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ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Construction Service Nuclear
Sections Sections Sections
12 Sections
32 volumes
16,500 pages
Updated every 2 years
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Why ASME Conformity Assessment?
The meaning behind Part I Section I para. 61
• Even in 1914, the Society, Code Committee
Developers and Engineers determined the need
for oversight of the manufacturing process
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Conformity Assessment Today
Conformity
Assessment
Programs
Quality
Product Personnel
Program Accreditation
Certification Certification
Certification
Nuclear Nuclear
PRD QRO
Component Materials
ANDE
RTP
(in development)
BPE
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Nuclear Component Certification
Conformity Assessment Program recognizing
a company’s capability to meet and fulfill the
specific requirements of Section III of the
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for
items installed in nuclear facilities.
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Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1)
Certification
Conformity Assessment Program recognizing a
company’s capability to implement a Quality Assurance
Program in accordance with the ASME NQA-1
Standard for the supply of items or services that
provide a safety function for nuclear facilities.
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Nuclear Material Organization
Certification
Conformity Assessment Program recognizing
a material organization’s capability to meet
and fulfill the specific requirements of Section
III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code (BPVC) for materials used in nuclear
components.
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Authorized Inspection Agencies
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Boilers and pressure vessels are used all over the world
in many different industries:
Certification Mark
Certification
Designator
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The ASME Advantage
• The maturity of our Standards – over 100 yrs. of
consensus developed content that advances with
technology and ensures high quality products and a
commitment to overall public safety
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ASME Committee Support System
Board on
Conformity
Assessment
QAI SC
Why Become an
ASME Certificate Holder?
How the assessment of conformity, and by whom, can
have a significant impact on the level of confidence of
purchasers and regulators on the results.
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Why Become an
ASME Certificate Holder?
• ASME is responsible for all assessments
- Responsible for qualifying & certifying auditors
- Procedures on conduct & annual training encourages
that all assessments are performed in a consistent
manner
• Uniform implementation of ASME Conformity
Assessment Programs & integrity of ASME brand has
resulted in wide acceptance by regulators and industry
worldwide
Why Become an
ASME Certificate Holder?
• Provides a means of remedy when a problem
arises – Due Process and Investigations
• Third party oversight of construction and are members
of the ASME team performing the assessment
- May entail additional program audits if CI performs
oversight
• Regulators/National Board are actively involved in
ASME’s conformity assessment scheme and
standards development activities
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Why Become an
ASME Certificate Holder?
• Demonstrates your commitment to best
practices, efficiency, and sustainability
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Benefits of ASME Certification
• Should not be viewed as a cost burden but rather a tool to:
‒ Cut cost through improved processes
‒ Aid or facilitate clear understanding of the requirements
between Supplier, Purchaser, Government, Public
‒ Create a company culture centered around safety &
quality
‒ Demonstrate compliance/conformity to a
regulation/standard
‒ Access new markets
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Benefits ASME Certification
PUBLIC PURCHASERS
GOVERNMENT MANUFACTURERS
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Why Conformity Assessment?
Conforming to the ASME Conformity
Standard Assessment
Suppliers Self- Accreditation and
Declaration of Conformity Certification
“We stand by the quality “Through the Conformity
of our products” Assessment process:
ASME, the National
Board, Jurisdictions and
AIA’s stand behind the
ASME Mark”
Shared
ASME Enforcement
INSPECTION JURISDICTIONS
AGENCIES
CERTIFICATE
HOLDER
NATIONAL
Shared protection BOARD
of the ASME Mark
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What if you don’t Stamp?
Why Certify? –
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What if you don’t Stamp?
Implications for unstamped products
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Reasons why companies don’t stamp
• The Code’s inspection requirements add unnecessary cost.
Response: Third party inspection of critical pressure
equipment is unavoidable. Ongoing Inspection
improves the value of the product produced and
reduces your risk. Critical to countering costs of
employee turnover & revisions to the Code.
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Reasons why companies don’t stamp
• Materials required by the ASME Code aren’t available
locally.
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You will ultimately get what you pay for!
• If you’re being promised equipment that’s the same as
“certified,” but at significant savings, you need to take a
closer look at what you are purchasing
For End Users the best overall value for the life of your purchased
pressure retaining item is to purchase items bearing the ASME
Certification Mark.
Questions?
Paul Lang / Matt Vazquez
langp@asme.org / Vazquezm@asme.org
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