Self-assessment programmes are a means by which practitioners of various programmes or functions take time out from their normal day-to-day activi­ties to objectively assess the way in which they are conducting their activi­ties against a set of internationally recognised criteria. Normally, WANO peer review or OSART performance objectives and criteria are used in such processes. The assessments are conducted with in-house personnel and can follow a similar format, but with limited scope, to a peer review exercise.

5.1.7 Corrective action programmes

Corrective action programmes (CAPs) are designed to enable the reporting of any conditions adverse to quality by any member of staff working at an NPP. The CAP programmes are also used to classify and trend issues, to record and monitor progress against actions raised in response to reported issues.

Corrective action programmes are also used to record and trend actions arising from other forms of evaluation such as peer reviews, Op Ex, QA audits and self-assessments. Having the corrective actions from all sources of evaluation enables the operator to ensure that common causes and con­tributors to issues raised are treated more efficiently and effectively.