MANDATORY APPENDIX 12 ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION OF WELDS (UT) 12-1 SCOPE (a) This Appendix describes methods which shall be employed when ultrasonic examination of welds is speci fied in this Division, (b) Section V, Article 4 shall be applied for detail re quirements in methods and procedures, unless otherwise specified in this Appendix. () Ultrasonic examination shall be performed in accor: dance with a written procedure, certified by the Manufac- turer to be in accordance with the requirements of Section V, Article 1, T-150, 12-2. CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCE OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINER Personnel performing and evaluating ultrasonic exam: inations required by this Division shall meet the require: ments of UW.54. 12-3 ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION STANDARDS ‘These Standards shall apply unless other standards are specified for specific applications within this Division, Imperfections which produce a response greater than 20% of the reference level shall be investigated to the ex- tent that the operator can determine the shape, identity, and location of all such imperfections and evaluate them in terms of the acceptance standards given in (a) and () below. 452 (a) Indications characterized as cracks, lack of fusion, or incomplete penetration are unacceptable regardless of length (6) Other imperfections are unacceptable ifthe indica- tions exceed the reference level amplitude and have lengths which exceed: (2) "hin. (6 mm) for ¢ up to % in. (19 mm); (2) fot for ¢ from Yin. to 2%, in, (19 mm to 57 mm); (3) hin. (19 mm) for ¢ over 2%, in. (57 mm). where ¢ is the thickness of the weld excluding any allow- able reinforcement. For a butt weld joining two members having different thicknesses at the weld, tis the thinner of these two thicknesses. fa full penetration weld includes a fillet weld, the thickness of the throat ofthe fillet shall be included in t 12-4 REPORT OF EXAMINATION ‘The Manufacturer shall prepare a report ofthe ultraso: nlc examination and a copy ofthis report shall be retained by the Manufacturer as required by this Division (10-13). ‘The report shall contain the information required by Sec- tion V. In addition, a record of repaired areas shall be noted as well as the results of the reexamination of the re- paired areas. The Manufacturer shall also maintain a re- cord of all reflections from uncorrected areas having responses that exceed 0% of the reference level. This re- cord shall locate each area, the response level, the dimen- sions, the depth below the surface, and the classification.