To assist our members in coordinating inspector requests for information and improve efficiency before and during an inspection, Curtiss-Wright’s NRS team developed a user-friendly platform called “Inspector Question and Answer Tracking System” (IQATS).
IQATS allows inspectors and licensee response team members to be pre-loaded into the system. When NRC questions are entered into IQATS, all involved parties (including the inspector, response team members, reviewer, and approver) can be selected from a drop-down menu.
The IQATS unique architecture allows users to easily see the progression of an issue. Members can track their responses through all necessary statuses including new, preparer, reviewer, approver, and NRC acceptance/closed. Emails are automatically sent to individuals with new or pending assignments to keep the process moving.
A variety of reports are available to easily determine the status of each question, the inspector or source of the question, and each of licensee response team members’ workload.
Beyond inspections, IQATS functions can be used to manage other regulatory processes such as NRC pre-inspection requests for information, license renewal audits, or other NRC licensing audits.