ASME BPVC.III.NCA-2017

SECTION III

Rules for Construction of

Nuclear Facility Components

ASME Boiler and

2017

Pressure Vessel Code

An International Code

Subsection NCA

General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2

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Items produced by parties not formally certified by ASME may not be described, either explicitly or implicitly, as ASME certified or approved in any code forms or other document.

AN INTERNATIONAL CODE

2017 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

2017 Edition July 1, 2017

AN INTERNATIONAL CODE

2017 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

2017 Edition July 1, 2017

(ACI Standard 359-17)

III

RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION

OF NUCLEAR FACILITY COMPONENTS

Subsection NCA

General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee

on Construction of Nuclear Facility Components ACI-ASME Joint Technical Committee

Date of Issuance: July 1, 2017

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