Vendor Inspection Co-operation working group (VICWG)

The MDEP Vendor Inspection Co-operation Working Group (VICWG) was approved by the MDEP Policy Group in March 2008. All MDEP countries and the IAEA are invited to participate in this working group's activities.

The VICWG's main objectives are:

Thus, the VICWG interacts with several Standards Development Organisations (ISO, AFCEN, etc.) and the World Nuclear Association's (WNA) working group on Co-operation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL).

The VICWG reports its status to the MDEP Steering Technical Committee (STC) at the latter's thrice annual meetings.

Accomplishments

For more information, see the MDEP Annual Report: 2012-2013.

Programme Plan

2012 and 2013 programme plan

Products

Technical Report VICWG-01: VICWG Inspection Protocol Document for conducting witnessed and joint vendor inspections

Technical Report VICWG-02: Quality Assurance Requirements Comparison Report for MDEP countries


Last reviewed: 14 March 2013