QUALITY ASSURANCE AND R&D. THE PPPL EXPERIENCE

This paper is an overview of the PPPL Quality Assurance and Reliability program. It describes the Laboratory's research devices and it's organization and characterizes the functional activities to establish the model to which the ASME/ANSI NQA - 1 - 1986 basic quality requirements have been tailored. The historical experience is presented in two discrete time phases that represent the pre - NQA - 1 and the NQA - 1 eras. The basic concepts that have been developed and implemented are described. The implications of this experience for CIT are presented. And, finally, the key concept from our experience is shared.