10 CFR § 71.37 - Quality assurance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s71.37"
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title: "10 CFR § 71.37 - Quality assurance."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "71.37"
section_name: "Quality assurance."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 57, 62, 63, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec. 180 (42 U.S.C. 10175); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 50264, Sept. 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
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# 71.37 Quality assurance.

(a) The applicant shall describe the quality assurance program (see Subpart H of this part) for the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, maintenance, repair, modification, and use of the proposed package.

(b) The applicant shall identify any specific provisions of the quality assurance program that are applicable to the particular package design under consideration, including a description of the leak testing procedures.