Introduction to the « ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code »
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DURATION
4 days
 Engineers working on the design, fabrication, inspection, control,
construction, operation and maintenance of the nuclear island
mechanical components using the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
code or checking its application.
LANGUAGE
English, French
MAXIMUM NUMBER
OF PARTICIPANTS
15
LOCATION
Paris La Défense
AREVA Tower
TARGET GROUP
 Managers, technicians and sales engineers needing to understand the
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code applications
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PREREQUISITE
 No prerequisite
COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Introduce to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code organization
 Understand how to apply codified rules, their importance in a Nuclear
Power Plant, the associated technical and documentation rules
 Present the interaction between the code sections, in particular those
applied to Nuclear Pressure Equipments
 Identify differences between the ASME code and the USA regulatory
framework and how the code can be used outside of the USA/Canada.
CONTENT
 General presentation of the ASME Codes and Standards
 Presentation of ASME code sections (design, materials, fabrication,
welding, examinations, in service inspection, testing) and their
interactions
 Specific Requirements for nuclear equipment with application examples
 Specific requirements while using the ASME Code and standards
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Contact
TRAINING METHOD
 Instructor led classroom training
 Examples and cases study
 All presentations are in English, instructors are speaking in French or
English depending on the trainee population