Quality Assurance Implementation and Effectiveness for CANDU 9 Program

Abstract

This paper describes the Quality Assurance Program, its implementation and effectiveness for the CANDU 9 Program, a major pressurized heavy water reactor engineering effort which accounted for over 450 person-years of work. The paper outlines the CANDU 9 evolution during the 39-month long basic engineering program, and elaborates on the key processes which contributed to CANDU 9 quality: design verification, feedback to design, change control, training, program reviews and audits. How the quality assurance program was organized and documented by the CANDU 9 Quality Assurance Manual and procedures, is also described in the paper.