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The Role of Standards and Cer1fica1on in the Nuclear Power Industry

Allyson Byk

Project Engineering Advisor ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards Europe Liaison 15th INPRO Dialog Forum on Sustainable Supply Chains for Advanced Nuclear Power Systems July 2-4, 2018

Agenda

• ASME Background
• History of Standards and Why They MaTer
• ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards
• ASME Conformity Assessment
• ConsideraUons For Countries With Emerging

Nuclear Programs

ASME at a Glance

• ASME was founded in 1880
• 400 employees
• 140,000 members with over 200 local secUons, 500

student secUons in over 40 countries

• Develop standards and conformity assessment programs

for many industries including nuclear

• ASME offers more than 200 courses and trains about

9,000 people each year

• Publish mulUple technical journals and books
• Sponsor or co-sponsor many technical conferences

Offices: New York, NY Washington DC Fairfield, NJ Houston, TX Brussels Beijing New Delhi

ASME Standards and Cer8fica8on Mission

Develop the best, most applicable, codes, standards, and conformity assessment programs in the world, for the benefit of humanity. Involve the best and the brightest people from all around the world to develop, maintain, and promote the use of these ASME products and services world wide.

Background of ASME Codes & Standards

• First standard issued in 1884
• Maintain approximately 500 published codes and

standards, issuing between 75-100 annually

• 700 total commiTees
• Over 5500 volunteer commiTee members (SMEs)
• Administer over 40 US Technical Advisory Groups to ISO

Authorized InspecUons AutomoUve Bioprocess Blanks Boiler CerUficaUon & AccreditaUon (C&A) Chains Chemical/Process Compressors ComputaUonal/Analysis CompuUng/InformaUon Science in Engineering Controls Conveyors Cranes and Hoists Design Elevators and Escalators Energy Efficiency Engineering Drawing & Related PracUces Environmental Fasteners Fitness-For-Service Figngs, Flanges & Gaskets Fossil Gauges/Gaging Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) HeaUng, VenUlaUng and Air-CondiUoning High Pressure Vessels/Systems Industrial Gas Internal CombusUon Engine Keys & Keyseats Limits & Fits Materials Measurement Medical/Health Metal Products Sizes Metric System Noise Control and AcousUcs Non-Personnel & Personnel Lijing Devices NondestrucUve EvaluaUon/ExaminaUon Nuclear Operator QualificaUon and CerUficaUon Performance Test Codes Piping & Pipelines Plant OperaUons Plumbing Post ConstrucUon Pressure Vessels Pumps Rail TransportaUon Reinforced Thermo, PlasUc Corrosion Resistance Renewable/AlternaUve Energy Risk Analysis Screw Threads Steam Table Steel Stacks Surface Quality TesUng TexUle Engineering Tools Turbines Valves Waste Water Management Welding & Brazing

ASME Develops Codes & Standards for Many Industries

Brief History of Steam Power and the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

• Throughout the 1800’s, both boiler size and operaUng pressure

conUnued to increase

• By the 1890’s the number of boiler explosions was more than
• ne per day, causing the loss of thousands of lives

Example:

• The Grover Shoe Factory boiler explosion on March 20, 1905 in

Brockton, MassachuseTs

• R. B. Grover & Company Shoe Factory

Before the boiler explosion

• R. B. Grover & Company Shoe Factory

A@er Boiler Explosion

• Following a number of explosions of this type, states

began to develop their own boiler laws

• This led to the development of different laws among the

states

• In response, ASME issued the first Boiler Code in 1914
• It provided for safe construcUon and promoted

commerce through consistency of requirements

Why Standards MaPer

It’s about protec.ng public health and safety

400 psi 500 psi 650 psi 1600 psi 5000 psi P R E S S U R E L E V E L

It’s also about consistency of requirements

Why Standards MaPer

Without consistency of requirements you get this…..

World Power Outlets

• Covers industrial and residenUal boilers,

pressure vessels, nuclear reactor components, and transport tanks

• Is Comprehensive - provides rules for

materials, design, fabricaUon, examinaUon, inspecUon, tesUng, cerUficaUon, and pressure relief

• Is Dynamic – evolves and changes to

reflect new technology and industry needs

• Includes a conformity assessment

program wriTen into the code to assure compliance

ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sec8ons

• SecUon I - Power Boilers
• Sec1on II - Materials
• Sec8on III - Rules for Construc8on of Nuclear Facility Components
• SecUon IV - HeaUng Boilers
• Sec1on V - Nondestruc1ve Examina1on
• SecUon VI - Recommended Rules for the Care and OperaUon of HeaUng Boilers
• SecUon VII - Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers
• SecUon VIII Pressure Vessels
• Sec1on IX - Welding and Brazing Qualifica1ons
• SecUon X - Fiber-Reinforced PlasUc Pressure Vessels
• Sec8on XI - Rules for Inservice Inspec8on of Nuclear Power Plant

Components

• SecUon XII - Rules for the ConstrucUon and ConUnued Service of Transport Tanks
• SecUon XIII – Overpressure ProtecUon (In development)

2017 Edi8on

12 Sec8ons / 31 Volumes / ~16,500 pages Updated every 2 years

Nuclear Codes and Standards

ASME Standards for Nuclear Construc8on Nuclear Codes

• BPVC Sec8on III – Rules for ConstrucUon
• f Nuclear Facility Components
• NQA-1 – Quality Assurance

Requirements for Nuclear Facility ApplicaUons

• BPVC Sec8on XI – Inservice InspecUon & TesUng

Technical Reference Codes

• BPVC Sec8on II – Materials
• BPVC Sec8on V – NondestrucUve ExaminaUon
• BPVC Sec8on IX – Welding & Brazing QualificaUons

ASME BPVC Sec8on III

Rules for Construc1on of Nuclear Facility Components SecUon III establishes rules of safety relaUng only to pressure integrity, which governs the construc8on of boilers, pressure vessels, transport tanks, nuclear components and their supports.

• Subsec8on NCA: General Requirements for

Divisions 1 & 2

• Division 1: Metallic vessels, heat exchangers,

storage tanks, piping systems, pumps, valves, core support structures, supports, and similar items.

• Division 2: Code for Concrete Containments
• Division 3: Containment Systems for

TransportaUon and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level RadioacUve Material

• Division 4: Fusion Energy Devices (in development)
• Division 5: High Temperature Reactors
• Appendices
• Sec8on III Code Cases

ASME BPVC Sec8on III

Rules for Construc1on of Nuclear Facility Components

Subsec8on NCA

General Requirements for Divisions 1 & 2

• Referenced by and is an integral part of Division 1,

SubsecUons NB through NG, and Division 2 of SecUon III

• Covers quality assurance requirements, ASME product

cer8fica8on marks, and authorized inspec8on for Class 1, 2, 3, MC, CS, and CC construc8on by referencing the requirements in NQA-1, Part I and supplemenUng them as necessary in NCA-4134.

• Includes a Glossary which defines selected terms used in

SecUon III. The definiUons in this glossary prevail should a conflict exist elsewhere or in other documents referenced by SecUon III.

• Preservice and inservice examinaUon

– Mostly nondestrucUve (NDE) – IdenUfy degradaUon

• EvaluaUon Standards
• Repair/Replacement AcUviUes

– Including modificaUons

• Aging plant management

ASME BPVC Sec8on XI

Rules for Inservice Inspec1on of Nuclear Power Plant Components

• This Standard provides requirements

and guidelines for the establishment and execu8on of quality assurance programs during siUng, design, construcUon, operaUon and decommissioning of nuclear faciliUes.

• This Standard reflects industry

experience and current understanding

• f the quality assurance requirements

necessary to achieve safe, reliable, and efficient u8liza8on of nuclear energy, and management and processing of radioac8ve materials.

Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applica8ons (NQA-1)

• Part I – Requirements for Quality

Assurance Programs for Nuclear FaciliUes

• Part II – Quality Assurance

Requirements for Nuclear Facility ApplicaUons

• Part III - Nonmandatory Guidance on

ImplemenUng Requirements of Part I and Part II

• Part IV – Guidelines on the ApplicaUon

and Use of the NQA-1 Standard

Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applica8ons (NQA-1)

• OM-1 - Code for OperaUon and

Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants

• QME-1 - QualificaUon of AcUve

Mechanical Equipment used in Nuclear Power Plants

• RA-S - ProbabilisUc Risk Assessment for

Nuclear Power Plant ApplicaUons (PRA)

• AG-1 - Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment

Requirements

• Cranes for Nuclear FaciliUes

ASME Nuclear Codes & Standards

Conformity Assessment

It’s all about quality

• The recogniUon of a company’s or individual’s

capability to fulfill the requirements of an ASME standard in order to advance public safety and facilitate internaUonal commerce.

• Conformity Assessment, when properly applied,

provides regulators and purchasers of products confidence that the products were manufactured in accordance with the applicable standard, regardless of where in the world they were manufactured

Quality Assurance Programs

Planning & Implementa8on Execu8on Survey, Inspect, test, & Measure Non Conformance & Correc8ve Ac8on Review Results, Act Policies, procedures, instrucUons & framework for Quality management system Standards / Regula8ons Employees are trained on their responsibiliUes, and authorized to work IAW established policies & procedures Established Procedures Policies, procedures, instrucUons & framework are revised / updated and employees retrained ExaminaUon, inspecUon and collecUon of data to guide the process or system and process / system improvements

1 3 2 4

Audit Audit

(Management puts this together)

Nuclear Component Cer8fica8on

Nuclear components: vessels, pumps, valves, piping systems, storage tanks, core support systems, concrete containments

NA

Field installaUon and shop assembly

NPT

FabricaUon, with or without design responsibility, for nuclear parts

NV

Safety and safety relief valves

N3

Containment and TransportaUon Systems for spent fuel and high level radioacUve waste and internal supports

NS

Nuclear component supports (not used with cerUficaUon mark)

N ASME’s Conformity Assessment Program is recognized in

• ver 75 countries

Nuclear Materials Cer8fica8on QSC – Quality Systems Cer8ficate

• CerUficaUon of material organizaUon's quality system

program in accordance with SecUon III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) for materials used in nuclear components.

• Quality System CerUficates (QSC) verify the adequacy
• f a Material OrganizaUon's quality system program.

– The quality system program provides assurance that the

• rganiza8on's opera8ons, processes, and services

related to the procurement, manufacture, and supply

• f material, source material, and unqualified source

material are performed in accordance with the requirements of the ASME BPVC, Sec8on III, NCA-3800 and NCA-3900.

NQA-1 Cer8fica8on

The ASME NQA-1 CerUficaUon Program seeks to meet the needs of the nuclear industry by expanding the supply chain with organizaUons who are commiTed to understanding quality and providing high quality products and services.

NQA-1 Cer8fica8on Program

• Applies to organizaUons supplying items or services which

provide a safety funcUon for nuclear faciliUes

– does not apply to or replace the cerUficaUon requirements to supply, manufacture, construction and fabricaUon of items falling under the scope

• f SecUon III
• The ASME NQA-1 CerUficaUon program provides a means for an
• rganizaUon supplying items or services that are safety related to

have its Quality Assurance Program recognized by ASME as having had its Quality Assurance Program audited and verified to be in conformance with the requirements of the ASME NQA-1 Standard.

– does not prequalify or exempt an organizaUon from a qualificaUon audit being performed by the Purchaser of the items or services provided by the organizaUon

NQA-1 Cer8fica8on Program Benefits

• Having an NQA-1 QA Program recognized by an

independent organizaUon that is internaUonally known and respected.

• Provides confidence to customers that the supplier has

the knowledge and resources to implement an NQA-1 QA program.

• Assists new suppliers gaining entry into the supply

chain.

• Reduce amount of Ume, effort and resources to

purchasers in determining if a potenUal supplier has an acceptable NQA-1 program.

• Provides confidence to Senior Management that the

established QA program is being saUsfactorily implemented by their employees.

• Creates a level “playing field” with promoUng consistent

applicaUon of NQA-1 standard within the industry and supply chain.

Advantages of Using a Conformity Assessment Program

• QualificaUon of suppliers
• Regular resurveying of suppliers
• Third party oversight of construcUon
• Provides confidence that the established QC/QA

program is being saUsfactorily implemented

Benefits of ASME Cer8fica8on

MANUFACTURERS ASME CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC PURCHASERS PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITATING TRADE OPEN/TRANSPARENT PROCESS GOVERNMENT Protects Public Safety & Welfare Supports policies on public safety & fair trade Supply chain management: Increase Choices Reduce Cost A trusted worldwide brand allowing access to a global market

What does all this mean for countries that want to build nuclear power plants…???

• Many countries want localizaUon as

part of their reactor deal

• No maTer which reactor is selected,

nuclear localizaUon will likely not give companies enough producUon to stay in business for the long term

• Lower producUon rates mean less

efficiency and higher per unit costs, making local companies less compeUUve

What is the formula for success?

• Manufacturers/suppliers need to gain access to the

global market

– Globally there are over 430 operaUng nuclear power reactors – 58 nuclear units are under construcUon – Many more units are in the planning phase

ASME Cer8fica8on - Global

ASME By The Numbers

*7,350 ASME Cer.fied Companies 13,000 ASME Cer.ficates Issued 75 Countries

*numbers are approximate

Boilers and pressure vessels are used all over the world in many different industries:

ASME Global Growth

Cer8fied Boiler & Pressure Vessel Manufacturers

7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000

90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12

Certified Manufacturers

US International Total

Data as of 2013-12-31

If you are considering nuclear new build… …Which standard you use maTers.

Use a technology neutral standard…

• Segng up and maintaining mulUple manufacturing

quality programs:

• Is expensive
• Is cumbersome
• Creates inefficiency

…Or manufacture to mul8ple standards

BoPom line…

• It makes a company less

compeUUve

• Stability and Flexibility:

– Stability of a common set of rules and basis for producUon – Standards process which is dynamic enough for technological innovaUon

• Fairness and ImparUality:

– Do they level the playing field for compeUUon – Rules do not favor one region of the world over another

• Global and Technical Relevance

– Meets the regulatory and market needs of many naUons

What to consider when choosing Standards

Do they meet industry expecta.ons?

What to consider when choosing Standards

Do they meet industry expecta.ons?

• Do they fulfill the regulators expectaUons

– Meets public safety, health and environmental objecUves – Provides confidence in the technical integrity of the product or service

• Is a conformity assessment program wriTen into the code

to assure compliance

– Provides for quality program consistency and ease of supply chain management – Tool for management to establish their QC/QA program is being saUsfactorily implemented by their employees – Provides confidence to your customers in your QC/QA program

Standards and Cer8fica8on: Why Do We Need Them?

• Promote safety, uniformity, consistency, reliability,

producUvity, efficiency and innovaUon

• Help communicaUon between producers and users

– Product design and manufacturer

• Create a “common language”

– Allows groups to communicate even when they are of different naUonality

• Promote interchangeability

– Dimensioning is consistent

• Allow for more flexibility for designers

– Design creaUvity is not infringed by use of standards

• SaUsfy safety, performance, and economic goals

– Provides for a “level playing field”

Summary

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Allyson Byk byka@asme.org