BPVC Section III-Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components-Division 1-Subsection NE-Class MC Components (BPVC-III NE - 2017)

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• Publisher: ASME
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 179
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since its first issuance in 1914, ASME’s Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) has pioneered modern standards-development, maintaining a commitment to enhance public safety and technological advancement to meet the needs of a changing world. More than 100,000 copies of the BPVC are in use in 100 countries around the world

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
List of Sections
INTERPRETATIONS
CODE CASES
Foreword
Statement of Policy on the Use of the Certification Mark and Code Authorization in Advertising
Statement of Policy on the Use of ASME Marking to Identify Manufactured Items
Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committees
1 Introduction
2 Inquiry Format
3 Code Revisions or Additions
4 Code Cases
5 Code Interpretations
6 Submittals
Personnel
Organization of Section III
1 General
2 Subsections
3 Articles
4 Subarticles
5 Subsubarticles
6 Paragraphs
7 Subparagraphs
8 Subsubparagraphs
9 References
Summary of Changes
List of Changes in Record Number Order
Cross-Referencing and Stylistic Changes in the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Subparagraph Breakdowns/Nested Lists Hierarchy
Footnotes
Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committees
Cross-References
Article NE-1000 Introduction
NE-1100 Scope and General Requirements
NE-1110 Aspects of Construction Covered by These Rules
NE-1120 Temperature Limits
NE-1130 Boundaries of Jurisdiction
Article NE-2000 Material
NE-2100 General Requirements for Material
NE-2110 Scope of Principal Terms Employed
NE-2120 Pressure-Retaining Material
NE-2130 Certification of Material
NE-2140 Welding Material
NE-2150 Material Identification
NE-2160 Deterioration of Material in Service
NE-2170 Heat Treatment to Enhance Impact Properties
NE-2180 Procedures for Heat Treatment of Material
NE-2190 Non-Pressure‐Retaining Material
NE-2200 Material Test Coupons and Specimens for Ferritic Steel Material
NE-2210 Heat Treatment Requirements
NE-2220 Procedure for Obtaining Test Coupons and Specimens for Quenched and Tempered Material
NE-2300 Fracture Toughness Requirements for Material
NE-2310 Material to Be Impact Tested
NE-2320 Impact Test Procedures
NE-2330 Test Requirements and Acceptance Standards
NE-2340 Number of Impact Tests Required
NE-2350 Retests
NE-2360 Calibration of Instruments and Equipment
NE-2400 Welding Material
NE-2410 General Requirements
NE-2420 Required Tests
NE-2430 Weld Metal Tests
NE-2440 Storage and Handling of Welding Material
NE-2500 Examination and Repair of Pressure-Retaining Material
NE-2510 Pressure-Retaining Material
NE-2530 Examination and Repair of Plate
NE-2540 Examination and Repair of Forgings and Bars
NE-2550 Examination and Repair of Seamless and Welded (Without Filler Metal) Tubular Products and Fittings
NE-2560 Examination and Repair of Tubular Products and Fittings Welded With Filler Metal
NE-2570 Examination and Repair of Statically and Centrifugally Cast Products
NE-2580 Examination of Bolts, Studs, and Nuts
NE-2600 Material Organizations’ Quality System Programs
NE-2610 Documentation and Maintenance of Quality System Programs
NE-2700 Dimensional Standards
NE-2710 Standards and Specifications
Article NE-3000 Design
NE-3100 General Design
NE-3110 Loading Criteria
NE-3120 Special Considerations
NE-3130 General Design Rules
NE-3200 Design by Analysis
NE-3210 Design Criteria
NE-3220 Stress Intensity and Buckling Stress Values for Other Than Bolts
NE-3230 Stress Limits for Bolts
NE-3300 Design by Formula
NE-3310 Design Criteria
NE-3320 Design Considerations
NE-3330 Openings and Reinforcement
NE-3350 Design of Welded Connections
NE-3360 Special Vessel Requirements
NE-3700 Electrical and Mechanical Penetration Assemblies
NE-3720 Design Rules
Article NE-4000 Fabrication and Installation
NE-4100 General Requirements
NE-4110 Introduction
NE-4120 Certification of Material and Fabrication by Component Certificate Holder
NE-4130 Repair of Material
NE-4200 Forming, Fitting, and Aligning
NE-4210 Cutting, Forming, and Bending
NE-4220 Forming Tolerances
NE-4230 Fitting and Aligning
NE-4240 Requirements for Weld Joints
NE-4300 Welding Qualifications
NE-4310 General Requirements
NE-4320 Welding Qualifications, Records, and Identifying Stamps
NE-4330 General Requirements for Welding Procedure Qualification Tests
NE-4340 Performance Qualification of Welders for Clad Material
NE-4400 Rules Governing Making, Examining, and Repairing Welds
NE-4410 Precautions to Be Taken Before Welding
NE-4420 Rules for Making Welded Joints
NE-4430 Welding of Attachments
NE-4450 Repair of Weld Metal Defects
NE-4600 Heat Treatment
NE-4610 Welding Preheat Requirements
NE-4620 Postweld Heat Treatment
NE-4630 Intermediate Postweld Heat Treatment
NE-4660 Heat Treatment of Electroslag Welds
NE-4700 Mechanical Joints and Penetration Assemblies
NE-4710 Bolting and Threading
NE-4720 Bolting Flanged Joints
NE-4730 Electrical and Mechanical Penetration Assemblies
NE-4740 Special Qualification Requirements for Electrical and Mechanical Penetration Assemblies
NE-4800 Expansion Joints
NE-4810 Bellows‐Type Expansion Joints
Article NE-5000 Examination
NE-5100 General Requirements for Examination of Vessels
NE-5110 Procedures, Qualifications, and Evaluation
NE-5120 Time of Examination of Welds
NE-5130 Examination of Weld Edge Preparation Surfaces
NE-5200 Required Examination of Welds
NE-5210 Category A Welded Joints
NE-5220 Category B Welded Joints
NE-5230 Category C Welded Joints
NE-5240 Category D Welded Joints
NE-5260 Attachments
NE-5270 Special Welds
NE-5280 Special Exceptions for Radiography
NE-5300 Acceptance Standards
NE-5320 Radiographic Acceptance Standards
NE-5330 Ultrasonic Acceptance Standards
NE-5340 Magnetic Particle Acceptance Standards
NE-5350 Liquid Penetrant Acceptance Standards
NE-5500 Qualifications and Certification of Nondestructive Examination Personnel
NE-5510 General Requirements
NE-5520 Personnel Qualification, Certification, and Verification
NE-5530 Records
NE-5700 Examination Requirements for Expansion Joints
NE-5710 Bellows Expansion Joints
Article NE-6000 Testing
NE-6100 General Requirements
NE-6110 Pressure Testing of Vessels and Appurtenances
NE-6120 Preparation for Testing
NE-6200 Hydrostatic Tests
NE-6210 Hydrostatic Test Procedure
NE-6220 Hydrostatic Test Pressure Requirements
NE-6230 Bellows Expansion Joints
NE-6300 Pneumatic Tests
NE-6310 Pneumatic Testing Procedures
NE-6320 Pneumatic Test Pressure Requirements
NE-6400 Pressure Test Gages
NE-6410 Requirements for Pressure Test Gages
NE-6700 Containment Penetration
NE-6710 Pressure Tests
Article NE-7000 Overpressure Protection
NE-7100 General Requirements
NE-7110 Scope
NE-7120 Integrated Overpressure Protection
NE-7130 Provisions for Checking Operation of Pressure Relief Devices
NE-7140 Installation Provisions
NE-7150 Acceptable Pressure Relief Devices
NE-7160 Unacceptable Relief Devices
NE-7200 Overpressure Protection Report
NE-7210 Responsibility for Report
NE-7220 Content of Report
NE-7230 Certification of Report
NE-7240 Review of Report After Installation
NE-7250 Filing of Report
NE-7300 Relieving Capacity Requirements
NE-7310 Relieving Capacity of Pressure Relief Devices
NE-7400 Set Pressures of Pressure Relief Devices
NE-7410 Set Pressure Limitations for Testing Conditions
NE-7500 Operating Design Requirements for Pressure Relief Valves
NE-7510 Pressure Relief Valves
NE-7520 Power-Actuated Pressure Relief Valves
NE-7700 Certification Requirements
NE-7710 Responsibility for Certification of Pressure Relief Valves
NE-7720 Capacity Certification of Pressure Relief Valves — Compressible Fluids
NE-7730 Capacity Certification of Vacuum Relief Valves
NE-7800 Marking, Stamping With Certification Mark, and Data Reports
NE-7810 Pressure and Vacuum Relief Valves
Article NE-8000 Nameplates, Stamping With Certification Mark, and Reports
NE-8100 Requirements
Endnotes
Figures
NE-1110-1 Typical Containment Penetrations
NE-1131-1 Some Typical Jurisdictional Boundaries for Welded Connections Class MC Containment Vessels
NE-1132.2-1 Attachments in the Containment Vessel Support Load Path That Do Not Perform a Pressure-Retaining Function
NE-1132.2-2 Attachments That Do Not Perform a Pressure-Retaining Function and Are Not in the Containment Vessel Support Load Path (Nonstructural Attachments)
NE-1132.2-3 Attachments That Perform a Pressure-Retaining Function
NE-2433.1-1 Weld Metal Delta Ferrite Content
NE-2575.2-1 Typical Pressure-Retaining Parts of Vessels
NE-3221-1 Stress Categories and Limits of Stress Intensity for Design Conditions
NE-3221-2 Stress Categories and Limits of Stress Intensity for Level A and B Service Limits; and for Level C Service Limits Where the Structure Is Not Integral and Continuous
NE-3221-3 Stress Categories and Limits of Stress Intensity for Level C Service Limits Where the Structure Is Integral and Continuous; and for Level D Service Limits Where the Structure Is Not Integral and Continuous, and at Partial Penetration Welds
NE-3221-4 Stress Categories and Limits of Stress Intensity for Level D Service Limits Where the Structure Is Integral and Continuous
NE-3324.2-1 Principal Dimensions of Typical Heads
NE-3324.11(a)(6)-1 Large Head Openings: Reverse Curve and Conical Shell Reducer Sections
NE-3325-1 Some Acceptable Types of Unstayed Flat Heads and Covers
NE-3326.1-1 Spherically Dished Covers With Bolting Flanges
NE-3332.2-1 Chart for Determining Values of F
NE-3334.2-1 Nozzle Dimensions
NE-3335.1-1 Arrangement of Multiple Openings
NE-3338.2-1 Direction of Stress Components
NE-3351-1 Welded Joint Locations Typical of Categories A, B, C, and D
NE-3352-1 Typical Butt Joints
NE-3358.1(a)-1 Heads Attached to Shells
NE-3361-1 Category A and B Joints Between Sections of Unequal Thickness
NE-4221.1-1 Maximum Difference in Cross‐Sectional Diameters
NE-4221.2-1 Maximum Permissible Deviation e From a True Circular Form
NE-4221.2-2 Maximum Arc Length for Determining Plus or Minus Deviation
NE-4243-1 Attachment of Pressure Parts to Plates to Form a Corner Joint
NE-4243-2 Acceptable Types of Full Penetration Weld Details for Category C Joints
NE-4243.1-1 Typical Flat Heads
NE-4244(a)-1 Nozzles Attached by Full Penetration Butt Welds
NE-4244(b)-1 Nozzles Attached by Full Penetration Corner Welds
NE-4244(c)-1 Deposited Weld Metal for Openings and Nozzles
NE-4244(d)-1 Acceptable Types of Welded Nozzles Using Partial Penetration Welds
NE-4244(d)-2 Partial Penetration Weld Connections
NE-4244(d)-3 Partial Penetration Weld Connections for Coaxial Cylinders
NE-4244(e)-1 Acceptable Types of Fittings With Internal Threads
NE-4244(e)-2 Acceptable Types of Small Fittings
NE-4244(f)-1 Tube Connections
NE-4427-1 Fillet and Socket Weld Details and Dimensions
NE-4437(b)-1 Attachment of Stiffening Rings to Shell
NE-4730-1 Penetration Assembly
NE-4810(c)-1 Bellows Attachment Welds
NE-7734.2(a)-1 Values of F for Nonchoking Flow
Tables
NE-2121(a)-1 Material Specifications and Grades Permitted for Class MC Construction
NE-2121(a)-2 Permitted Bolting Material Specifications
NE-2311(a)-1 Exemptions From Impact Testing Under NE-2311(a)(8)
NE-2332.1-1 Required Cv Lateral Expansion Values for Pressure-Retaining Material Other Than Bolting
NE-2332.1-2 Required Cv Energy Values for Pressure-Retaining Material Other Than Bolting
NE-2332.3(a)-1 Required Cv Values for Bolting Material Tested in Accordance With NE-2332.3(a)
NE-2332.3(b)-1 Required Cv Values for Bolting Material Tested in Accordance With NE-2332.3(b) and NE-2333.2
NE-2333.1-1 Required Cv Energy Values for Pressure-Retaining Material Other Than Bolting for the Overpressure Test
NE-2432.1-1 Sampling of Welding Materials for Chemical Analysis
NE-2432.2-1 Welding Material Chemical Analysis
NE-2571-1 Required Examinations
NE-3217-1 Classification of Stress Intensity in Vessels for Some Typical Cases
NE-3221-1 Summary of Stress Intensity Limits
NE-3228.3(b)-1 Values of m, n, and Tmax for Various Classes of Permitted Materials
NE-3324.2-1 Values of Factor K
NE-3324.8(b)-1 Values of Factor M
NE-3324.11(b)(2)-1 Values of Δ for Junctions at the Large Cylinder for α ≤ 30 deg
NE-3324.11(b)(3)-1 Values of Δ for Junctions at the Small Cylinder for α ≤ 30 deg
NE-3332.2-1 Values of Spherical Radius Factor K1
NE-3338.2(c)-1 Stress Indices for Nozzles
NE-4232-1 Maximum Allowable Offset in Final Welded Joints
NE-4622.1-1 Mandatory Requirements for Postweld Heat Treatment (PWHT) of Welds
NE-4622.4(c)-1 Alternative Holding Temperatures and Times
NE-4622.7(b)-1 Exemptions to Mandatory PWHT