This course is a comprehensive introduction to the requirements of Section VIII, Division 1 including background, organization, design, materials, fabrication, inspection, testing and documentation of pressure vessels. It covers the more commonly applied subsections and paragraphs, and includes a practical discussion of individual problems and situations.  Designed primarily for beginners, experienced vessel designers who would like to update their knowledge of the Code will also benefit from attending.

This course provides information and instruction on the design, analysis, and qualification of nuclear power plant piping systems that are consistent with the ASME BPV Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsections NB/NC/ND, as well as the parallel requirements of ASME B31.1 for nuclear power plants. The methods and criteria described throughout the course, apply to new systems, as well as modifications or repairs to existing systems.

The course also addresses the integrity assessment of degraded nuclear piping systems (wall thinning and crack damage) using the methods and criteria of ASME BPV Code, XI, operability assessment per NRC Inspection Manual, and piping repairs per ASME BPV Code, XI and ASME PCC-2.

The course covers (a) the code and regulatory requirements, (b) the technical and historical basis of the requirements, and (c) best industry practices for the correct and cost-effective design, analysis, and integrity assessment of nuclear piping systems.

The course introduces the requirements of the ASME B31.8 – Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems Code. It covers the scope of B31.8, including its history, the types of systems to which it applies, its organization, and the intended use of the Codebook.

This course provides guidance for applying the requirements of the updated Edition of Mandatory Appendix XIII Design by Stress Analysis per ASME BPV Code, Section III, Division 1 Class 1, 2 and 3 vessels, pumps, valves and piping in nuclear power plants. Prior to the publication of the 2017 edition, Appendix XIII applied only to alternatively-design NC-3200 vessels