Nuclear Codes and Standards Needs

in Argentina
ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards Overview
18-19 April 2016
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ryan Crane
Oliver Martinez

ASME Structure / Process Overview

BNCS
Standards
Committees
Subcommittees

Provides procedural oversight for all NCS

Establishes consensus on all technical matters in a
given subject area Nuclear Quality Assurance
Provides recommendations to the standards on technical
matters in a given specialty
Assessment and Verification, Applications, Engineering and
Procurement, Interfaces and Administration, Program
Management Process, Software Quality Assurance, Waste
Management

WGs, TGs, PTs

Develops detailed proposals in a specific field

ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards

BPV Committee on
Construction of Nuclear Facility
Components (III)
BPV Committee on Nuclear Inservice Inspection (XI)
Standards Committee on
Cranes for Nuclear Facilities
(CNF)

ASME/ANS Joint Committee on

Nuclear Risk Management
(JCNRM)

Verification and Validation in

Computational Simulation of
Nuclear System Thermal Fluids
Behavior (V&V)

Standards Committee on Nuclear

Air and Gas Treatment (CONAGT)

Standards Committee on Nuclear

Quality Assurance (NQA)

Standards Committee on Operation

and Maintenance of Nuclear Power
Plants (O&M)

Standards Committee on
Qualification of Mechanical
Equipment Used in Nuclear
Facilities (QME)

Committee on Nuclear Certification

(CNC)

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sections

Section I - Power Boilers
Section II - Materials
Section III - Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility
Components
Section IV - Heating Boilers
Section V - Nondestructive Examination
Section VI - Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of
Heating Boilers

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sections

Section VII - Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers
Section VIII Pressure Vessels
Section IX - Welding and Brazing Qualifications
Section X - Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
Section XI - Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant
Components
Section XII - Rules for the Construction and Continued Service of
Transport Tanks

ASME Section III Scope

Section III establishes rules of safety relating only to

pressure integrity, which governs the construction of
boilers, pressure vessels, transport tanks, and nuclear
components and their supports.
Users of the Code should refer to the pertinent codes,
standards, laws, regulations, or other relevant
documents for safety issues other than those relating to
pressure integrity.

ASME Section III

Division 1
Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility
Components
Division 2
Code for Concrete Reactor Vessels and
Containments
Division 3
Containment Systems and Transport
Packaging for Spent Nuclear Fuel and HighLevel Radioactive Waste
Division 4
Magnetic Confinement Fusion Energy Devices
Division 5
High Temperature Reactors

ASME Section III

BPV III Standards Committee

China International Working Group

Germany International Working Group
India International Working Group (IWG)
Korea International Working Group
Joint ACI-ASME Committee on Concrete
Subcommittee on Design
Subgroup on Containment Systems for Spent
Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Material
Subgroup on Fusion Energy Devices
Subgroup on General Requirements
Subgroup on High Temperature Reactors
Subgroup on Materials, Fabrication and
Examination

Component Classification
Class 1 Components (III, Subsection NB) those
components that are part of the primary core cooling
system
Class 1 Components (III, Subsection NH) those
components that are used in elevated temperature
service
Class 2 Components (III, Subsection NC) those
components that are part of various important-to-safety
emergency core cooling systems
Class 3 Components (III, Subsection ND) those
components that are part of the various systems needed
for plant operation
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Division 1
8 Subsections

NCA: General Requirements

NB: Class 1 Components
NC: Class 2 Components
ND: Class 3 Components
NE: Class MC Components
NF: Supports
NG: Core Support Structures
NH: Class 1 Components in Elevated Temperature Service

Appendices
Code Cases for Nuclear Components

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Division 1, Subsection NCA

Subsection NCA, which is referenced by and is an integral part of

Division 1, Subsections NB through NG, and Division 2 of Section III
NCA covers quality assurance requirements, ASME product
certification marks, and authorized inspection for Class 1, 2, 3,
MC, CS, and CC construction
NCA also includes recent Interpretations of Section III - those
included with the latest edition

Division 1, Subsections NB, NC, ND,

NE & NF
Subsection NB addresses items which are intended to
conform to the requirements for Class 1 construction
Subsection NC addresses items which are intended to
conform to the requirements for Class 2 construction
Subsection ND addresses items which are intended to
conform to the requirements for Class 3 construction
Subsection NE addresses items which are intended to
conform to the requirements for Class MC or metal
containment construction
Subsection NF addresses supports which are intended to
conform to the requirements for Classes 1, 2, 3, and MC
construction

Division 1, Subsections NG and NH

Subsection NG addresses structures which are designed to

provide direct support or restraint of the core (fuel & blanket
assemblies) within the reactor pressure vessel
Subsection NH addresses Class 1 components, parts, and
appurtenances which are expected to function even when metal
temperatures exceed those covered by the rules and stress limits
of Subsection NB and Tables 2A, 2B, and 4 of Section II, Part D,
Subpart 1

Structure of Section III Subsections

Article NX-1000
Article NX-2000
Article NX-3000
Article NX-4000
Article NX-5000
Article NX-6000
Article NX-7000
Article NX-8000

Introduction
Material
Design
Fabrication and Installation
Examination (NDE)
Pressure Testing
Overpressure Protection
Nameplates, Stamping & Reports
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Divisions 1-5 Mandatory Appendices

Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Appendix VI
Appendix VII
Appendix XI
Vessels
Appendix XII
Appendix XIII
3200
Appendix XIV
3200
Appendix XVIII
Appendix XIX
Appendix XXI
Appendix XXII
Appendix XXIII*
Appendix XXIV
Appendix XXV

Design Fatigue Curves

Experimental Stress Analysis
Basis for Establishing Design Stress Intensity Values and Allowable Stress Values
Approval of New Materials Under the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Certificate Holders Data Report Forms, Instructions, and Application Forms
Rounded Indications
Charts and Tables for Determining Shell Thickness of Cylindrical and Spherical
Components Under External Pressure
Rules for Bolted Flange Connections for Class 2 and 3 Components and Class MC
Design Considerations for Bolted Flange Connections
Design Based on Stress Analysis for Vessels Designed in Accordance With NCDesign Based on Fatigue Analysis for Vessels Designed in Accordance With NCCapacity Conversions for Pressure Relief Valves
Integral Flat Head With a Large Opening
Adhesive Attachment of Nameplates
Design of Reinforcement for Come-to-Cylinder Junction Under External Pressure
Qualifications and Duties of Specialized Professional Engineers
Standard Units for Use in Equations
ASME Provided Material Stress-Strain Data

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Divisions 1-5 Non-mandatory Appendices

Appendix A Stress Analysis Methods
Appendix B Owners Design Specifications
Appendix C Certificate Holders Design Report
Appendix D Nonmandatory Preheat Procedures
Appendix E Minimum Bolt Cross-Sectional Area
Appendix F Rules for Evaluation of Service Loadings With Level D Service Limits
Appendix G Fracture Toughness Criteria for Protection Against Failure
Appendix L Class FF Flange Design for Class 2 and 3 Components and Class MC Vessels
Appendix M Control of Welding, Postweld Heat Treatment, and Nondestructive Examination of
Welds
Appendix N Dynamic Analysis Methods
Appendix O Rules for Design of Safety Valve Installations
Appendix P Contents of Certified Material Test Reports
Appendix Q Design Rules for Clamp Connections
Appendix R Permissible Lowest Service Metal Temperature From TNDT for Classes 2 and MC
Construction
Appendix S Pump Shaft Design Methods
Appendix T Recommended Tolerances for Reconciliation of Piping Systems
Appendix U Rules for Pump Internals
Appendix W Environmental Effects on Components
Appendix Y Design of Rectangular and Hollow Circular Cross Section Welded Attachments
On Class 1, 2, And 3 Piping

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ASME Section XI
Division 1
Rules for Inspection and Testing of
Components of Light-Water-Cooled
Plants

Division 2
Rules for Inspection and Testing of
Components of Gas-Cooled Plants
Currently being revised

Division 3
Rules for Inspection and Testing of
Components of Liquid-Metal-Cooled
Plants

ASME Section XI
BPV XI Standards Committee
China International Working Group
Germany International Working Group
Subgroup on Evaluation Standards
Subgroup on Nondestructive Examination
Subgroup on Repair/Replacement Activities
Subgroup on Water-Cooled Systems
Special Working Group on Reliability and
Integrity Management Program
Task Group on ISI of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Storage and Transportation Containment
Systems
Working Group on General Requirements

BPV XI Committee Organization

BPV XI Standards
Committee
Special Working Group on Nuclear Plant Aging
Management
Executive Committee
Special Working Group on Reliability and Integrity
Management Program
Working Group on General Requirements

Subgroup on Water Cooled Systems

Working Group on Inspection of

Systems and Components

Working Group on Risk-Informed

Activities

Working Group on Containment

Working Group on Pressure Testing

Special Working Group on Editing and Review

Subgroup on
Nondestructive
Examination

Subgroup on Evaluation
Standards

Working Group on
Procedure Qualification
and Volumetric
Examination

Working Group on
Operating Plant Criteria

Working Group on
Personnel Qualification
and Surface, Visual, and
Eddy Current Examination

Subgroup on
Repair/Replacement
Activities

Working Group on Design

and Programs
Working Group on Flaw
Evaluation
Working Group on Pipe
Flaw Evaluation

Working Group on
Welding and Special
Repair Processes

ASME Section XI
Division 1
Provides requirements for inservice inspection and
testing of lightwater-cooled nuclear power plants.
The requirements identify the areas subject to
inspection, responsibilities, provisions for
accessibility and inspectability, examination methods
and procedures, personnel qualifications, frequency
of inspection, record keeping and report
requirements, procedures for evaluation of
inspection results and subsequent disposition of
results of evaluations, and repair/replacement
activity requirements, including procurement, design,
welding, brazing, defect removal, fabrication,
installation, examination, and pressure testing.

Section XI, Division 1

Subsections
IWA General Requirements
IWB Requirements for Class 1 Components of Light Water Cooled
Plants
IWC Requirements for Class 2 Components of Light Water Cooled
Plants
IWD Requirements for Class 3 Components of Light Water Cooled
Plants
IWE Requirements for Class MC and Metallic Liners of Class CC
Components of LightWater Cooled Plants
IWF Requirements for Class 1, 2, 3, and MC Components Supports of
LightWater Cooled Plants
IWL Requirements for Class CC Concrete Components of Light WaterCooled Plants

Section XI, Division 1

Mandatory Appendices
Appendix I Ultrasonic Examinations
Appendix II Owners Report for Inservice Inspections
Appendix III Ultrasonic Examination of Vessel and Piping Welds
Appendix IV Eddy Current Examination
Appendix VI Qualification of Personnel for Visual Examination
Appendix VII Qualification of Nondestructive Examination Personnel for
Ultrasonic Examination
Appendix VIII Performance Demonstration for Ultrasonic Examination
Systems
Appendix IX Mechanical Clamping Devices for Class 2 and 3 Piping
Pressure Boundary
Appendix X Standard Units for Use in Equations

Section XI, Division 1

Non-mandatory Appendices
Appendix A Analysis of Flaws
Appendix C Evaluation of Flaws in Piping
Appendix D Conditioning of Classes 1 and 2 Piping Welds Which
Require Examination
Appendix E Evaluation of Unanticipated Operating Events
Appendix G Fracture Toughness Criteria for Protection Against Failure
Appendix H Evaluation Procedures for Flaws in Piping Based on Use
of a Failure Assessment Diagram
Appendix J Guide to Plant Maintenance Activities and Section XI
Repair/Replacement Activities

Section XI, Division 1

Non-mandatory Appendices cont.
Appendix K Assessment of Reactor Vessels with Low Upper Shelf
Charpy Impact Energy Levels
Appendix L Operating Plant Fatigue Assessment
Appendix Q Weld Overlay Repair of Classes 1, 2, and 3 Austenitic
Stainless Steel Piping Weldments
Appendix R RiskInformed Inspection Requirements for Piping
Appendix S Evaluating Coverage for Section XI Nondestructive
Examination
Appendix T Reporting of Contracted Repair/Replacement Activities

Section XI, Division 1

Articles
Each Subsection contains as applicable Articles with a prefix using the
following designators such as IWA, IWB, IWC, or IWD, etc.
1000 Scope and Responsibility Includes exemptions from NDE, VT-1 and
VT-3 visual examinations as applicable
2000 Examination and Inspection Includes Preservice and Inservice
Examination requirements in IWB, IWC, IWD, IWE, IWF, and IWL
3000 Acceptance Standards Addresses flaws and relevant conditions
4000 Repair/Replacement Activities Class 1, 2, 3, MC, and CC items and
their supports
5000 System Pressure Tests System leakage tests and hydrostatic Tests
6000 Records and Reports Forms NIS-1, NIS-2, and PSI and ISI Summary
Reports
IWA-9000 Glossary

Revised Division 2
Written for all reactor types and specific reactor requirements will be
included in appendices
Expected to be published in the 2017 Edition
RIM (Reliability and Integrity Management)
Plant design, inservice inspection, online monitoring
Appropriate level of reliability of systems, structures and
components
Continuing assurance over the life of the plant that such reliability is
maintained
Design and inspection or monitoring features important to reliability
Design margins
Material selection
Maintenance, repair, replacement
Testing, monitoring, inservice inspection

Division 2
RIM (Reliability and Integrity Management)

Determine Scope for RIM Program

Evaluate Damage Mechanisms
Determine Plant and Reliability and Capability Requirements
(including beyond-design-basis events, if desired)
Evaluate RIM Strategies to Achieve Reliability Targets
Evaluate Uncertainties in Reliability Performance
Determine Scope and Parameters of RIM Program
Monitor Reliability Performance and Update RIM Program

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

AG-1
Code on Nuclear Air and Gas
Treatment
Provides requirements for the
performance, design,
construction, acceptance
testing, and quality assurance
of equipment used as
components in nuclear safetyrelated air and gas treatment
systems in nuclear facilities.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

N511-2007
In-Service Testing of Nuclear Air
Treatment, Heating, Ventilating,
and Air-Conditioning Systems
This standard covers the
requirements for in-service
testing of nuclear safety-related
air treatment, heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning
systems in nuclear facilities.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

CONAGT Standards Committee
SC Filtration
SC Technology
SC Adsorption
SC Common Equipment
SC Testing & Inspection
SC Ventilation & Air
Conditioning
SC Gas Process Treatment
SC General Support Services

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

NOG-1
Rules for Construction of
Overhead and Gantry Cranes
(Top Running Bridge, Multiple
Girder)
This Standard covers electric
overhead and gantry multiple
girder cranes with top running
bridge and trolley used at nuclear
facilities and components of
cranes at nuclear facilities.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

NUM-1
Rules for Construction of Cranes,
Monorails, and Hoists (with Bridge
or Trolley or Hoist of the
Underhung Type)
This Standard covers underhung cranes,
top-running bridge and gantry cranes with
underhung trolleys, traveling wall cranes, jib
cranes, monorail systems, overhead hoists,
and hoists with integral trolleys used in
nuclear facilities. All of the above cranes,
whether single or multiple girder, are
covered by this Standard with the exception
of multiple girder cranes with both toprunning bridge and trolley, which are
covered by ASME NOG-1.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

CNF Standards Committee

CNF Engineering Support
Subcommittee
Subcommittee Operation &
Maintenance for Cranes

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

RA-S
Probabilistic Risk Assessment for
Nuclear Power Plant Applications
(PRA)
This Standard sets forth
requirements for probabilistic risk
assessments (PRAs) used to
support risk-informed decisions
for commercial nuclear power
plants, and prescribes a method
for applying these requirements
for specific applications.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

JCNRM Standards Committee
JCNRM China International Working
Group
Subcommittee on Risk Application
Subcommittee On Standards
Maintenance
Subcommittee on Standards
Development

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

OM-2012
Code for Operation and
Maintenance of Nuclear Power
Plants
Establishes the requirements for
preservice and inservice testing and
examination of certain components to
assess their operational readiness in
light-water reactor power plants. It
identifies the components subject to test
or examination, responsibilities, methods,
intervals, parameters to be measured
and evaluated, criteria for evaluating the
results, corrective action, personnel
qualification, and record keeping.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

O&M Standards Committee
Operation and Maintenance of
Nuclear Power Plants China
International Working Group
Special Committee on Standards
Planning
Subcommittee on OM Codes
Task Group on New Reactor OM
Code

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

QME-1 - 2012
Qualification of Active
Mechanical Equipment Used
in Nuclear Facilities
Describes the requirements
and guideline for qualifying
mechanical equipment, such
as pumps, valves, and
dynamic restraints, used in
nuclear facilities. The
requirements and guidelines
presented include the
principles, procedures, and
methods of qualification.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

QME Standards Committee
QME China International
Working Group
SC on General Requirements
SC on Qualification of Valve
Assemblies
SC on Qualification of Pump
Assemblies
SC on Qualification of Active
Dynamic Restraints

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

NQA-1
Quality Assurance
Requirements for Nuclear
Facility Applications
This Standard provides requirements
and guidelines for the establishment
and execution of quality assurance
programs during siting, design,
construction, operation and
decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
This Standard reflects industry
experience and current understanding
of the quality assurance requirements
necessary to achieve safe, reliable, and
efficient utilization of nuclear energy,
and management and processing of
radioactive materials.

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

NQA Standards Committee

SC on International Activity
SC on Interfaces and Administration
SC on Assessment and Verification
SC on Engineering and Procurement
SC on Waste Management
SC on Program Management Process
SC on Software Quality Assurance

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

SC on International Activity
Europe IWG
??? IWG
??? IWG

Verification and Validation (V&V)

V&V Standards Committee
Coordinate, promote, and foster the development of standards that provide
procedures for assessing and quantifying the accuracy and credibility of
computational models and simulations.
V&V 10 Verification and Validation in Computational Solid Mechanics
V&V 20 Verification and Validation in Computational Fluid Dynamics and
Heat Transfer
V&V 30 Verification and Validation in Computational Simulation of Nuclear
System Thermal Fluids Behavior
V&V 40 Verification and Validation in Computational Modeling of Medical
Devices
V&V 50 Verification and Validation in Computational Modeling for
Advanced Manufacturing (new)

V&V Standards

V&V 40 Nuclear Reactor Design

Provides the practices and procedures for verification and
validation of software used to calculate nuclear system
thermal fluids behavior. The software includes system
analysis and computational fluid dynamics, including the
coupling of this software.
Initial focus -- high temperature gas-cooled reactors in response to U.S.
Department of Energy activities
Now May be applied to various reactors

Responsive to changes in industry to promote best V&V

practices within the community
Coordinate with NQA Software Subcommittee

Joint Efforts

API 579-1/ASME FFS-1- Fitness-for Service

ASME A17.1/CSA B44-13 - Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
ASME/ANS RA-S - Standard for Level 1/Large Early Release Frequency Probabilistic Risk
Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications
ISO/ASME 14414 - Pump system energy assessment
Joint ACI-ASME Committee on Concrete Components for Nuclear Service
ASTM material specifications for ASME Section II

Standard Developer Organization (SDO) Convergence Board

Input to MDEP CSWG and Code Comparison Project
Nuclear Energy Standards Coordination Collaborative (NESCC)
WNA Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL)

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Questions?

Ryan Crane
craner@asme.org
Oliver Martinez
martinezo@asme.org