ASME OM-CODE-2009 pdf download
ASME OM-CODE-2009 pdf download.Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants.
The ASME Committee on Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants meets regularly to conduct standards development business. This includes consideration of written requests for interpretations, Code Cases, and revisions to Operation and Maintenance Code and development of new requirements as dictated by technological development. This supplement provides guid- ance to Code users for submitting technical inquiries to the Committee. Technical inquiries include requests for revisions or additions to the Code requirements, requests for Code Cases, and requests for Code interpretations. Code Cases may be issued by the Committee when the need is urgent. Code Cases clarify the intent of existing Code requirements or provide alternative requirements. Code Cases are written as a question and a reply and are usually intended to be incorporated into the Code at a later date. Code interpretations provide the meaning of or the intent of existing requirements in the Code and are also presented as a question and reply. Both Code Cases and Code interpretations are published by the Committee. The Code requirements, Code Cases, and Code interpretations established by the Committee are not to be considered as approving, recommending, certifying, or endorsing any proprietary or specific design or as limiting in any way the freedom of manufacturers or constructors to choose any method of design or any form of construction that conforms to the Code requirements. Moreover, ASME does not act as a consultant on specific engineering problems or on the general application or understanding of the Code requirements. If, based on the inquiry informa- tion submitted, it is the opinion of the Committee that the inquirer should seek assistance, the inquiry will be returned with the recommendation that such assistance be obtained. As an alternate to the requirements of this Supplement, members of the Committee and its subcommittees, subgroups, and working groups may introduce requests for Code revisions or additions,
CODE REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS Requests for Code revisions or additions shall provide the following: (a) Proposed Revision(s) or Addition(s). For revisions, identify the requirements of the Code that require revision and submit a copy of the appropriate requirements as they appear in the Code marked up with the proposed revision. For additions, provide the recommended wording refer- enced to the existing Code requirements. (b) Statement ofNeed. Provide a brief explanation of the need for the revision(s) or addition(s). (c) Background Information. Provide background information to support the revision(s) or addi- tion(s) including any data or changes in technology that form the basis for the request that will allow the Committee to adequately evaluate the proposed revision(s) or addition(s). Sketches, tables, figures, and graphs should be submitted as appropriate. When applicable, identify any pertinent paragraph in the Code that would be affected by the revision(s) or addition(s) and paragraphs in the Code that reference the paragraphs that are to be revised or added. CODE CASES Requests for Code Cases shall provide a Statement of Need and Background Information similar to that defined in subparas. (b) and (c) of “Code Revisions or Additions” section. The proposed Code Case should identify the Code Section and Division and be written as a Question and Reply in the same format as existing Code Cases. Requests for Code Cases should also indicate the applicable Code edition(s) and addenda to which the proposed Code Case applies. CODE INTERPRETATIONS Requests for Code interpretations shall provide the following: (a) Inquiry. Provide a condensed and precise question, omitting superfluous background infor- mation, and, when possible, composed in such a way that a “yes“ or a “no“ Reply, possibly with brief provisos, is acceptable. The question should be technically and editorially correct. (b) Reply. Provide a proposed Reply that will clearly and concisely answer the Inquiry question. Preferably,
