Ve! oe: La 2007 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code cons) (etic, Af | f ee eS Brera Ox BUC Tae Pe CEN Ear ued ae weDate of Issuance: Sly 1, 2007 eludes all Adena dated Joly 2006 an ear) ‘This intentional code or tandard was developed under procedures acreited as meeting teeter for American National ‘Standards ond itis an Amican National Stndar, The Standards Commitee tha approved th ene or sandr was baled to ase ha ndividsls fom comtent and concerned interests have hd an oppoctanity to patlpate. 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Library of Congress Catalog Curd Number: 56-3934 Printed in the United Sates of Ameria Adopted by the Council ofthe American Society of Mechanical Engineas, 1914 Revised 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 198, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 ‘The American Society of Mechanical Eaginecrs ‘Thyee Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990 Copyright © 2007 by "THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, AIL Rights Reserved2007 ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE SECTIONS m var * xI xIL Rules for Construction of Power Boilers Materials Part A — Fetrous Material Specifications Part B — Nonferrous Material Specifications Part C — Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals Part D — Properties (Customary) Part D — Properties (Metric) Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components Subsection NCA — General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2 Division 1 ‘Subsection NB — Class 1 Components Subsection NC — Class 2 Components Subsection ND — Class 3 Components Subsection NE — Class MC Components Subsection NF — Supports Subsection NG — Core Support Structures Subsection NH — Class 1 Components in Elevated Temperature Service Appendices Division 2 — Code for Concrete Containments Division 3 — Containments for Transportation and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel ‘and High Level Radioactive Material and Waste Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers Nondestructive Examination Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels Division 1 Division 2 — Altern Division 3— Altern Rules Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels Welding and Brazing Qualifications Fiber Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks iiADDENDA, Colored-sheet Addenda, which include additions and revisiois to individual Sections of the Code, are published annually and will be sent automatically fo purchasers of the applicable Sections up to the publication of the 2010 Code. The 2007 Code is available only in the loose-leat format; accordingly, the Addenda will be issued in the Toose-leaf, replacement-page format. INTERPRETATIONS ASME issues written replies to inguiries concerning interpretation of technical aspects of the Code. The Inter pretations for each individual Section will be published separately and will be included as part of the update service to that Section. Interpretations of Section III, Divisions 1 ‘and 2, will be included with the update service to Subsec- tion NCA. Interpretations of the Code are distributed annually in July with the issuance of the edition and subse- ‘quent addenda, Interpretations posted in January at wwwestools.asmeorgfinterpretations are included in the July distribution CODE CASES ‘The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee meets regu- larly to consider proposed additions and revisions to the ‘Code and to formulate Cases to clarify the intent of existing requirements or provide, when the need is urgent, rules for materials or constructions not covered by existing Code rules. Those Cases that have been adopted will appear in the appropriate 2007 Code Cases book: “Boilers and Pressure Vessels” and “Nuclear Components.” Supple- ments will be sent automatically to the purchasers of the Code Cases books up to the publication of the 2010 Code,Foreword xv ‘Statements of Policy. xvii Personnel . xix ASTM Personnel .... wax Summary of Changes vax List of Changes in BC Order oxy SUBSECTION A NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS OF EXAMINATION .. 1 Article 1 General Requirements. . 1 T4110 ‘Scope 1 7120 General. 1 Equipment. 2 Procedure. 2 Calibration, 2 Examinations and Inspections. 2 Evaluation. 3 Recotds/Documentation . 3 Mandatory Appendix 1 Glossary of Terms for Nondestructive Examination 4 Nonmandatory Appendix A Imperfection vs Type of NDE Method. .. 5 Article 2 Radiographic Examination. ey 7210 Scope... PED Tern eo ECBO 7 7-220 General Requirements... 7 7-230 Equipment and Materials 7 7-260 Calibration. at 9 T2770 Examination ... 10 7-280 Evaluation 14 7-290 Documentation... 15 Figure 1275 Location Marker Sketches... nl ‘Tables 7.2331 Hole-Type 1QI Designation, Thickness, and Hole Diameters mm 1233.2 Wite 101 Designation, Wire Diameter, aa Wir enyssssesvneees 8 1276 1QI Selection. . B Equivalent Hole-Type IQI Sensitivity 15 ‘Mandatory Appendices 1 In-Motion Radiography . 161 Vv v Ml vil val Real-Time Radioscopic Examination ........ Digital Image Acquisition, Display, and Storage for Raiogapty and Radioscopy.. Interpretation, Evaluation, and Disposition of Radiographic and Radorcopic Examination Tet Rests Proved by the Digi Image Acquisition and Display Process. ... foes Glossary of Terms for Radiographic Examination... Digital Image Acquisition, Display, Interpretation, and Storage of Radiographs for Nuclear Applications Radiographic Examination of Metallic Castings . Radiography Using Phosphor Imaging Plate. . Nonmandatory Appendices A c D Article 4 T4100 7-420 7-430 T-440 7-450 7-460 T-470 ‘7-430 7-490 Figures TAB4172 7434.21 74343 7434.4.1 7434.4.2.1 7.434.422 T434.4.3 Table Tat Mandatory Appendices I uw a Vv Recommended Radiographic Technique Sketches for Pipe or Tube Welds. . Hole-Type IQI Placement Sketches for Welds ‘Number of IQIs (Special Cases) Ultrasonic Examination Methods for Welds. ‘Scope General, Equipment : ‘Miscellaneous Requirements. . ‘Techniques Calibration. Examination Evaluation Documentation Ratio Limits for Curved Surfaces 'Non-Piping Calibration Blocks. Calibration Block for Pipe. Calibration Block for Technique One. Alternate Calibration Block for Technique One. Alternate Calibration Block for Technique One... Alternate Calibration Block for Technique Two . Reguirements of an Ultrasonie Examination Procedure Scteen Height Linearity Amplitude Control Linearity ‘Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) Technique... Phased Array, Single Fixed Angle With Manual Raster Scanning - Nonmandatory Appendices vaw> Layout of Vessel Reference Points : General Techniques for Angle Beam Calibrations. General Techniques for Straight Beam Calibrations Examples of Recording Angle Beam Examination Data nv 20 au 2 28 28 31 34 34 a a a 41 46 6 4B 50 92 52 43 44 45 46 41 41 2 53 3 3 58 50 59 6S 65