ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE AN INTERNATIONAL CODE QUALIFICATION STANDARD FOR WELDING AND BRAZING PROCEDURES, WELDERS, BRAZERS, AND WELDING AND BRAZING OPERATORS POL A ran ENOL PRESSURE VESSEL COMMITTEE BTU THO gaa) THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Se NEW YORK, NEW YORKDate of suasce- Jly 1, 2001 (netades all Addenda date July 3000 and earlier) This intemational code of standard was developed under procedures acereited as mectng the criteria for American Natiosl Standards and its an American Nation Stenderd. The Standards Comsnitee that approved the cade or standard wa balanced to ‘assue that individuals from competent and concerned interest have had an oppornity to parcpate. 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Patent Office “ASME” isthe trademark ofthe American Society of Mechanical Enginesr ‘No prof this document may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval sytem or ‘otherwise, without the prior writen permission ofthe publisher Liteay of Congress Catalog Card Number: S6-3034 Printed inthe United States of Ameria Adopted by the Council ofthe American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1914 Revised 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1849, 1952, 1983, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 ‘The American Society of Mechanical Engineers “Three Park Avenve, New York NY 10016590 CCopysigh © 2001 by ‘THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS All RightsReserved2001 ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE SECTIONS 1 1 m m1 m ul v vi vir vin CColored:sheet Addenda, which include additions and revisions to individual See Rules for Construction of Power Boilers Materials Part A — Ferrous Material Specifications Part B — Nonferrous Material Specifications Part C — Specifications for Welding Reds, Electrodes, and Filler Metals Part D — Properties ‘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 Reactor Vessels and Containments Division 3 — Containment Systems for Storage and Transport Packagings of Spent Nuclear Fuct and High Level Radioactive Material and Waste Rules for Construction of Heating Boies Nondestructive Examination Recommended Rules forthe Care and Operation of Heating Boi Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers ales for Consiraction of Pressure Vessels Division 1 Division 2 — Alternative Rules Division 3 — Alternative 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 ADDENDA i of the Code, ate published annually and will be seat automatically to purchasers of the applicable Sections up to the publication of the 2004 Code, The 2001 Code is available only in the loose-leaf format; eeordiagly, the Addenda willbe issued in the Toose-leaf, replacement-page format, INTERPRETATIONS [ASME issues writen replies to inquiries concerning interpretation of technical aspects of the Code. ‘The Interpretations for each individusl Section will be published separately and will be included as part of the update service o that Section, They will be issued semiannually (July and December) up to the publication of the 2004 Code. Imerpreations of Section IH, Divisions 1 and 2, will be included with the update service to Subsection NCA, CODE CASES. The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee meets regulary to consider proposed additions and revisions to the Code and to formulate Cases to clarify the intent of existing requirements or provide, when the reed is urgent, rules for materials or constructions not covered by existing Code rules. Those Cases ‘which have been adopted will appear inthe appropriate 2001 Code Cases book: (1) Boilers and Pressure ‘Vessels and (2) Nuclear Components. Supplements will be sent automatically to the purchasers of the Code Cases hooks up t0 the publication of the 2004 Code.