. Inspection — the examination, measurement, and testing of the characteristics of items or services to determine acceptability and to record inspection data. Nonconformance — a deficiency in characteristic, documentation, process, or procedure/description that renders the quality of an item or service unacceptable or indeterminate, or not according to specified requirements. Note: Examples of nonconformances are physical defects, test failures, inadequate documentation, and deviations from prescribed processing or from any other part of the QA program. Nuclear power plant — any fission reactor installation constructed to generate electricity on a commercial scale. [Source: Adapted from CNSC REGDOC-2.5.2] Objective evidence — information, records, or statements of fact, based on observation, measurement, or assessment, that demonstrate the implementation of requirements and can be verified.CSA N299.2:19 pdf download.
