Application of Quality Assurance to MC&A Systems

Quality Assurance has been applied to the MC&A function within the Department of Energy's Savannah River Operations Office. It was applied to both the activities used to operate the MC&A Branch and the activities used by the Branch to overview the MC&A function of DOE/SR's contractor. In this paper, the principles of quality assurance are reviewed and their application at DOE/SR is discussed. In addition, quality assurance can be applied to the broader MC&A functions required of those facilities producing, using, and handling nuclear materials. Application of quality assurance to those broader functions is also discussed.