Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
2 SELECTION OF STANDARDS
3 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
4 IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN FOCUS OF REVIEWED DOCUMENTS
5 SUMMARY OF EVALUATION RESULTS
References
Appendix A - International Quality Standards
             Comparison
REQUIREMENT 1 Organization
REQUIREMENT 2 Quality Assurance Program
REQUIREMENT 3 Design Control
REQUIREMENT 4 Procurement Document Control
REQUIREMENT 5 Instructions, Procedures, and
               Drawings
REQUIREMENT 6 Document Control
REQUIREMENT 7 Control of Purchased Items and
               Services
REQUIREMENT 8 Identification and Control of Items
REQUIREMENT 9 Control of Special Processes
REQUIREMENT 10 Inspection
REQUIREMENT 11 Test Control
REQUIREMENT 12 Control of Measuring and Test
               Equipment
REQUIREMENT 13 Handling, Storage, and Shipping
REQUIREMENT 14 Inspection, Test, and Operating Status
REQUIREMENT 15 Control of Nonconforming Items
REQUIREMENT 16 Corrective Action
REQUIREMENT 17 Quality Assurance Records
REQUIREMENT 18 Audits

Abstract

This technical report was developed to comprehensively evaluate the following international quality standards: ASME NQA-1 ?Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Application-Edition 2012?, NQSA NSQ-100 ?Nuclear Safety and Quality Management System Requirements?, IAEA GS-R-3: 2006 ?The Management System for Facilities and Activities?, and ISO 9001:2008 ?Quality Management Systems Requirements?. The report discusses the competitive strengths and weaknesses of these documents.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	ASME STP-NU-062 : 2013