FACILEX® ATOMIC

Audits & Assessments Software for Nuclear Quality Assurance

Plan, conduct and document nuclear audits and assessments through a governed process that connects requirements, evidence, findings, corrective actions and closure.

Support independent audits, management assessments, supplier oversight and other assurance activities within a consistent, traceable program.

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The Challenge

An audit must demonstrate more than what was checked.

Nuclear quality programs depend on audits and assessments to determine whether activities comply with established requirements and whether the management system is being implemented effectively.

The challenge is maintaining the complete assurance trail: why the audit was required, what criteria applied, who was qualified to perform it, what evidence was examined, what conclusions were reached and how identified deficiencies were resolved.

When schedules, checklists, working papers, findings and corrective actions are maintained in separate systems, demonstrating that the assurance program itself is complete and effective becomes unnecessarily difficult.

Audits & Assessments must answer:

What activities, organizations or suppliers require review?
What requirements and acceptance criteria apply?
Are the auditors appropriately qualified and independent?
What objective evidence supports the conclusions?
What findings, observations or improvement opportunities exist?
Have resulting corrective actions been satisfactorily resolved?

Why It Matters Now

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Risk-informed audit planning

Build audit and assessment schedules around program requirements, performance history and organizational risk.

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Criteria remain connected

Associate audit scope and questions with applicable regulations, standards, procedures and program requirements.

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Qualified, independent review

Document audit-team roles, qualifications and independence appropriate to the assurance activity.

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Objective evidence is preserved

Connect interviews, observations, records and other evidence directly to the evaluation and resulting conclusions.

Findings become accountable

Route deficiencies and other findings into controlled corrective action rather than leaving them in audit reports.

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Performance becomes visible

Preserve structured results to support trending, recurring issue identification and management oversight.

Audits & Assessments Lifecycle

A configurable lifecycle maintains governance from audit planning and preparation through fieldwork, evaluation, reporting, corrective action and verified closure.

Plan

Establish the audit schedule, scope, objectives and responsible organization.

Prepare

Define criteria, assemble the team and prepare plans and checklists.

Conduct

Perform interviews, observations, document reviews and other fieldwork.

Evaluate

Compare objective evidence with applicable requirements and criteria.

Report

Document conclusions, findings, observations and required responses.

Correct

Assign and manage responses and corrective actions arising from findings.

Verify satisfactory resolution and preserve the complete assurance record.

Configured for the Way Your Program Operates

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Audit & Assessment Types

Configure independent audits, management assessments, supplier audits and other assurance activities.

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Reusable Criteria & Checklists

Build reusable evaluation criteria around regulations, standards, procedures and organizational requirements.

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Auditor Qualifications

Capture team roles, qualifications, lead-auditor requirements and independence where applicable.

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Evidence & Working Papers

Preserve supporting records, interviews, observations and working documentation with the assurance record.

Configurable Finding Types

Classify deficiencies, observations, strengths and improvement opportunities using your program terminology.

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Response & Closure Controls

Configure response, corrective-action, approval and closure requirements according to finding significance.

Regulatory & Program Anchors

Connect assurance activities to the requirements they evaluate.

10 CFR 50 Appendix B

Criterion XVIII — Audits

ASME NQA-1

10 CFR 830 Subpart A

Quality Assurance Program

Supplier Oversight

Management Assessments

Corrective Action Program

Audits & Assessments Connect With

Assurance should connect directly to improvement.

FACILEX® ATOMIC preserves the relationship between assurance activities, the requirements being evaluated, identified deficiencies and the processes responsible for resolving them.

Corrective Action Program Findings can initiate controlled condition evaluation and corrective action.

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Action Item Management Responses and commitments remain assigned and accountable.

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Supplier & Contractor Assurance Supplier oversight and audit results remain connected.

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Operating Experience Performance history and lessons can inform assurance scope.

One application. Part of one connected management system.

FACILEX® Audits & Assessments is one of 21 configurable applications within FACILEX® ATOMIC. Assurance activities can evaluate program requirements, identify conditions, initiate corrective actions, create accountable commitments and contribute structured performance information to management oversight.

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Bring us your current process.

We can map your audit and assessment schedules, evaluation criteria, auditor requirements, finding classifications and closure controls to a configured FACILEX® ATOMIC process.