ASME BPVC.III.2-2017
2017 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III: Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components, Division 2: Code for Concrete Reactor Vessels and Containments
standard by ASME International, 07/01/2017
Full Description
BPVC-III-2-2017 contains requirements for the material, design, construction, fabrication, testing, examination, and overpressure protection of concrete reactor vessels and concrete containment structures, prestressed or reinforced. These requirements are applicable only to those components that are designed to provide a pressure retaining or containing barrier. They are not applicable to other support structures, except as they directly affect the components of the systems. This Section contains appendices, both mandatory and nonmandatory, for Division 2 construction.