SQA Site Assessments and Criteria Review and Approach Documents

DOE G 414.1-4, Safety Software Guide for use with 10 CFR 830, Subpart A, Quality Assurance Requirements, and DOE O 414.1C, Quality Assurance, was issued June 17. 2005. This Guide, referred to as the DOE Safety Software Quality Assurance (SSQA) Guide, includes Appendix F, a Criteria Review and Approach Document (CRAD) associated with the SSQA requirements in DOE O 414.1C.

The criteria in the CRAD apply to all safety software regardless of the safety software definition or software type (acquired or custom). The Lines of Inquiry associated with the CRAD should be customized to fit the DOE approved graded approach and ASME NQA-1-2000 or a standard with an equivalent level of SQA requirements approved by DOE. Since the graded approach and standard(s) approved can vary from site-to-site, there is no single set of Lines of Inquiry that could be developed that would be applicable to all sites.

DOE G 414.1-4 Appendix F replaces 2 previously issued CRADs that were associated with assessments as part of DOE's Implementation Plan for DNFSB Recommendation 2002-1, Quality Assurance for Safety Software at Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities. These previous CRADS, the Instrumentation and Control CRAD and the Safety Analysis and Design CRAD were generated for the identification, selection, and assessment of the safety software to establish a baseline during the initial assessments. Assessment reports and lessons learned from the EM and NNSA assessments are available on the SQA Knowledge Portal.

As part of the implementation plan for Recommendation 2004-1, the CRAD in DOE G 414.1-4, Appendix F was updated as part of the oversight guidance being developed (reference DOE P 226.1A and DOE O 226.1A). This updated CRAD is available as a draft. The Lines of Inquiry included with the draft CRAD are based upon the graded approach in DOE G 414.1-4 and ASME NQA-1-2000. Those Lines of Inquiry attempt to address the graded approach in the DOE safety software guide. For sites using the graded approach in the DOE safety software guide and the Lines of Inquiry associated with the draft DOE Oversight Manual CRAD, Section 5 of the DOE safety software guide should provide the needed information to customize the Lines of Inquiry.

Software Quality Assurance CRADs (DOE G 414.1-4, Appendix F)

Draft Updated SQA CRADs

Quality Assurance CRADs

For more information on SQA Assessments/SQA CRADs, contact Subir Sen.

For more information on QA CRADs, contact, Colette Broussard.