Management systems play an important role in the nuclear industry. The industry has certain special requirements that the management systems need to meet, and above all, the management systems shall enable safe and high-quality operations.

In the nuclear industry, licensing and qualification documentation is usually divided into three levels: plant, system and component level. This article explores the component-level documentation.

Plant-level licensing culminates in demonstrating the safety of a nuclear facility. As the project progresses, the accuracy of demonstrating safety deepens as the maturity of the plant’s design strengthens. In conjunction with the safety assessment, it shall be demonstrated that the nuclear facility has been designed and implemented in such a way that the safety requirements are met.