Overview ASME BPVC Section XI

Overview of ASME BPVC Section XI
Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant

Components
Rick Swayne
Reedy Engineering, Inc.
Campbell, California
rswayne@reedyeng.com
Vice Chair of BPV XI Standards Committee on Nuclear

Inservice Inspection
Member of BPV Technical Oversight Management Committee
Member of Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards
Vice Chair of ASME Council on Standards and Certification
November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 2

Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plants
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Inservice Inspection (ISI)
• Why is ISI required?

• Identify changes from baseline
(degradation)
• Flaw growth

Purpose of ISI
• From 1968 Draft Section XI
– Review of indications that show potential signs of
distress
– Relate the condition to the service requirements to
which the component is subjected.
– For the case where the review shows that no changes
have occurred, disposition would require nothing
further.
– For the case where the evaluation shows potential
signs of distress, but the condition meets the original
acceptance standards, disposition may require
nothing more than examination of an additional
number of components or like areas.

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Purpose and Scope of Section XI
• Preservice and inservice examination

– Mostly nondestructive (NDE)
– Identify degradation
• Evaluation Standards
– Evaluation of results of NDE
• Repair/Replacement Activities
– Including modifications
– Some maintenance activities excluded
• Aging management
• (No longer includes active functions of mechanical
equipment)

Organization of Section XI
• Division 1 - Light-water-cooled Nuclear

Power Plants
• Division 2 - Gas-cooled Nuclear Power
Plants (currently being rewritten)
• Division 3 - Liquid-metal-cooled
Nuclear Power Plants (will be combined
into Division 2)

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Section XI, Division 1
• Subsection IWA General Requirements

• Subsection IWB Class 1 Components
• Subsection IWC Class 2 Components
• Subsection IWD Class 3 Components
• Subsection IWE Class MC Metal Containment Vessels and Containment
Penetrations Not Backed by Concrete,
and Liners of Class CC Containment Vessels
• Subsection IWF Class 1, 2, 3, and MC Component Supports
• Subsection IWG Core Support Structures and Reactor Vessel Internal Structures
• Subsection IWL Concrete Containment Vessels
• Appendices: Mandatory (Roman numerals)
Nonmandatory (Letters)

Division 2 Rewrite
• Risk-informed Methodology
• Reactor-type Appendices
– Gas-cooled Reactors [such as Pebble Bed
Modular Reactor (PBMR)]
– Liquid-metal-cooled Reactors (such as
Monju)
– Unique Small Modular Reactors (such as
NuScale pool-type reactor)
• Country-specific Appendices

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IWA-1000 Scope And Responsibility
• Degradation Detected as a Result of

Periodic Inservice Inspection
• Repair, Replacement, and
Modification Activities - Performed
for Any Reason

Scope of Section XI
Quality, or Level of Compliance with Construction Code
Initial Compliance Technical Requirements
with Construction Service- induced Continued
Code Degradation Degradation
Restore to
Compliance with
Construction
Code
Section XI
Acceptance
Criteria
Start of Time
1st Periodic 2nd Periodic
Operation
Inspection Inspection
(Accept) (Reject and
Correct)

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Design for ISI
• System Designer responsibilities

– Identify degradation mechanisms
– Select resistant materials
– Understand examination and testing methods
capable of detecting degradation
– Provide access for examination and testing
(NDE, chemical, mechanical, functional)
• Owner verifies adequacy of design for ISI
• Especially important for new designs

Access Requirements
• Physical space around component,

volume, or surface
• Physical or visual access of personnel
• Environmental hazards
• Equipment limitations
• Instrumentation

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IWA-1200 Jurisdiction
• Section XI Applies After Code Symbol Stamping,

except for Preservice Inspection required by the Design
Specification (See ASME Section III)
• May be applied to components or systems constructed
to any Construction Code
– RCC-M
– CSA
– JSME
– KEPIC
– Etc.

IWA-1300 Application and

Classifications
• Classification in Accordance with

Applicable Regulatory Requirements
• For example, in U.S.
– US NRC 10CFR50.2
– US NRC Regulatory Guide 1.26
– US NRC NUREG-0800, Standard
Review Plan

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IWA-1400 Owner’s Responsibility
• Quality Assurance Program

– 10CFR50 Appendix B, Quality Assurance
Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel
Reprocessing Plants
– ASME NQA-1, Quality Assurance Program
Requirements for Nuclear Facilities
• Mandatory and Supplementary Requirements

IWA-2000 Examination and Inspection
• IWA-2100 Authorized Inspection

– Accredited Authorized Inspection Agency (AIA)
– Authorized Nuclear Inservice Inspector (ANII)
• Including verification of PSI performed in fabrication
shop
• Prerequisite of ANI for Repair/Replacement Activities

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IWA-2200 Examination Methods
• Types
– Visual
– Surface
– Volumetric
• Methods
• Techniques

IWA-2210 Visual Examination
• VT-1 (Cracks)
• VT-3 (General Degradation)
• VT-2 (Leakage)
• VE (Boric acid leakage detection)
• Remote Examination
• Illumination Levels

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IWA-2220 Surface Examination
• Magnetic Particle (MT)

• Liquid Penetrant (PT)
• Eddy Current (ET or ECT)
• Ultrasonic (UT)

IWA-2230 Volumetric Examination
• Radiographic (RT)
• Ultrasonic (UT)
• Eddy Current (ET or ECT)
• Acoustic Emission (AE)

10
IWA-2240 Alternative Examinations
• Alternative Examination Methods

• Newly Developed Techniques
• Demonstration to the Satisfaction of
the ANII

IWA-2300 Qualification of
Nondestructive Examination Personnel
• Written Practice Meeting American Society for
Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) CP-189, Standard for
Qualification and Certification of NDE Personnel
• NDE Certifications Valid Until Expiration
• Mandatory Appendix VII - Training, Qualification, and
Certification of Ultrasonic Examination (UT) Personnel
• VT-2 or VT-3 – Credit for Walkdown or
TestingExperience
• ANDE Performance-based Personnel Certification
• Other International Certification Systems

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IWA-2320 through IWA-2380 Qualification
Examinations, Experience, and Responsibilities
• Annual Vision Examinations

• Ability to Distinguish Colors
• Level III NDE Personnel
• Level II NDE Personnel
• Level I NDE Personnel
• Trainee
• NDE Instructor

IWA-2400 Inspection Program

• IWA-2410 Application of Code Edition and Addenda
– Code Edition and Addenda
• Subject to Regulatory Acceptance
• In U.S.,
– 10CFR50.55a, Codes and Standards
– 10CFR50.52 (1-Step Licensing)
– US NRC Limitations
– Preservice Inspection
– Inservice Inspection
• First Interval
• Successive Intervals
– Later Editions or Addenda
• Related Requirements

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IWA-2420 Inspection Plans and Schedules
• Examinations and Tests

• ANII Review
• Regulatory Submittal
– Plans, not Schedules

IWA-2430 Inspection Intervals
• 120 Months/10 Years

• Extensions or Adjustments

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IWA-2440 Application of Code Cases
• Subject to Regulatory Acceptance

• In U.S., NRC Regulatory Guide 1.147, Inservice
Inspection Code Case Acceptability, ASME
Section XI, Division 1
• Inservice Inspection versus Repair/Replacement
Activity
– Identify
– In Effect
– Revision or Annulment
– New Cases

IWA-2500 Extent of Examination
• Only Welds Joining Items

– Wear-resistant Hardsurfacing Overlays
– Core Closure Welds in Castings

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Subsections IWB/IWC/IWD/IWE/IWF/IWL
Requirements for Class 1, 2, 3, MC, and CC
Components and Their Supports
• Exemptions from the Examination Requirements

– Volumetric, Surface, and
– VT-1 and VT-3 Visual Examination
– VT-2 Visual Examination
– Size
– Makeup Capacity
– Accessibility
– Preservice Examination
• Baseline for Future Inservice Examinations
• For Evaluating Effects of Service-induced Degradation

IWB/IWC/IWD/IWE/IWF-2400
Inspection Schedule
• Inspection Interval - 120 Months/10
Years
• Inspection Period - 40 Months
• Exemptions
• Snubbers
– (Removed from Section XI in 2006)
• Concrete Vessels and Post-tensioning
Systems

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Successive Inspections
• Sequence of Component
Examinations
• Acceptance by Analytical Evaluation
(Fracture Mechanics) or Testing
(Supports)

Additional Examinations
• Sample Expansion
– 2 Steps to 100%
– 5 Steps for Supports

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IWB/IWC/IWD/IWE/IWF-2500 Examination
and Pressure Test Requirements
• Selection
– Basis
• Deterministic – Sampling
or
• Risk-informed
– Nonmandatory Appendix R
– Division 2

IWA-3000 Standards for Examination

Evaluation
• Acceptance Criteria Based on Fracture

Mechanics
– Differs from workmanship-based criteria
of Construction Codes, such as ASME
Section III

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IWA-4000 Repair/Replacement
Activities
• IWA-4110 SCOPE
• Repair/replacement Activities - Repair,
Replacement, Modification, and Alteration
• Regardless of the Reason for the Activity or
the Detection Method
• Welding, Brazing, Defect Removal, and
Removing, Adding, and Modifying Items or
Systems

IWA-4120 Applicability
• Exemptions
• Inservice testing
• Nonmandatory Appendix J, Guide to
Plant Maintenance Activities and Section
XI Repair/Replacement Activities
• ANII
• Maintenance Activities

18
IWA-4130 Alternative Requirements
• IWA-4131 Small Items

• IWA-4132 Rotation of Snubbers and Relief
Valves from Stock
• IWA-4133 Structurally-Engineered
Mechanical Clamping Devices
– Temporary
– Limited Diameter
– Low- or Moderate-Energy Systems

IWA-4143 Stamping
• No NPT Symbol Stamps for

Fabrication
• No NA Symbol Stamps for
Installation or Repair

19
IWA-4150 Repair/Replacement Program
and Plan
• Repair/Replacement Program
– Managerial and Administrative Controls
– Section XI Edition and Addenda
• Repair/Replacement Plan
– Requirements for a Specific Repair/Replacement Activity
– Documentation of Actions Performed
– Construction Code Edition and Addenda, and Code Cases
– Owner's Requirements (Design Specification
Requirements)
– Intended Life

IWA-4160 Verification of Acceptability
• Evaluate Cause of Failure and Apply

Corrective Actions to Preclude
Recurrence

20
IWA-4170 Inspection
• Authorized Inspection Agency

– Authorized Nuclear Inspector (ANI)
• Prerequisite for ANII

IWA-4200 Items for

Repair/Replacement Activities
• IWA-4220 Code Applicability
• IWA-4221 Construction Code and Owner's Requirements
• IWA-4222 Reconciliation of Code and Owner's Requirements
– Technical Requirements
– Administrative Requirements
– Components
– Material
– Parts, Appurtenances, Piping Subassemblies, Fabrication, and Installation
– Design

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IWA-4300 Design
• IWA-4311 Material, Design, or

Configuration Changes
– Evaluations or Analyses
• Certification
• Traceability

IWA-4312 Rerating
• Higher Temperature or Pressure

• Design
• Overpressure Protection
• Form NIS-2
• Inservice Flaws
• System Leakage Test

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IWA-4340 Mitigation of Defects by
Modification
• Isolate a Defective Area without

Removal of the Defect
– Characterize using Volumetric NDE
– Determine its Cause and Project its Growth
– Provide for Structural Integrity
– Plan for Additional Examinations to Detect
Propagation of the Flaw Beyond the Limits
of the Modification

IWA-4400 Welding, Brazing, Defect

Removal, and Installation
• Construction Code
– Later Editions or Addenda
– Code Cases
• Alternative Welding Methods
– Temperbead Welding
– Tube Plugging and Sleeving
• Welding, Brazing, Electrochemical Deposition
– Welding Under Water
– Weld Overlays

23
IWA-4422 Defect Removal and
Examination
• In Lieu of Construction Code Defect

Removal Requirements
– Without Subsequent Welding or Brazing
– With Subsequent Welding or Brazing
– Nondestructive Examination
• Exceptions to Section III
• NDE Under Water

IWA-4440 Welding, Brazing, and Welder and

Brazer Qualification Requirements
• Welding and Brazing Procedure Specifications

• Welders, Welding Operators, Brazers, and
Brazing Operators
• Qualified by the Repair/Replacement
Organization
• Transfer of Welding and Brazing Procedure
Specifications and Welder/Brazer Performance
Qualifications
• Contract Welders

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IWA-4451 Helical-Coil Threaded Inserts
• Materials
• Certification
• Quality Assurance Programs

IWA-4460 Metal Removal Processes
• Thermal Metal Removal Processes

– Such as Plasma Arc Cutting,
Oxyacetylene Cutting, Electric Discharge
Machining (EDM) or Metal
Disintegration Machining (MDM)
– Mechanical Processing
– Qualification

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IWA-4500 Examination and Test
• Construction Code Examination

– Exceptions to Section III Requirements
• Preservice Examination
– Same Method Used to Detect Defect

IWA-4540 Pressure Testing
• Leakage Test at Nominal Operating

Pressure
– Exemptions
• Cladding
• < NPS 1 (DN 25)
• Non-through-wall
• Seal Welds
• Valve Disks
• Etc.

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IWA-5000 System Pressure Tests
• Periodic System Pressure Tests
– Leakage Test
– Hydrostatic Test
– Pneumatic Test
• Repair/Replacement Activities
• Holding Times
• Test Pressurization Boundaries
– Class 1
– Classes 2 and 3

IWA-5000 System Pressure Tests

• VT-2 Visual Examinations
– Systems Borated to Control Reactivity
• Buried Components
– Pressure Drop Test
– Change-in-flow Test

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IWA-5250 Corrective Action
• Evaluation
– Evaluation Analyses
• Corrective Action
– Bolted Connections in Borated Systems

IWA-6000 Records and Reports
• Plans and Schedules for Preservice and Inservice

Examinations and Tests
• Records of Examinations, Tests, and
Repair/Replacement Activities
– Preservice and Inservice Inspection Summary Reports
– Owner’s Activity Report for Inservice Inspections, Form
OAR-1 (Classes 1 & 2)
– Owner’s Report for Repair/Replacement Activities, Form
NIS-2 (All Classes)

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IWA-6300 Retention
• Maintain Records and Reports

• Access by ANII
• Protection from Deterioration and
Damage
• Microfilm
• Digitization


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Overview of ASME BPVC Section XI

Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant

Vice Chair of BPV XI Standards Committee on Nuclear

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 2

• Why is ISI required?

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 3

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 4

• Preservice and inservice examination

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 5

• Division 1 - Light-water-cooled Nuclear

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 6

• Subsection IWA General Requirements

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 7

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 8

• Degradation Detected as a Result of

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 9

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 10

• System Designer responsibilities

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 11

• Physical space around component,

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 12

• Section XI Applies After Code Symbol Stamping,

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 13

IWA-1300 Application and

• Classification in Accordance with

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 14

• Quality Assurance Program

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 15

IWA-2000 Examination and Inspection

• IWA-2100 Authorized Inspection

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 16

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 17

IWA-2210 Visual Examination

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 18

• Magnetic Particle (MT)

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 19

IWA-2230 Volumetric Examination

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 20

• Alternative Examination Methods

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 21

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 22

• Annual Vision Examinations

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 23

IWA-2400 Inspection Program

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 24

• Examinations and Tests

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 25

IWA-2430 Inspection Intervals

• 120 Months/10 Years

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 26

• Subject to Regulatory Acceptance

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 27

IWA-2500 Extent of Examination

• Only Welds Joining Items

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 28

• Exemptions from the Examination Requirements

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 29

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 30

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 31

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 32

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 33

IWA-3000 Standards for Examination

• Acceptance Criteria Based on Fracture

November 29, 2016 ASME Section XI 34