Nuclear sector - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of quality management systems for organizations supplying products and services important to nuclear safety (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)

This document complements the existing requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1 for bodies providing audit and certification of quality management systems against ISO 19443.
NOTE   This document is recommended for use as a criteria document for accreditation, peer assessment or other audit processes.

Nuklearsektor - Anforderungen an Stellen, die Qualitätsmanagementsysteme für Organisationen, die für die nukleare Sicherheit wichtige Produkte und Dienstleistungen liefern, prüfen und zertifizieren (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)

Secteur nucléaire - Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification des systèmes de management de la qualité d'organisations fournissant des produits et services importants pour la sûreté nucléaire (IPSN) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)

Le présent document vient compléter les exigences existantes de l’ISO/IEC 17021‑1 pour les organismes procédant à l’audit et à la certification des systèmes de management de la qualité selon l’ISO 19443.
NOTE            Il est recommandé d’utiliser le présent document comme référentiel pour l’accréditation, l’évaluation par des pairs ou d’autres processus d’audit.

Jedrski sektor - Zahteve za organe, ki presojajo in certificirajo sisteme vodenja kakovosti za organizacije, ki dobavljajo izdelke in storitve, pomembne za jedrsko varnost (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)

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Publication Date
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Technical Committee
Current Stage
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Start Date
13-Oct-2021
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18-Dec-2021
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-TS CEN ISO/TS 23406:2021
01-december-2021
Jedrski sektor - Zahteve za organe, ki presojajo in certificirajo sisteme vodenja
kakovosti za organizacije, ki dobavljajo izdelke in storitve, pomembne za jedrsko
varnost (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Nuclear sector - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of quality
management systems for organizations supplying products and services important to
nuclear safety (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Nuklearsektor - Anforderungen an Stellen, die Qualitätsmanagementsysteme für
Organisationen, die für die nukleare Sicherheit wichtige Produkte und Dienstleistungen
liefern, prüfen und zertifizieren (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Secteur nucléaire - Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification
des systèmes de management de la qualité d'organisations fournissant des produits et
services importants pour la sûreté nucléaire (IPSN) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN ISO/TS 23406:2021
ICS:
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
27.120.01 Jedrska energija na splošno Nuclear energy in general
SIST-TS CEN ISO/TS 23406:2021 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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CEN ISO/TS 23406
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE

October 2021
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
ICS 03.120.20; 27.120.01
English Version

Nuclear sector - Requirements for bodies providing audit
and certification of quality management systems for
organizations supplying products and services important
to nuclear safety (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Secteur nucléaire - Exigences pour les organismes Nuklearsektor - Anforderungen an Stellen, die
procédant à l'audit et à la certification des systèmes de Qualitätsmanagementsysteme für Organisationen, die
management de la qualité d'organisations fournissant für die nukleare Sicherheit wichtige Produkte und
des produits et services importants pour la sûreté Dienstleistungen liefern, prüfen und zertifizieren
nucléaire (IPSN) (ISO/TS 23406:2020) (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 3 October 2021 for provisional application.

The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to
submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.

CEN members are required to announce the existence of this CEN/TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TS
available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in
parallel to the CEN/TS) until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached.

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European foreword
The text of ISO/TS 23406:2020 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 85 "Nuclear energy,
nuclear technologies, and radiological protection” of the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) and has been taken over as CEN ISO/TS 23406:2021 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 430
“Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection” the secretariat of which is held by
AFNOR.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/TS 23406:2020 has been approved by CEN as CEN ISO/TS 23406:2021 without any
modification.


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TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 23406
First edition
2020-01
Nuclear sector — Requirements
for bodies providing audit and
certification of quality management
systems for organizations supplying
products and services important to
nuclear safety (ITNS)
Secteur nucléaire — Exigences pour les organismes procédant à
l'audit et à la certification des systèmes de management de la qualité
d'organisations fournissant des produits et services importants pour
la sûreté nucléaire (IPSN)
Reference number
ISO/TS 23406:2020(E)
©
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principles . 1
5 General requirements . 1
5.1 Legal and contractual matters . 1
5.2 Management of impartiality . 1
5.3 Liability and financing . 2
6 Structural requirements . 2
6.1 Organizational Structure and top management . 2
6.2 Operational control . 2
7 Resource requirements . 2
7.1 Competence of personnel . 2
7.1.1 General considerations . 2
7.1.2 Determination of competence criteria . 2
7.1.3 Evaluation processes . 2
7.1.4 Other considerations . 3
7.2 Personnel involved in the certification activities . 3
7.3 Use of individual external auditors and external technical advisors . 3
7.4 Personnel records. 3
7.5 Outsourcing. 3
8 Information requirements . 3
8.1 Public information . 3
8.2 Certification documents . 3
8.3 Reference to certification and marks . 3
8.4 Confidentiality . 4
8.5 Information exchange between a certification body and its client . 4
9 Process requirements . 4
9.1 Pre-certification activities . 4
9.1.1 Application . 4
9.1.2 Application review . 4
9.1.3 Audit programme . 4
9.1.4 Determining audit time . 4
9.1.5 Multisite sampling . 5
9.1.6 Multiple management systems standards . 6
9.2 Planning audits . 6
9.3 Initial certification . 6
9.4 Conducting audits . 6
9.5 Certification decision . 7
9.6 Maintaining certification . 7
9.7 Appeals . 7
9.8 Complaints . 7
9.9 Client records . 8
10 Management system requirements for certification bodies . 8
Annex A (normative) Competence criteria . 9
Annex B (informative) Summary of audit results.14
Annex C (normative) Eligibility criteria for multi-site sampling .15
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www. iso. org/d irectives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www. iso. org/p atents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the
World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
see www. iso. org/iso/foreword . html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 85, Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies
and radiological protection.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www. iso. org/m embers. html.
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Introduction
Certification of the Quality Management System (QMS) of an organization supplying products and
services Important To Nuclear Safety (ITNS) is one means of providing assurance that the organization
has implemented a system for the management of quality in line with its policy.
Supplementing ISO/IEC 17021-1 requirements, this document has been developed for the nuclear sector
to assist in the conformity assessment and certification according to ISO 19443.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 23406:2020(E)
Nuclear sector — Requirements for bodies providing
audit and certification of quality management systems for
organizations supplying products and services important
to nuclear safety (ITNS)
1 Scope
This document complements the existing requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1 for bodies providing audit
and certification of quality management systems against ISO 19443.
NOTE This document is recommended for use as a criteria document for accreditation, peer assessment or
other audit processes.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 9000, Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary
ISO/IEC 17000, Conformity assessment — Vocabulary and general principles
ISO/IEC 17021-1, Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of
management systems — Part 1: Requirements
ISO 19443, Quality management systems — Specific requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2015 by
organizations in the supply chain of the nuclear energy sector supplying products and services important to
nuclear safety (ITNS)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 9000, ISO/IEC 17000,
ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO 19443 apply.
4 Principles
The principles of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, Clause 4, apply.
5 General requirements
5.1 Legal and contractual matters
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 5.1, apply.
5.2 Management of impartiality
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 5.2, apply.
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5.3 Liability and financing
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 5.3, apply.
6 Structural requirements
6.1 Organizational Structure and top management
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 6.1, apply.
6.2 Operational control
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 6.2.1 and 6.2.2, apply and 6.2.2 is complemented as follows.
The certification body shall identify a single office location and appoint an employee of this office that
has overall responsibility and authority for the implementation of this standard by all its relevant
locations.
7 Resource requirements
7.1 Competence of personnel
7.1.1 General considerations
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.1, apply.
7.1.2 Determination of competence criteria
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.2, apply, and ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, Annex A is
complemented by Annex A of this document.
7.1.3 Evaluation processes
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.3, apply and are complemented as follows:
— Satisfactory evaluation of auditor competence shall result in a documented auditor qualification.
— The initial qualification shall be based on requirements given in Annex A and is valid for 3 years.
Qualification renewal for a 3-year period shall be based on demonstration of:
— performance of at least 6 ISO 19443 certification audits in 3 years with a minimum of 20 days of audit,
— maintenance of professional knowledge related to codes, standards, procedures, instructions, and
other documents related to quality management systems in nuclear industry,
— participation in mandatory trainings,
— satisfactory supervision of the Auditor,
— absence of significant or recurrent complaint related to his auditing activities.
At any time, the CB shall:
— in case of no auditing activity during more than one year,
— after a non-satisfactory supervision and/or examination of an audit report (internal to the
Certification Body or by accreditation body),
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— following a client’s significant complaint concerning the auditing activity,
— on request of the Auditor’s management,
consider taking appropriate action, such as: training, withdrawing or suspending auditor qualification.
The CB shall identify the appropriate criteria and relevant process in their management system.
7.1.4 Other considerations
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.4, apply.
7.2 Personnel involved in the certification activities
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.2, apply, and 7.2.8 is complemented as follows:
The certification body's certification function shall have at least one person(s) with nuclear industry
knowledge involved in the certification decisions.
The minimum nuclear industry knowledge required for this role shall encompass: ISO/IEC 17021-1,
ISO 19443 and sufficient nuclear industry experience to understand the sector specificities and assess
the contents of the certification audit report and the relevance of its conclusions.
7.3 Use of individual external auditors and external technical advisors
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.3, apply.
7.4 Personnel records
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.4, apply.
These requirements shall also apply to individual external auditors and external technical advisors.
7.5 Outsourcing
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.5 are complemented by the following requirement:
The Certification shall maintain the responsibility for all functions in Table A.1 and shall not transfer
the responsibility to any other organization.
This doesn’t preclude the Certification Body’s use of organization or individuals which operate
according to the Certification Body’s own procedures and under its control.
8 Information requirements
8.1 Public information
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 8.1, apply.
8.2 Certification documents
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 8.2, apply.
8.3 Reference to certification and marks
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 8.3, apply.
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8.4 Confidentiality
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 8.4, apply.
8.5 Information exchange between a certification body and its client
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 8.5, apply and are complemented as follows:
The certification body shall consider provisions (e.g. authorized auditor, security clearance) for access
to specific sensitive information or material as relevant to the certification scope.
9 Process requirements
9.1 Pre-certification activities
9.1.1 Application
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.1.1 apply.
9.1.2 Application review
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.1.2 apply.
9.1.3 Audit programme
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.1.3 apply.
9.1.4 Determining audit time
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.1.4, apply, and 9.1.4.2 is complemented as follows:
This table is intended to be used when the entire organization is undergoing an ISO 19443 audit, without
being already ISO 9001 certified. The minimum duration for initial, surveillance, and recertification
audits are shown in Table 1. In this configuration, no reductions are allowed but increases to the minimum
required audit duration are expected for areas with identified risk, complexity or increased scope.
If the activities to be certified according to ISO 19443 are only part of a broader organization, the
Certification Body has to consider the number of employees involved in the nuclear specific activities
and to increase the time specified by Table 1 to take into account the Quality Management System
support functions.
If the Certification Body is already performing the ISO 9001 certification of the organization, the
Certification Body has to apply without reduction the “recertification” duration given in Table 1 in
order to transition to ISO 19443 certification.
The above applies in the event of audit being performed as combined or integrated audits with other
Management System(s).
Table 1 — Minimum audit duration requirements (audit days)
ISO 19443
Number
ISO 19443
of Employees
w/o Design and development (§8.3)
Annual Annual
Initial Recertification Initial Recertification
Surveillance Surveillance
1-5 2,0 1,0 2,0 2,0 1,0 1,5
NOTE  These requirements are consistent with IAF MD 5. Where there is a conflict between this standard and IAF MD 5
(i.e., this standard does not allow reductions to the audit duration), this standard shall take precedence.
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Table 1 (continued)
ISO 19443
Number
ISO 19443
of Employees
w/o Design and development (§8.3)
Annual Annual
Initial Recertification Initial Recertification
Surveillance Surveillance
6-10 2,5 1,0 2,0 2,5 1,0 1,5
11-15 3,0 1,5 2,5 2,5 1,0 2,0
16-25 3,5 1,5 3,0 3,0 1,5 2,5
26-45 5,0 2,0 4,0 4,5 2,0 3,5
46-65 6,0 2,5 4,5 5,0 2,0 4,0
66-85 7,0 3,0 5,5 6,0 2,5 4,5
86-100 8,0 3,0 6,0 7,0 3,0 5,0
101-125 8,5 3,5 6,5 7,5 3,0 5,5
126-175 9,5 4,0 7,0 8,0 3,5 6,0
176-275 10,5 4,0 8,0 9,0 3,5 6,5
276-425 12,0 5,0 9,0 10,0 4,5 7,5
426-625 13,0 5,5 9,5 11,0 4,5 8,0
626-875 14,0 5,5 10,5 12,0 5,0 8,5
876-1 000 15,0 6,0 11,0 12,5 5,0 9,0
1 001-1 175 16,0 6,5 12,0 13,5 5,5 10,0
1 176-1 550 17,0 7,0 12,5 14,5 6,0 11,0
1 551-2 025 18,0 7,0 13,5 15,0 6,0 11,5
2 026-2 675 19,0 7,5 14,0 16,0 6,5 12,0
2 676-3 450 20,0 8,0 14,5 17,0 7,0 12,5
3 451-4 350 21,0 8,0 15,5 17,5 7,0 13,0
4 351-5 450 22,0 8,5 16,0 18,5 7,5 13,5
5 451-6 800 23,0 9,0 16,5 19,0 7,5 14,0
6 801-8 500 24,0 9,0 17,5 20,0 8,0 14
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
kSIST-TS FprCEN ISO/TS 23406:2021
01-september-2021
Jedrski sektor - Zahteve za organe, ki presojajo in certificirajo sisteme vodenja
kakovosti za organizacije, ki dobavljajo izdelke in storitve, pomembne za jedrsko
varnost (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Nuclear sector - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of quality
management systems for organizations supplying products and services important to
nuclear safety (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Nuklearsektor - Anforderungen an Stellen, die Qualitätsmanagementsysteme für
Organisationen, die für die nukleare Sicherheit wichtige Produkte und Dienstleistungen
liefern, prüfen und zertifizieren (ITNS) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Secteur nucléaire - Exigences pour les organismes procédant à l'audit et à la certification
des systèmes de management de la qualité d'organisations fournissant des produits et
services importants pour la sûreté nucléaire (IPSN) (ISO/TS 23406:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: FprCEN ISO/TS 23406
ICS:
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
27.120.01 Jedrska energija na splošno Nuclear energy in general
kSIST-TS FprCEN ISO/TS 23406:2021 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 23406
First edition
2020-01
Nuclear sector — Requirements
for bodies providing audit and
certification of quality management
systems for organizations supplying
products and services important to
nuclear safety (ITNS)
Secteur nucléaire — Exigences pour les organismes procédant à
l'audit et à la certification des systèmes de management de la qualité
d'organisations fournissant des produits et services importants pour
la sûreté nucléaire (IPSN)
Reference number
ISO/TS 23406:2020(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principles . 1
5 General requirements . 1
5.1 Legal and contractual matters . 1
5.2 Management of impartiality . 1
5.3 Liability and financing . 2
6 Structural requirements . 2
6.1 Organizational Structure and top management . 2
6.2 Operational control . 2
7 Resource requirements . 2
7.1 Competence of personnel . 2
7.1.1 General considerations . 2
7.1.2 Determination of competence criteria . 2
7.1.3 Evaluation processes . 2
7.1.4 Other considerations . 3
7.2 Personnel involved in the certification activities . 3
7.3 Use of individual external auditors and external technical advisors . 3
7.4 Personnel records. 3
7.5 Outsourcing. 3
8 Information requirements . 3
8.1 Public information . 3
8.2 Certification documents . 3
8.3 Reference to certification and marks . 3
8.4 Confidentiality . 4
8.5 Information exchange between a certification body and its client . 4
9 Process requirements . 4
9.1 Pre-certification activities . 4
9.1.1 Application . 4
9.1.2 Application review . 4
9.1.3 Audit programme . 4
9.1.4 Determining audit time . 4
9.1.5 Multisite sampling . 5
9.1.6 Multiple management systems standards . 6
9.2 Planning audits . 6
9.3 Initial certification . 6
9.4 Conducting audits . 6
9.5 Certification decision . 7
9.6 Maintaining certification . 7
9.7 Appeals . 7
9.8 Complaints . 7
9.9 Client records . 8
10 Management system requirements for certification bodies . 8
Annex A (normative) Competence criteria . 9
Annex B (informative) Summary of audit results.14
Annex C (normative) Eligibility criteria for multi-site sampling .15
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Foreword
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Introduction
Certification of the Quality Management System (QMS) of an organization supplying products and
services Important To Nuclear Safety (ITNS) is one means of providing assurance that the organization
has implemented a system for the management of quality in line with its policy.
Supplementing ISO/IEC 17021-1 requirements, this document has been developed for the nuclear sector
to assist in the conformity assessment and certification according to ISO 19443.
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Nuclear sector — Requirements for bodies providing
audit and certification of quality management systems for
organizations supplying products and services important
to nuclear safety (ITNS)
1 Scope
This document complements the existing requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1 for bodies providing audit
and certification of quality management systems against ISO 19443.
NOTE This document is recommended for use as a criteria document for accreditation, peer assessment or
other audit processes.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 9000, Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary
ISO/IEC 17000, Conformity assessment — Vocabulary and general principles
ISO/IEC 17021-1, Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of
management systems — Part 1: Requirements
ISO 19443, Quality management systems — Specific requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2015 by
organizations in the supply chain of the nuclear energy sector supplying products and services important to
nuclear safety (ITNS)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 9000, ISO/IEC 17000,
ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO 19443 apply.
4 Principles
The principles of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, Clause 4, apply.
5 General requirements
5.1 Legal and contractual matters
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 5.1, apply.
5.2 Management of impartiality
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 5.2, apply.
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5.3 Liability and financing
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 5.3, apply.
6 Structural requirements
6.1 Organizational Structure and top management
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 6.1, apply.
6.2 Operational control
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 6.2.1 and 6.2.2, apply and 6.2.2 is complemented as follows.
The certification body shall identify a single office location and appoint an employee of this office that
has overall responsibility and authority for the implementation of this standard by all its relevant
locations.
7 Resource requirements
7.1 Competence of personnel
7.1.1 General considerations
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.1, apply.
7.1.2 Determination of competence criteria
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.2, apply, and ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, Annex A is
complemented by Annex A of this document.
7.1.3 Evaluation processes
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.3, apply and are complemented as follows:
— Satisfactory evaluation of auditor competence shall result in a documented auditor qualification.
— The initial qualification shall be based on requirements given in Annex A and is valid for 3 years.
Qualification renewal for a 3-year period shall be based on demonstration of:
— performance of at least 6 ISO 19443 certification audits in 3 years with a minimum of 20 days of audit,
— maintenance of professional knowledge related to codes, standards, procedures, instructions, and
other documents related to quality management systems in nuclear industry,
— participation in mandatory trainings,
— satisfactory supervision of the Auditor,
— absence of significant or recurrent complaint related to his auditing activities.
At any time, the CB shall:
— in case of no auditing activity during more than one year,
— after a non-satisfactory supervision and/or examination of an audit report (internal to the
Certification Body or by accreditation body),
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— following a client’s significant complaint concerning the auditing activity,
— on request of the Auditor’s management,
consider taking appropriate action, such as: training, withdrawing or suspending auditor qualification.
The CB shall identify the appropriate criteria and relevant process in their management system.
7.1.4 Other considerations
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.1.4, apply.
7.2 Personnel involved in the certification activities
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.2, apply, and 7.2.8 is complemented as follows:
The certification body's certification function shall have at least one person(s) with nuclear industry
knowledge involved in the certification decisions.
The minimum nuclear industry knowledge required for this role shall encompass: ISO/IEC 17021-1,
ISO 19443 and sufficient nuclear industry experience to understand the sector specificities and assess
the contents of the certification audit report and the relevance of its conclusions.
7.3 Use of individual external auditors and external technical advisors
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.3, apply.
7.4 Personnel records
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.4, apply.
These requirements shall also apply to individual external auditors and external technical advisors.
7.5 Outsourcing
The requirements of ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 7.5 are complemented by the following requirement:
The Certification shall maintain the responsibility for all functions in Table A.1 and shall not transfer
the responsibility to any other organization.
This doesn’t preclude the Certification Body’s use of organization or individuals which o
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