The ASME B&PV Code, Section III, is being used as the design acceptance criteria in the construction of China’s third generation AP1000 nuclear power plants. This is the first time that the ASME Code was fully accepted in Chinese nuclear power industry. In the past 6 years, a few improvements of the Code were found to be necessary to satisfy the various requirements originated from these new power plant (NPP) constructions. These improvements are originated from a) the stress-strain curves needed in elastic-plastic analysis, b) the environmental fatigue issue, c) the perplexity generated from the examination requirements after hydrostatic test and d) the safe end welding problems. In this paper, the necessities of these proposed improvements on the ASME B&PV code are further explained and discussed case by case. Hopefully, through these efforts, the near future development direction and assignment of the ASME B&PV-III China International Working Group can be set up.
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2013 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
July 29–August 2, 2013
Chengdu, China
Conference Sponsors:
- Nuclear Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5580-5
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Proposed Improvements of the ASME B&PV Code and Future Directions of CIWG
Jinquan Yan,
Jinquan Yan
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
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Yinbiao He,
Yinbiao He
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
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Gang Li,
Gang Li
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
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Hao Yu
Hao Yu
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
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Jinquan Yan
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
Yinbiao He
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
Gang Li
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
Hao Yu
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, Shanghai, China
Paper No:
ICONE21-15404, V003T07A005; 6 pages
Published Online:
February 7, 2014
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Yan, J, He, Y, Li, G, & Yu, H. "Proposed Improvements of the ASME B&PV Code and Future Directions of CIWG." Proceedings of the 2013 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. Volume 3: Nuclear Safety and Security; Codes, Standards, Licensing and Regulatory Issues; Computational Fluid Dynamics and Coupled Codes. Chengdu, China. July 29–August 2, 2013. V003T07A005. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE21-15404
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