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:
- to maximise results obtained from regulators' efforts in inspecting
vendors;
- to explore opportunities for international harmonisation in the area
of quality assurance and quality management codes and standards.
Thus, the VICWG interacts with several
Standards Development Organisations (ISO, AFCEN, etc.) and the World
Nuclear Association's (WNA) working group on Cooperation 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: 2017-2018.
Programme plan
2020-2022
Programme Plan
Products
- TR-VICWG-07: Technical Report on Safety
Culture in the Nuclear Supply Chain, January 2021
- TR-VICWG-06: Technical Report on Assessment of Multinational Vendor
Inspection of ENSA (Spain), September 2020
- CP-VICWG-04: Common Position on Counterfeit,
Fraudulent, and Suspect Items Procedures and Policies, October
2018
- TR-VICWG-05: Technical Report on Assessment of Multinational Vendor
Inspection of AREVA NP Creusot Forge (ACF), October 2018
- CP-VICWG-03: Common Position on Preparation
and Performance of Vendor Inspections, May 2018
- CP-VICWG-02: Common Position on Witnessed, Joint and Multinational Vendor Inspection
Protocol, November 2020
- CP-VICWG-01: Common Position on Establishment
of Common QA/QM Criteria for Multinational Vendor Inspection,
September 2015
- TR-VICWG-04: Technical Report on Assessment
of Multinational Vendor Inspection of Valinox Nuclear, September
2015
- TR-VICWG-03: Technical Report on Common
QA/QM Criteria for Multinational Vendor Inspection, January 2014
- TR-VICWG-02: Technical Report on Survey
on Quality Assurance Program Requirements, December 2011
- TR-VICWG-01: Technical Report on Witnessed and Joint Vendor Inspection Protocol,
February 2014 (CP-VICWG-02 replaces this technical report)
Last reviewed: 12 February 2021
