ENIQ Recommended Practice 8

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

ENIQ Recommended Practice 8

Original language description

The main objective of this Recommended Practice is to provide licensees, Qualification Bodies and inspection vendors with guidance on the setting of Qualification Levels and defining appropriate Qualification Approaches. The Qualification Level is typically based upon safety/risk significance and the role of the inspection in structural integrity. Once the Qualification Level is defined then an appropriate Qualification Approach can be selected, and consequent Qualification Plan produced with consideration to the Qualification Approach and the novelty, complexity, and difficulty of the inspection The first issue of ENIQ Recommended Practice 8 (RP8) on Qualification Levels and Approaches was produced by the former ENIQ Task Group for Qualification (TGQ) and approved by the ENIQ Steering Committee for publication in 2005. For Issue 2 of RP8, a number of changes were made: The relationship between qualification levels and approaches and the factors, which may be considered in determining qualification levels, are clarified. Practical examples for qualification levels and approaches (one from Hungary, one from UK) were added. For Issue 3 of RP8, the relationship between Qualification Level and Qualification Approach and the factors influencing Qualification Levels are clarified.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

N_metC - Methodology certified by the authorised body

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Internal product ID

CVŘ-5881.3

Regulation ID

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Technical parameters

The main reason for introducing the concept of Qualification Level and Qualification Approach is to provide those involved in the qualification process the flexibility to decide and agree how much work or evidence is required to qualify a particular inspection. This is in recognition of the fact that some inspections may require more extensive work and evidence to qualify than others depending on the complexity of the Non-destructive Testing (NDT) system, the novelty and difficulty of the inspection and/or the role of the inspection in demonstrating structural integrity. The quality standard to which the qualification is implemented should always be appropriately high and it is not the intention in varying the Qualification Approach to undermine this principle.

Economical parameters

The European Methodology for Qualification [1]supports the principle that the Qualification Level and Qualification Approach are beneficial concepts that may be used to vary the qualification process to suit a particular situation. It should also be noted that Performance Demonstration requirements within Appendix VIII of ASME Section XI vary with the needs of different components. This ENIQ Recommended Practice (RP) will assist those involved in inspection qualifications and in how to set Qualification Level and to determine the Qualification Approach. This Recommended Practice (RP) is relevant to any Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) method.

Certification body designation

ENIQ - European Network for Inspection and Qualification

Date of certification

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Method of use

A - Výsledek využívá pouze poskytovatel