Guide for quality assurance in the design of nuclear power plants

The guide provides for method of quality assurance in design of the nuclear power plant, showing its essentials in its carrying out. Such practices ensure that activities in the design stage are conducted as planned and the required quality has been attained. The most important is to consider the fact that functional inadequacy in the resultant products or error in the personnel concerned adversely affect safety of the nuclear power plant. Contents are the following: organization, documents management, design requirements, planning of the design procedure and its carrying out, communication concerning the design, verification of the design, alteration in the design, management of quality control records, etc. (Mori, K.)