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ENGINEERS All Rights Reserved1998 ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE ‘SECTIONS, 1 Rules for Construction of Power Boilers We Materials Part A — Ferrous Material Specifications Par B — Nonferrous Material Specifications Part C — Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals Part D — Properties IIL Subsection NCA — General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2 MM Division 1 Subsection NB — Class 1 Components Subsection NC — Class 2 Components Subsection ND — Class 3 Components Subsection NE — Class MC Components Subsection NF — Supports Subsection NG — Core Support Structures Subsection NH — Class 1 Components in Elevated Temperature Service ‘Appendices IL Division 2 — Code for Concrete Reactor Vessels and Containments II Division 3 — Containment Systems and Transport Packagings for Spent Nuclear Fuel and igh Level Radioactive Waste IV. Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers V_ Nondestructive Examination VI Recommended Rules forthe Care and Operation of Heating Bi VIL Recommended Guidelines forthe Care of Power Boilers VIIL_ Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels Division 1 Division 2 — Altemative Rules Division 3 — Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications X Fiber Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels XI Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components ADDENDA, CColored-sheet Addenda, which include additions and revisions to individual Sections of the Code, ate published annually and will Be sent automatically to purchasers of the applicable Sections up to the publication of the 2001 Cade. The 1998 Code is available only inthe loose-eaf format: accordingly. {he Addenda willbe issued inthe loose-leaf replacement-page format. INTERPRETATIONS [ASME issues written replies 10 inguities conceming interpretation of technical aspects of the Code ‘The Interpretations for each individual Section will be published separately and will be included as part of the update service to that Section. They willbe issued semiannually (July and December) up to the publication of the 2001 Code, Intecpretations of Section IIL, Divisions | and 2. will he ineluded ‘with the update service to Subsection NCA. CODE CASES “The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee meets regularly to consider proposed additions and revisions to the Code and to formulate Cases to clarify the intent of existing requirements or provide, when the need is urgent, rules for materials or constructions not covered by existing Code rules. Those Cases which have been adopted will appear in the appropriate 1998 Code Cases book: (1) Boilers and Pressure Vessels and (2) Nuclear Components, Supplements will be sent automatically t the purchasers of the Code Cases books up to the publication of the 2001 Code,