Templates and records · UNE 73401
UNE 73401 templates and records
Nine nuclear quality assurance records, each with the criterion that calls for it, the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council guide that expands on it, its retention period under IS-24 and a completed example.
In one sentence
UNE 73401 is the basic standard that guide GS-10.1 of the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) recommends for the quality assurance programmes of Spanish nuclear facilities, and its records —the programme, safety-related items, design verification and changes, suppliers, commercial grade dedication, special processes, inspection points and nonconformities with their disposition— must be able to show, years later, that every activity was carried out as planned; Instruction IS-24 sets out which of them are kept for the whole life of the facility.
- Current edition
- UNE 73401:1995 Supersedes the 1987 edition; confirmed by UNE in 2024
- Standard recommended by the CSN
- GS-10.1, Rev. 2 Accepts 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, KTA 1401 and the IAEA code as alternatives where they do not contradict the UNE standard
- Licensee’s management system
- Instruction IS-19 Management system requirements for nuclear facilities (2008)
- Record retention
- Instruction IS-24 Lifetime records for the life of the facility; non-permanent records for at least five years
Contents
UNE 73401 templates and records
UNE 73401:1995 is not cited here by section: each template refers to the quality assurance criterion that applies and to the CSN safety guide that expands on it. The text of the standard can be purchased from UNE.
Quality assurance programme manual
What a nuclear quality assurance programme manual should describe under UNE 73401 and GS-10.1: scope…
Safety-related items
How to identify nuclear safety-related items and activities and their quality assurance level…
Independent design verification
How to record independent design verification of safety items under UNE 73401 and GS-10.6: method, verifier…
Design change
How to process a design change to a safety-related item: justification, impact, the same control as the…
Supplier evaluation
How to evaluate suppliers of nuclear safety-related items and services and keep the approved list current…
Commercial grade dedication
How to document the dedication of a commercial component for a nuclear safety function: critical…
Special process qualification
How to record the qualification of procedures and personnel for special processes such as welding, heat…
Inspection and test plan
How to prepare and record an inspection and test plan in nuclear manufacturing: sequence, criteria, hold…
Nonconformity and disposition
How to document a nonconformity in a safety-related item: identification, disposition, technical…
Frequently asked questions
What people ask us before getting started
Is UNE 73401 mandatory?
UNE standards are not binding in themselves, but CSN guide GS-10.1 recommends it as the basic standard for the quality assurance programme, and licensees carry it into their purchase orders. For a supplier of safety-related items it is, in practice, a contractual requirement.
Is an ISO 9001 system enough?
No. GS-10.1 explains that UNE 73401 contains safety requirements that ISO 9001 does not, and that a supplier certified to ISO 9001 must supplement them with those listed in the standard’s annexed tables, to the extent they apply.
How long are the records kept?
Under Instruction IS-24, lifetime records —design, construction, inspections and tests, items accepted with deviations and staff training, among others— are kept for the whole life of the facility; non-permanent records for a minimum of five years.
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References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.
- UNE 73401:1995 — Garantía de la calidad en instalaciones nucleares (Quality assurance in nuclear facilities) UNE, Spanish Association for Standardisation · Edition of 19 June 1995, confirmed in 2024
- Guía de Seguridad GS-10.1 (Rev. 2) — Guía básica de garantía de calidad para instalaciones nucleares (Basic quality assurance guide for nuclear facilities) Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (Spanish Nuclear Safety Council) · February 1999
- Instrucción IS-19, de 22 de octubre de 2008, del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, sobre los requisitos del sistema de gestión de las instalaciones nucleares (CSN Instruction IS-19 on management system requirements for nuclear facilities) BOE-A-2008-18062 · 22 October 2008
- Instrucción IS-24, de 19 de mayo de 2010, del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, sobre el archivo y los periodos de retención de los documentos y registros de las instalaciones nucleares (CSN Instruction IS-24 on archiving and retention periods for nuclear facility documents and records) BOE-A-2010-8779 · BOE no. 133, 1 June 2010