Introduction To ASME Section III Div1

INTRODUCTION TO THE ASME
Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code:
SECTION III, DIVISION 1

Nuclear Power Plant
Components
BY
Marcus N. Bressler, PE
mbresslerpe@juno.com
05/13/2008
SECTION III EVOLUTION
¾ First Published in 1963

¾ Transition from ASA to USAS to ANSI
¾ 1971 Edition, Nuclear Power Plant Component
¾ 2007 Edition, ASME B & P V Code
¾ Code Publication Cycle
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PRIMARY NUCLEAR SECTIONS
¾Section III, Nuclear Plant Components
¾ Division 1 - Metallic Components
¾ Division 2 - Concrete Containment Vessels
¾ Division 3 - Nuclear Packaging (NUPACK)
¾Section XI, Inservice Inspection of Nuclear
Coolant Systems
¾ Division 1 - Rules for Inspection and Testing of Components of
Light-Water Cooled Plants
Gas-Cooled Plants (Inactive, in Process of Rewriting)
Liquid Metal Cooled Plants (Inactive)
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REFERENCED SECTIONS
¾ SECTION II - Materials
¾ SECTION V - Nondestructive Examination
¾ SECTION IX - Welding And Brazing

Qualification
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U.S. REGULATORY ISSUES
¾ The ASME Code as Law

¾ Synopsis of B&PV Laws, Rules and Regulations
¾ The Enforcement Authorities (States and Provinces)
¾ The U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(The Regulatory Authority)
¾ US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
¾ 10 CFR 50.55a
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ASME NUCLEAR CODE CASES
¾ Publication in Supplements, Four per Year

¾ Dual Numbering: e.g. Case N-155-2 (1792-2)
Fiberglass Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Pipe
Section III, Division 1, Class 3
NRC Acceptability of Code Cases
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INTERPRETATIONS
¾ Publication
¾ Used as reference
¾ Cannot change Code requirements
¾ Volume 58, July 1, 2008
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MANDATORY APPENDICES
¾ Publication
¾ Numbering
¾ Uses Roman Numeral System
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NONMANDATORY APPENDICES
¾ Coverage and Use
¾ Numbering
¾ Uses Alphabetic Capital Letters, but Try not to Use

those that are aqkso Roman Numerals
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APPLICABILITY OF SECTION III AND XI RULES
¾ COMMON USE OF BOTH SECTIONS
¾ DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTIES
¾ PARTIES INVOLVED
¾ Owner
¾ N -Type Certificate Holder
¾ QSC Certificate Holder
¾ Authorized Inspection Agency (AIA)
¾ Authorized Nuclear Inspector Supervisor (ANIS)
¾ Authorized Nuclear Inspector (ANI)
¾ Enforcement Authority
¾ Regulatory Authority
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COMMON TERMINOLOGY
¾ Owner
¾ Construction
¾ ASME Certificate Of Authorization
¾ Manufacturer (N-Certificate Holder)
¾ Installer (NA-Certificate Holder)
¾ Fabricator (NPT-Certificate Holder)
¾ Authorized Nuclear Inspector (ANI)
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COMMON TERMINOLOGY (cont’d)
¾ Component
¾ Piping System
¾ Part
¾ Appurtenance
¾ Piping Subassembly
¾ Support
¾ NPT Code Symbol Stamp
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¾ NA Code Symbol Stamp

¾ Material
¾ Seamless Or Welded Without Filler Metal Added
¾ Welded With Filler Metal Added (NPT-Stamp)
¾ Data Report Form

¾ Design Specification
¾ Basis For Construction
¾ Certified By Registered Professional Engineer
¾ Provided By Owner or Designee
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¾ Design Report
¾ Provided by N-Certificate Holder
¾ Design Calculations and Stress Analysis
¾ When required, Certified by RPE
¾ Design Output Drawings

¾ Design Drawings
¾ Correlated With Design Reports
¾ Load Capacity Data Sheets

¾ Design Report Summaries
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¾ ASME Survey Team for N-Type Certificates

¾ Team Leader
¾ Team Member
¾ National Board Rep
¾ ANIS
¾ ANI
¾ Observers (When Assigned) [Have No Vote]
¾ Enforcement Authority (Invited)
¾ Regulatory Authority (Invited)
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¾ ASME Survey Team for Material Organizations

¾ Team Leader & Team Member
¾ Observers (When Assigned) [Have No Vote}
¾ Unannounced Audits for Material Organizations
¾ Team Leader Only
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¾ Inspection
¾ Performed by an ANI
¾ Examinations
¾ Performed by Qualified Personnel
¾ Nondestructive Examinations
¾ Radiography
¾ Magnetic Particle
¾ Eddy Current
¾ Ultrasonic
¾ Liquid Penetrant
¾ Visual
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¾ Testing
¾ Hydrostatic Pressure Test
¾ Pneumatic Pressure Test
¾ Registered Professional Engineer

¾ Certifies Design Input Documents
¾ Certifies Design Output Documents
¾ Certifies Overpressure Protection Report
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION III
¾ Subsection NCA
¾ General Requirements
¾ Covers Both Division 1 and Division 2
¾ Division 3 has Subsection WA, some references to NCA
¾ Describes Qualifications
¾ Lists Duties and Responsibilities
¾ Referenced by Other Subsections
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SECTION III - SUBSECTION NCA
¾ NCA - 1100 SCOPE

¾ Applies to New Construction
¾ Provides Exclusions
¾ Valve Operators, Controllers
¾ Pump Impellers, Drivers
¾ Intervening Elements
¾ Instruments and Fluid Filled Tubing
¾ Instrument, Control and Sampling Piping
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SECTION III - SUBSECTION NCA (cont’d)
¾ NCA - 1140 Effective Code
¾ Prior to Winter 1977 Addenda

¾ Contract Date Establishes Code of Record
¾ Winter 1977 Addenda
¾ Code Effective Date Set by Owner
¾ Must be Listed in Design Specification
¾ Duplicate and Replicate Plants
¾ Three year Window, NRC Provided for Five Years
¾ Winter 1981 Addenda

¾ Existing Materials
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¾ NCA - 2000 LASSIFICATION

¾ COde Does Not Classify
¾ Classification Guidance Provided by
¾ Stat% or Federal Authorities
¾ 10CFR50.55a
¾ Regulatory Guide 1.26 (RG 1.26)
¾ NRC Standard Review Plans
¾ American Nuclear Society
¾ Section III Provides Construction Rules for Each Class
¾ Multiple Class Components or Optional Use of Classes
¾ Listed in the Design Specification
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NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION

NCA-2140 LIMITS AND LOADINGS
¾ Design
¾ Operating
¾ Testing
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¾ NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION (cont’d)

¾ Included in RG 1.26 and 10 CFR 50.55a
¾ Quality Group A
¾ Class 1 Components (NB)
¾ Reactor Pressure Vessel
¾ Pressurizer Vessel (PWR)
¾ Reactor Coolant Pumps
¾ Steam Generators (PWR)
¾ Reactor Coolant Piping
¾ Line Valves
¾ Safety Valves
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¾ Class 2 Components Important to Safety (RG 1.26 QG B)
¾ Emergency Core Cooling
¾ Post Accident Heat Removal
¾ Post Accident Fission Product Removal
¾ Includes Vessels, Pumps, Valves, Piping, Storage Tanks, and Supports
¾ Class 3 Components Needed for Operation (RG 1.26 QG C)
¾ Cooling Water Systems
¾ Auxiliary Feedwater Systems
¾ Includes Vessels, Pumps, Valves, Piping, Storage Tanks, and Supports
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¾ Class MC Components (Subsection MC)
¾ Containment Vessel
¾ Penetration Assemblies
¾ Does not Include Piping, Pumps and Valves
¾ Piping through Containment Must be Class 1 or Class 2
¾ Subsection NF - Supports
¾ Plate and Shell Type
¾ Linear Type
¾ Standard Supports
¾ Support Class is the Class of the Component Supported
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¾ Subsection NG (Class CS)
¾ Core Support Structures
¾ Reactor Vessel Internals
¾ Subsection NH
¾ Elevated Temperature Components
¾ Service Temperature Over 8000F
¾ Refers to Subsection NB
¾ No Fracture Toughness Rules
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¾ NCA - 3000 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

¾ Subcontracted Services, Calibration and Welding -
¾ The Owner (NCA-3200)
¾ Receives N-Certificate Holder’s Design Report
¾ Reviews Design Report
¾ Compares to Design Specification Requirements
¾ Provides Documentation of this Review as the
“Owners Review of the Design Report”
¾ Many Other Duties and Responsibilities Assigned by Section III
(NCA-3220)
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¾ NCA - 3000 Duties and Responsibilities (cont’d)

¾ The N-Certificate Holder (NCA-3500)
¾ Agreement with an AIA
¾ Documents Quality Assurance (QA) Program
¾ Files a QA Manual
¾ Obtains a Certificate of Authorization
¾ Responsible for Component Meeting all Code Requirements
¾ Prepares and Certifies Design Report
¾ Stress Analysis of Parts and Appurtenances
¾ Reconciliation of Drawing Changes
¾ Provides Design Report to ANI and Owner
¾ Buys Material from Material Organizations
¾ Qualifies MOs and Suppliers of Services
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¾ NCA - 3000 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (cont’d)

¾ N-Certificate Holder (NCA-3500) (cont’d)
¾ Verifies All Activities Have Been Performed
¾ Receives Owner’s Review of the Design Report and Submits to ANI
¾ Collects all Data, Including Certification of Materials
¾ Prepares Data Report Form, Signs, and Presents it to ANI
¾ ANI Accepts Data Package, Certifies Data Report Form, Authorizes
Stamping
¾ Manufacturer Stamps Nameplate
¾ Ships Component
¾ Other Duties, and Responsibilities Listed in NCA-3520
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¾ The Registered Professional Engineer
¾ Certifies Design Specification (NCA-3255)
¾ Certifies Design Report (NCA-3555)
¾ Recertifies Revisions to Documents
¾ Responsible for Accuracy and Completeness, Maintains Qualifications
as Described in N626.3 - 1993 and Appendix XXIII (1996 Addenda)
¾ The RPE’s Certifying the Documents May be From the Same
Organizations, But Must Be Independent
¾ The Engineering Organization, 1973 -1976
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¾ NCA - 3000 Duties And Responsibilities (cont’d)

¾ The NA Certificate Holder (NCA-3700)
¾ Agreement with an AIA
¾ Document QA Program
¾ Files QA Manual
¾ Obtains Certificate of Authorization
¾ Responsible for Assembly and Joining and Meeting the Applicable
Requirements of the Code
¾ Not Responsible for Design
¾ Buys Material from Accredited MOs
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¾ NCA - 3000 Duties And Responsibilities (cont’d)
¾ The NA Certificate Holder (NCA-3700) (cont’d)
¾ Performs System Pressure Test
¾ Collects All Data, Including Certification of Materials
¾ Prepares N-5 Data Report Form, Signs, Submits to ANI
¾ ANI Accepts Data Package, Certifies Data Report Form,
¾ Authorizes Stamping
¾ Installer Stamps Nameplate With “NA” Stamp
¾ Other Duties and Responsibilities Listed in NCA-3720.
¾ N-Certificate Holder Taking Overall Responsibility for the Piping System Also
Certifies the N-5 Data Report Form, and Stamps the System With An “N”
Stamp. This Requirement Was Added in the Summer 1975 Addenda
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¾ The NPT Certificate Holder
¾ Agreement With AIA
¾ Documents and Files QA Program and Manual
¾ Obtains a Certificate of Authorization
¾ Not Responsible for Design
¾ Fabricates Parts, Appurtenances, and Material Welded with Filler Metal
¾ Responsible for Meeting Applicable Code Requirements
¾ Buys Material from Accredited MO’s
¾ May have Responsibility for Part Design such as Component and Piping
Supports
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¾ The NPT Certificate Holder (cont’d)
¾ Performs Shop Pressure Test
¾ Collects All Data, Including Certification Of Material
¾ Prepares Appropriate Data Report Form (N-2, NPP-1, NF-1), Signs,
Submits To ANI
¾ ANI Accepts Data Package, Certifies Data Report Form, Authorizes
Stamping
¾ Fabricator Stamps Nameplate With “NPT” Stamp
¾ Other Duties And Responsibilities Listed In NCA-3620
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¾ NCA-3800 Material Organizations (No AIA Involvement)
¾ Document Quality System Program
¾ Obtain Certificate of Accreditation
¾ Alternatively, Be Qualified By Each Organization That Buys Material
¾ Quality System Certificate (QSC) Holder Subject To Two Unannounced Audits
Between Renewal Surveys
¾ Changes to Manual Must Be Approved By ASME Before They Are Implemented
¾ Qualified Material Supplier Cannot Qualify Another Material Supplier
¾ Other Duties And Responsibilities Listed In NCA-3820
¾ Changes Made In 1994 Addenda. Code Case N-483-2
¾ NB/NC/ND/NE/NF/NG/NH – 2610 Major Revision
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¾ NCA - 4000 QUALITY ASSURANCE

¾ QA Program Required For All Organizations
¾ First Required as QC In Winter 1967 Addenda
¾ 10CFR50 Appendix B Required QA In 1970
¾ NQA-1-1979 Approved By Code in the Winter 1982 Addenda
¾ Previous Accepted Edition Is NQA-1-1989, With 1a-1989,1b-1991 And 1c-

1992 Addenda. NRC and NCA 2006 Addenda approved NQA-1-1994
Edition. NRC and SGGR Reviewing NQA-1-2004, and NQA-1-2008
¾ Code Takes Some Exceptions
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¾NCA - 5000 AUTHORIZED INSPECTION

¾ Third Party Inspection
¾ The Authorized Nuclear Inspector
¾ Duties And Responsibilities Listed In NCA-5220
¾ The Authorized Inspection Agency
¾ The N626 Documents
¾ N626.0-1974 \
¾ N626.1-1975 > Combined Into N626 In 1985
¾ N626.2-1976 /
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¾ NCA - 5000 AUTHORIZED INSPECTION (cont’d)

¾ N626 Committee Reorganized As Qualifications For Authorized Inspection
¾ The N626 Code And Addenda Published As QAI-1-1995
¾ Approved By Section III In 1996 Addenda
¾ Included Part 5 Which Requires Accreditation of Non-Nuclear AIA
¾ ANI Monitors QA Program
¾ Verifies Compliance With Code
¾ Verifies Design Specification And Design Report Are Available And Certified
¾ Verifies Code Compliance Of Materials
¾ Qualification Of Welding Procedure Specifications And Of Welders
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¾ Satisfied With Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Procedures
and Qualification Of NDE Personnel
¾ Witnesses Pressure Tests
¾ Certifies Compliance With The Code
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¾ The Authorized Nuclear Inspector Supervisor
¾ Supervises One Or More ANIs
¾ Reviews And Accepts QA Manual Prior To Initial Survey
¾ Reviews And Accepts Changes To QA Manual During Three Years Between
Surveys
¾ Changes Cannot Be Implemented Prior To Acceptance By ANIS
¾ Audits Material Manufacturing And Supplying Activities Annually
¾ Evaluates ANI Performance Twice/Year
¾ Evaluates Status Of QA Program
¾ ANIS And ANI Participate In ASME Initial And Renewal Surveys
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¾ NCA-8000 STAMPING
¾ Requirements For Accreditation
¾ Authorization To Use Stamps
¾ Scopes Of Authorization
¾ Extension To Other Locations
¾ Table NCA-8100-1
¾ Accredited Activities
¾ Code Symbols Applied
¾ Data Report Forms
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¾ NCA-8000 STAMPING (cont’d)

¾ Accreditation Process
¾ Renewal Of Authorization
¾ Requirements For Nameplates
¾ Requirements For Stamping
¾ Items Supplied Without Stamping
¾ Code Data Report Forms
¾ Shown In Appendix V
¾ Guidelines For Completion
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¾ NCA - 9000 GLOSSARY OF TERMS

¾ Definitions used in Divisions 1 and 2 of Section III
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SUBSECTION NB - CLASS 1
¾ NB - 1100 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
¾ Scope
¾ Limitations
¾ Temperature Limits
¾ Boundaries Of Jurisdiction
¾ First Circumferential Weld
¾ Face Of Flange
¾ Face Of Threads
¾ Rules For Attachments
¾ Vessels, 2.5 (R x t)½ ; Containment Vessels, 16 t
¾ Pumps, 4t
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SUBSECTION NB - CLASS 1 (cont’d)
¾ NB - 1100 (cont’d)
¾ Task Group On Attachments
¾ Attachments
¾ Pressure Retaining
¾ Non-Pressure Retaining
¾ Structural
¾ Non-Structural
¾ Introduced In All Subsections
¾ NB-2190
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¾ NB - 2000 MATERIAL
¾ Limited In Number
¾ Carbon & Low Alloy Steel to 700 F (370C)
¾ Austenitic And High Alloy Steels To 800 F (425C)
¾ Material Must Be Certified
¾ Material Must Be Traceable Including Welding Material
¾ Test Performed On Material Coupons
¾ Plates for Pressure Vessels and All Plates 2” Thick And Greater Must Be Examined
Ultrasonically
¾ Repairs to Material Are Limited According To Product Form
¾ Material Inspection Is Based On Product Form
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¾ NB - 2000 MATERIAL (cont’d)

¾ Demonstrate Toughness
¾ Charpy “V” - Notch (Cv) Test
¾ Original Requirements Similar To Section VIII
¾ Required 15 To 30 ft-lb Absorbed Energy For Ferritic Material
¾ 35 ft-lb For Bolting Material
¾ Pressure Test Performed At 60 F Above (Cv) Test Temperature
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¾ Introduced Drop-Weight Test (DWT)
¾ Described In ASTM E 208-64
¾ Summer 1972 Addenda Changes
¾ Tested at Lower And Lower Temperatures Until Both Specimens
Exhibited “Break”
¾ NDT Temp = (Temp No Break - 10F)
¾ Run Set Of Charpies At NDT + 60 F
¾ All Three Cv Specimens Must Exhibit 50 ft-lb and 35 MLE
(MLE = Mils Lateral Expansion, 1 mil = 0.001”)
¾ RTNDT = (CVT - 60 F)
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¾ Adopted E208-85 and E208-91
¾ Brittle Weld Can Only Be Made In One Pass
¾ Reduced NDT By ~250 F
¾ % Shear Fracture reporting was dropped in Summer 1985
Addenda
¾ For Piping, Pumps and Valves With t => 2-1/2 in. (75 mm)
RTNDT = (Cv - 100F)
¾ For t < 2-1/2 in., Cv is Tested At Lowest Service
Temperature and Acceptance Is Based On MLE
¾ Typical Charpy Curve
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¾ NB - 3000 DESIGN
¾ Design Of Vessels - NB-3200, NB-3300
¾ Design Rules Different For Each Type Of Component
¾ NB - 3200 - Design By Analysis
¾ NB - 3300 - Vessels
¾ NB - 3400 - Pumps
¾ NB - 3500 - Valves
¾ NB - 3600 - Piping
¾ Design Pressure and Temperature used to Size Vessel by Formula
¾ Design By Analysis Only Method For Class 1 Pressure Vessels
¾ Reinforcement of Openings is Determined By Formulas
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¾ NB - 3000 DESIGN (cont’d)
¾ Design Based on Maximum Shear Stress Theory of Failure
¾ Design Stress Intensities Used for Design
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¾ Stress Categories and Limits of Stress Intensity
for Design Conditions
¾ Figure NB-3221-1- Primary and Secondary Stresses for Design
Conditions
¾ For Level A and B Conditions
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¾ Permitted Stress Analysis
¾ Elastic Analysis
¾ Plastic Analysis
¾ Elastic - Plastic Analysis
¾ Experimental Stress Analysis
¾ Check For Need Of Fatigue Analysis
¾ Certification Of Design Report By RPE Is Required
¾ Acceptability Requirements Are Listed In NB-3211
¾ Fracture Mechanics Evaluation May Be Required
¾ Classification of Stress Intensity
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¾ Design Of Pumps NB - 3400
¾ Rules Apply To All Parts Except
¾ Pump Shafts And Impellers, Non-Structural Internals, Seal Packages
¾ Permitted Design
¾ Design By Analysis or Experimental Stress Analysis
¾ Casing Wall Thickness
¾ Designed As a Vessel With Diameter Equal to Maximum Distance
¾ From One Chamber To The Other
¾ Other Parts Designed By Formulas
¾ Inlet and Outlets Are Reinforced
¾ Pump Shafts May Be Designed To Appendix S
¾ Pump Internals To Appendix U
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¾ Design Of Valves NB - 3500
¾ Mynimum Thickness
¾ Based On Pressure Temperature Rating For
Standard Rating Valves Listed In ASME B16.34
¾ Interpolated For Non listed Pressure Rating Valves
¾ Standard Design Rules
¾ Modified Design By Analysis As Shown In NB-3530
Through NB-3550
¾ Alternative Design Rules
¾ Design By Analysis NB - 3200
¾ Experimental Stress Analysis
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¾ Design Of Valves NB - 3500
¾ Parts Of Valves May Be Designed To Rules of NB-3540
¾ Pressure Relief Valve Design Rules Are Listed In NB-3590
¾ Small valves, NPS 1 and less
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¾ Design Of Piping NB - 3600
¾ Piping Is Designed By A Set Of Rules-Combination Of Design By
Formula and Design By Analysis
¾ The Design By Formula Approach Is As Conservative As Design By
Analysis, Even If Somewhat Complicated
¾ Design By Analysis Is Still Allowed
¾ If Allowable Stress Limits Are Exceeded, Design Can Be Accepted
If It Meets The Requirements Of NB-3200
¾ Branch Connections Must Be Reinforced; Design Is By Formula
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¾ NB - 4000 FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION
¾ Class 1 Fabrication Rules Have Severe Restrictions For Fabrication of
Components
¾ Must Bend Cold Formed Plate To Qualified Procedure To Determine Effect
On Toughness. If Toughness Is Reduced, Material Must Be Procured With
Higher Toughness Requirements
¾ Weld Joint Design Is Generally Limited
¾ Full Penetration Butt Welds
¾ Out-Of-Roundness Is Limited
¾ Fit-Up Tolerances Are Limited
¾ Smooth Contours/Adequate Radii Required At Discontinuities
¾ Weld Joint Categories
Used to Define Weld Locations & Establish NDE Rules
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¾ NB - 4000 FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION (cont’d)
¾ Welding Procedure And Welder Qualification Are Given In Section IX
¾ Surface Condition Of Welds Must Be Suitable For Interpretation Of
NDE And Must Not Mask Indications That Would Show In Final
Radiographs
¾ Owner Must Provide Accessibility For Section XI Inservice Inspection
Of Welds
¾ Post weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) Is Required For Many Materials And
Thicknesses
¾ Weld Repair Of Material Defects Are Covered By NB-2500
¾ Weld Repair Of Welds Are Covered By NB-4400
¾ Repairs Without PWHT Are Covered By NB-4600
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¾ NB - 5000 EXAMINATION – See Figure 40 - 1
¾ Procedures For NDE Are Given In Section V
¾ Section V Only Covers Methodology
¾ Requirements For Examination Are Covered In NB-5200
¾ Acceptance Standards Are Listed In NB-5300
¾ Qualification Of NDE Personnel Is In NB-5500, In Lieu Of NQA-1,
Supplement 2S2
¾ NB-5112 Required Demonstration Of All NDE Procedures To The
Satisfaction Of the ANI
¾ Material 2 in And Greater (>51mm), Cut Edges NDE by MT or PT
¾ Final Longitudinal and Circumferential Weld Joints Must Be RT
examined, and Weld Surface And Adjacent Base Material 1/2 in
(13mm) Must Be Surface Examined
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¾ NB - 5000 EXAMINATION (cont’d)

¾ Ultrasonic (UT) Examination Generally Not Permitted.
When Allowed, Section III Rules Apply
¾ Preservice Examination Has Been Added To Section III
¾ All Personnel Performing NDE Are Required To Be Qualified, Trained,
And Tested. The Reports Of All Examinations Must Be Maintained.
Even Visual Examination Must Meet All Requirements.
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¾ NB - 6000 TESTING
¾ Completed Components Are Pressure Tested With Water To 1.25
Design Pressure. Hydrostatic Testing Is Normally Performed In The
Shop, At Ambient Temperature
¾ Test Loads Are The Pressure Loading, The Weight Of Test Fluid,
And The Component Dead Weight
¾ If Hydrostatic Test Cannot Be Performed, Pneumatic Testing At
1.1 PD is Acceptable
¾ Testing Requirements Vary By Component
¾ Inactive Valves Designed By Rules Are Hydrostatically Tested In
Accordance With ANSI B16.34.
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¾ NB-7000 PROTECTION AGAINST OVERPRESSURE
¾ Section III Provides Rules For The Prevention Of Overpressure
of Nuclear Components
¾ A Component Can Be Completed Without These Overpressure
Protection Devices, but they Must Be installed as Part of the
Nuclear System
¾ The Rules Are Similar For Classes 1, 2, And 3 Systems
¾ Overpressure Protection Reports Are Required and They Must
Be Certified By An RPE
¾ Rules Are Provided For Both Reclosing And Nonreclosing
Pressure Relief Devices
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¾ NB-8000 CERTIFICATION AND STAMPING

¾ Before An N-Certificate Holder Can Certify A Data Report And
Apply the Code Symbol Stamp To The Nameplate, He Must Verify
That All Code Requirements, Including The Pressure Test, Have
Been Done
¾ Design Report Must Be Prepared and Certified By An RPE
¾ Owner’s Review of the Design Report Performed and Documented
¾ All NX-8000 Articles Refer You Back To NCA-8000
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SUBSECTION NC - CLASS 2
¾ NC - 2000 MATERIAL
¾ Rules For Class 2 Material Are Similar To Class 1
¾ More Materials Are Available In Section II, Part D, Subpart 1,
Tables 1A, 1B and 3
¾ Plates Over 2 in (51mm) Are Not Subject To UT Examination
¾ Impact Testing Is Required But Acceptance Standards Are Lower
¾ Dropweight Test To Show That The Lowest Service Metal Temperature
Is Satisfied In Accordance With Appendix R Is Alternate Test
¾ Many More Materials Are Exempted From Toughness Testing
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SUBSECTION NC - CLASS 2 (cont’d)
¾ NC - 3000 DESIGN
¾ Design of Pumps
¾ Generally Use Formulas Based On Vessel Design. For Some Portions Of
Pumps, Any Method Proven Satisfactory May Be Used
¾ Design of Valves
¾ Generally Designed to Pressure-Temperature Rating Of ANSI B16.34
¾ Design of Piping
¾ Designed Using Simplified Formulas And System Analysis
¾ Similar To ANSI B31.1 Design
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¾ NC - 3000 DESIGN (cont’d)

¾ Atmospheric Storage Tanks
¾ Designed By Formulas
¾ Based On API Standard 2000
¾ Foundations Based On API 650
¾ 0 - 15 PSI Storage Tanks

¾ Designed By Formula
¾ Based On API Standard 620
¾ These Rules Were Adopted In The Winter 1971 Addenda

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¾ NC - 4000 FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION
¾ Rules Are Very Similar to Class 1
¾ Details of Construction Less Restrictive
¾ Storage Tank Fabrication Rules Are More Restrictive than API Standards
¾ Qualification of Weld Procedures And Welders Are Same As Class 1
¾ Requirements For PWHT Less Stringent
¾ NC - 5000 EXAMINATION
¾ Longitudinal And Circumferential Welds Require RT
¾ Surface Examination Of These Welds Is Not Required
¾ Personnel Qualifications For NDE Are The Same As Class 1
¾ Penetration Welds Only Require RT When They Are Butt Welds
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SUBSECTION ND - CLASS 3
¾ ND - 2000 MATERIALS
¾ More Materials Available
¾ Testing Is In Accordance With Material Specifications
¾ Design Spec. Must State Whether Impact Testing Is Required
¾ Only Cv Testing Is Required
¾ More Exemptions From Testing
¾ ND - 3000 DESIGN
¾ Same As For Class 2
¾ Design By Analysis Alternative Not Available For Vessels
¾ Weld Joint Efficiency Factors Used In Formulas When NDE Is Reduced
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SUBSECTION ND - CLASS 3 (cont’d)
¾ ND - 4000 FABRICATION
¾ More Options Available for Fabrication Details
¾ Welding And PWHT Rules Same As For Class 2
¾ ND - 5000 - EXAMINATION
¾ All Butt Welds Are Not Required To Be RT Examined In Full
¾ Spot Radiography Permitted With Reduced Weld Joint Efficiency
¾ NDE Based On Material Size
¾ Construction Is More Economical
¾ Personnel Qualification Same As Class 1
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SUBSECTION NE
¾ NE - 2000 - MATERIAL
¾ Requirements For Materials Are Almost The Same As For Class 2
¾ Impact Testing Is Required For All Containment Vessel Materials
¾ Drop-weight Test Required Only For Material Over 2-1/2 in (64mm)
¾ The Lowest Service Temperature Difference Between TNDT And Cv
Temperature Is 30 F
¾ Appendix R Referenced In The Winter 1980 Addenda. Provides A
Factor “A” Which Is Added To TNDT To Establish The LST. It Is 30 F
Up To 2-1/2 in., And Increases With Material Thickness t.
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SUBSECTION NE (cont’d)
¾ NE - 3000 DESIGN
¾ Containment Vessels Are Designed By Analysis Except For Some
Small Pressure Parts
¾ Allowable Stress Intensities Are 10% Higher Than For Class 2, Due To
Fact that No Overpressure Protection Devices Are Allowed
¾ Materials Are Limited To Those For Class 1 With Some Additions
¾ Design Stress Intensity Tables Of Appendix I - 10.0 Deleted In The
1991 Addenda, Published In Section II, Part D, Subpart 1, Tables 1A,
1B, and 3, Same As Class 2
¾ The 10% Increased Factor Added To Formulas
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SUBSECTION NE (cont’d)
¾ NE - 4000 FABRICATION
¾ Same As Class 2, But All Nozzle Opening Assemblies Must Be PWHT
Before Installation In the Vessel
¾ NE - 5000 EXAMINATION
¾ Slightly More Restrictive Than For Class 2 Vessels
¾ NE - 6000 TESTING
¾ Due To Size, The Pressure Test Is Pneumatic
¾ Weld Inspection For Leakage Is Generally Verified By An Integrated
Leak Rate Test
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SUBSECTION NF
¾ NF - 2000 MATERIAL
¾ Rules For Materials Are Similar to Class 2
¾ Supports Are Classified According To The Class Of The
Component They Support
¾ Materials Are Listed In Tables 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3 and 4 of Section II
Part D
¾ Additional Materials For Supports Were Listed In Code Case 1644,
Now In Code Cases N-71 and N-249
¾ Design Specification Must State Whether Or Not Impact Testing Is
Required. If It Is, Only Cv Testing Is Required
¾ In The 1991 Addenda, Impact Test Exemption Curves Were Added
To NF
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SUBSECTION NF (cont’d)
¾ NF - 3000 DESIGN
¾ Plate And Shell Type Supports
¾ Maximum Shear Stress Theory
¾ Supports Skirts, Saddles, Biaxial Stress
¾ Linear Type Supports
¾ Originally In Appendix XIII, then XVII; Now In NF-3300
¾ Based on AISC Specification
¾ Standard Supports Can be Both Plate and Shell or Linear Type Design
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SUBSECTION NF (cont’d)
¾ NF - 4000 FABRICATION
¾ Rules Are Similar To Class 2 But Less Restrictive
¾ NF - 5000 EXAMINATION
¾ Depends On Class Of Component Being Supported
¾ More Lenient Than Rules For The Supported Component
¾ More Extensive Visual Examination
¾ GENERAL COMMENTS
¾ Supports Fabricated By Welding Are NPT Stamped. If Specified to
The 1998 Edition, 1999 Addenda, Stamping Is Not Required
¾ Standard Supports Supplied As Material (NF-1214) Can Be
Supplied With Certificates Of Compliance (Up to 1998 Addenda)
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SUBSECTION NG CORE SUPPORT STRUCTURES
¾ NG - 2000 MATERIALS
¾ Core Support Structures Are Internal Structural Components,
Not Pressure Retaining
¾ Rules For Materials Almost Like Class 1
¾ Impact Testing Is Different, Material 2 in (51mm) And Under Is

Accepted By MLE
¾ Material Over 2 in. Tested for RTNDT, Like Class 1
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SUBSECTION NG CORE SUPPORT STRUCTURES (cont’d)
¾ NG - 3000 DESIGN
¾ Design By Analysis And Maximum Shear Stress Theory
¾ Allowable Stress Limits Different From Class 1
¾ Based On A Factor On Yield Strength Or Ultimate Tensile
Strength At Temperature
¾ Quality Factor On Stress And Fatigue Factor Are Determined
By Joint Design And Amount Of NDE
¾ NG - 4000 FABRICATION
¾ Almost Identical To Class 1 Rules
¾ Choice Of Weld Detail Determines Quality Factor
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SUBSECTION NG CORE SUPPORT STRUCTURES (cont’d)
¾NG - 5000 EXAMINATION

¾ More Ultrasonic And Visual Examination Used
¾ Code Permits Designer To Define Joints As A Requirement For
Examination
¾NG - 8000 CERTIFICATION

¾ Rules Were Changed So That Core Support Structures Receive
An “N” Stamp. Thus, N Certificate Holder Responsible For
Structural Integrity and Meeting All Section III Requirements
¾ Code Class is “CS”
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SUBSECTION NH ELEVATED TEPERATURE SERVICE
¾ CODE CASES N - 47 THROUGH N – 51
¾ These Cases Were 1332 through 1336 before 1977 Edition
¾ Incorporated As Subsection NH In the 1995 Addenda
¾ Cases Expired Six Months After Publication of NH
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PART IV
ASME NUCLEAR ACCREDITATION
¾ Service Provided By ASME

¾ Organization Applies to ASME For Accreditation To
Perform Activities In Compliance With The Rules Of
Section III
¾ Requirements Are Detailed In NCA - 8000
¾ Evaluation Performed By Survey Teams
¾ Results Of Survey Are Reported to The Subcommittee
On Nuclear Accreditation(SC-NA)
¾ SC-NA Approves Team Report And Awards Certificates
¾ Staff Issues Certificates Upon Payment Of Invoice
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PART IV
ASME NUCLEAR ACCREDITATION (cont’d)
¾ Types Of Certificates
¾ Certificate of Accreditation
¾ Owner’s Certificate
¾ Agreement with AIA
¾ Completes N-3 Data Report Form
¾ Corporate Certificates
¾ Can be Extended to Other Sites
¾ Agreement with AIA
¾ Code Symbol Stamps Not Provided
¾ Replaced Interim Letter on July 1, 1998
¾ Quality System Certificates
¾ Material Organizations Manufacturing and/or Supplying Material
¾ No Agreement With AIA
¾ No Welded Fabrication Permitted
¾ Weld Repairs of Material per NX-2500 is Permitted
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PART IV
¾ Types Of Certificates (cont’d)

¾ N Certificate Holder – Components (Includes Piping Systems)
¾ NA Certificate Holder – Shop and Field Installation
¾ NPT Certificate Holder - Parts, Piping Subassemblies, Appurtenances
¾ NV Certificate Holder - Pressure Relief Devices, Safety Valves
¾ NS Certificate Holder - Supports (Beginning with 1999 Addenda)
¾ Scopes Can Describe Activities Performed At Other Locations
¾ Corporate Certificates Can Be Extended To Other Sites
¾ Scopes Can Permit Manufacture Or Supply Of Material
¾ All Require Agreement With AIA
¾ Utilities Can Get N-Type Certificates For a Nuclear Plant Site
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PART IV
¾ Terms of Certificates
¾ All Certificates are Issued for 3 years
¾ Issuance and Renewal of Certificates

¾ Owner’s Certificates
¾ A Construction Permit or Docket Date Issued by USNRC is Prerequisite
¾ Renewal is by Mail
¾ Application must be Made 90 days in Advance of Expiration
¾ Other Certificates
¾ Application for Initial Certificate When Ready for Survey
¾ Renewal Application Required at least 6 Months Before Expiration
¾ Deposit Must be Submitted With Application
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PART IV
¾ Accreditation Process
¾ Same For Initial Issuance and For Renewal
¾ Initial Application Made After ANIS or a Consultant (for QSC) is
Satisfied with Readiness
¾ Process Differs for Various Certificates
¾ Owners Certificate
¾ Initial Application Results in an Interview
¾ ASME Interview Team: ASME Team Leader, AIA Representative
and Jurisdictional Authority or National Board Representative
¾ QA Program Can Be 10CRF50 Appendix B
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PART IV
¾ Accreditation Process (cont’d)

¾ Quality System Certificates
¾ Application Results In a Scheduled Survey
¾ Survey Team
¾ Team Leader
¾ Team Member
¾ Recommendation For Issuance Or Renewal Subject To
Approval By SC-NA And Payment Of Invoice
¾ Fee Includes At Least 2 Unannounced Audits By A Single Team Member
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PART IV

¾ Certificates Of Authorization
¾ Application Results In Scheduled Survey
¾ Survey Team
¾ Team Leader
¾ Team Member
¾ National Board Representative
¾ ANIS And ANI
¾ Jurisdictional Authority and Regulatory Authority Invited
¾ Approval By SC-NA And Payment of Invoice is Required
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PART IV

¾ Scope of Survey
¾ Issuance or Renewal Of Certificates Is Accomplished By Completing A
Successful Survey Performed By An ASME Team, Including
¾ Review For Approval Of The QA Manual
¾ Acceptance Of A Demonstration Which Implements The program
¾ Receiving A Favorable Team Recommendation
¾ Successful Completion Of SC-NA Ballot Process
¾ Notification By Staff And Submittal Of Invoices
¾ Payment Of Invoices And Cost Of Code Symbol Stamps
¾ Receipt Of Certificates
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PART IV

¾ Scope of Survey (cont’d)
¾ Failure Of A Renewal Survey Would Require A Resurvey, With Potential
Loss Of the Certificates During The Appeal Process
¾ Due Process Permits Extension Of Certificates If All Required Steps Are Met
¾ Survey Can Only Be Aborted by Request of Applicant
¾ ASME Staff Must Be Notified and Has to Approve
91
PART IV

¾ Contractual Requirements With AIA
¾ All Certificates Other Than QSC Require Agreement With AIA
¾ AIA Provides Third Party Inspection Services With One or More ANI’s,
Supervised by an ANIS
¾ Survey Participation
¾ ANI and ANIS Participate in Survey
¾ ANIS Participates in Review/Acceptance of Final Version of QA Manual
¾ Observers Can Be Part of Team, As It Is Necessary to Train SC-NA
Members and Alternates, New Candidates for ANI, and New Candidates
for ASME Team Members
¾ Observers Have No Vote on The Team
92
PART IV
¾ QSC Certificates Manual Revisions

¾ Manual Revisions Between Surveys Must Be Submitted To ASME
For Review And Acceptance By A Member Of The Survey Team
¾ Manual Revisions Should Not Be Implemented Until Approved By
ASME
¾ QSC Applicants Pay For 2.6 Unannounced Audits During The
Three Year Term Of The Certificates. Twenty Percent Of The MOs
Will Be Subjected At Random To A Third Unannounced Audit
¾ All Changes To The Manual Are Subject To Verification During The
Audits And Surveys
93
PART II
¾ New Developments In ASME Accreditation

¾ Accreditation of AIA’s
¾ The Code Moved To Add Part 4 To N626, And It Was Approved In The
1992 Edition. Applied to Nuclear AIAs
¾ Nuclear AIA’s Were First Accredited In 1993
¾ QAI-1-1995 Added Part 5, Which Requires Accreditation Of Non Nuclear

AIA’s
¾ SC-NA First Handled Part 4 Nuclear AIA Accreditation
94
PART II
¾ New Developments In ASME Accreditation

¾ Board First Established As The Advisory Board On Accreditation
and Certification (BAC)
¾ June 1993 Changed To Supervisory Board On Accreditation,
Registration And Certification (BARC)
¾ Today It Is The Board On Conformity Assessment (BCA)
¾ N626 Committee Moved From Board Nuclear Codes And
Standards To BCA
¾ N626 Committee Now QAI, Committee On Qualification For
Authorized Inspection
¾ AIA Accreditation Now Under QAI Committee
95
PART II
¾ New Developments In ASME Accreditation (cont’d)

¾ The NS Certificate - See Figure 27-1 - Audience Handout
¾ Limited To Piping And Standard Supports
¾ Stamping Of Welded Supports Was Introduced In The Winter 1975
Addenda
¾ The NS Certificate Introduced 1998 Edition, 1999 Addenda
¾ Eliminates Standard Supports Supplied As Material Under NF-1214
¾ Permits Design Responsibility
¾ Permits Welded Fabrication
¾ Stamping Of Welded Supports Is Not Required
¾ New Certificate Of Conformance, Form NS-1
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CONCLUSION
¾ Presentation Included History And Philosophy Of ASME Section III
¾ Limitation In Time Prevented In-Depth Coverage
¾ Assumed Audience Had Some Knowledge Of Nuclear Code
¾ Courses Available Through ASME Continuing Education Institute
¾ Lack Of New Nuclear Plants In US Has Not Slowed Development Of
Section III
¾ Standard Has Gained Acceptance Of World Nuclear Community
¾ Participation Includes Canada, Japan, Korean, Spanish, South African,
UK, And Russian Members And Globalization Is Proceeding
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INTRODUCTION TO THE ASME

Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code:

SECTION III, DIVISION 1

¾ First Published in 1963

¾ SECTION V - Nondestructive Examination

¾ SECTION IX - Welding And Brazing

¾ The ASME Code as Law

¾ Publication in Supplements, Four per Year

NRC Acceptability of Code Cases

¾ Cannot change Code requirements

¾ Volume 58, July 1, 2008

¾ Uses Roman Numeral System

¾ Coverage and Use

¾ Uses Alphabetic Capital Letters, but Try not to Use

¾ NA Code Symbol Stamp

¾ Data Report Form

¾ Design Output Drawings

¾ Load Capacity Data Sheets

¾ ASME Survey Team for N-Type Certificates

¾ ASME Survey Team for Material Organizations

¾ Registered Professional Engineer

¾ NCA - 1100 SCOPE

¾ Prior to Winter 1977 Addenda

¾ Winter 1981 Addenda

¾ NCA - 2000 LASSIFICATION

NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION

¾ NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 2000 - CLASSIFICATION (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 3000 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

¾ NCA - 3000 Duties and Responsibilities (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 3000 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 3000 Duties And Responsibilities (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 3000 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 3000 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 4000 QUALITY ASSURANCE

¾ First Required as QC In Winter 1967 Addenda

¾ 10CFR50 Appendix B Required QA In 1970

¾ NQA-1-1979 Approved By Code in the Winter 1982 Addenda

¾ Previous Accepted Edition Is NQA-1-1989, With 1a-1989,1b-1991 And 1c-

¾NCA - 5000 AUTHORIZED INSPECTION

¾ NCA - 5000 AUTHORIZED INSPECTION (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 5000 AUTHORIZED INSPECTION (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 5000 AUTHORIZED INSPECTION (cont’d)

¾ NCA-8000 STAMPING (cont’d)

¾ NCA - 9000 GLOSSARY OF TERMS

¾ NB - 2000 MATERIAL (cont’d)

¾ NB - 3000 DESIGN (cont’d)

¾ Design Based on Maximum Shear Stress Theory of Failure

¾ Design Stress Intensities Used for Design

¾ NB - 3000 DESIGN (cont’d)

¾ For Level A and B Conditions

¾ NB - 3000 DESIGN (cont’d)

¾ Pressure Relief Valve Design Rules Are Listed In NB-3590

¾ Small valves, NPS 1 and less

¾ NB - 5000 EXAMINATION (cont’d)

Even Visual Examination Must Meet All Requirements.

¾ NB-8000 CERTIFICATION AND STAMPING

¾ NC - 3000 DESIGN (cont’d)

¾ 0 - 15 PSI Storage Tanks

¾ These Rules Were Adopted In The Winter 1971 Addenda