Guide book for Impaortant code diagrams

Weld restrictions by category

Special lap joint stub end for lethal service –

see also Fig UW-13.3 and Fig 2-4(5) and (6)
All partial penetration nozzles are prohibited
All figure UW-13.2 corner welds are prohibited No slip on flanges

Code Cases
The following Code Cases refer to lethal service for VIII-1 vessels (2013 edition):

 1750-20(g) – A126 not to be used for PRVs, or rupture disks.

 2249 – Furnace Brazing
 2318 – slip on flanges in lethal service
 2321-1 PWHT of P4 and P5A materials
 2324 – Ultrasonic inspection
 2334 – single fillet lap joint tubesheet to shell connection
 2346-1 & 2537 – Alternative rules for SE and F&D head to shell attachment

 heat exchangers
 2527 – Pneumatic testing of UM vessels
 2537 – alternative F&D and SE head to shell attachment is not for lethal
service
 2621 – Diffusion bonding
 2751 – alternative spherical head to shell attachment is not for lethal service

Interpretations
With interpretations now available on line
at cstools.asme.org/Interpretation/SearchInterpretation.cfm it is now easier to find
relevant and up to date interpretations. A search for “BPV Section VIII Div 1”
keyword: “lethal” returns many records. The comments on the most interesting lethal
service interpretations are listed below. Refer to the actual interpretations for the full
text.

 VIII-1-01-118 and VIII-1-83-77R – ERW pipe may only be used if the long
seam is radiographed
 VIII-82-65 – volumetric examination of category D joints is not always required
 VIII-1-01-42 and VIII-1-04-48 – cone >30° and and corner joints not
permitted
  VIII-1-86-84 and VIII-1-95-138 – prohibited flange attachments – Fig UW-
13.2(m) and Fig 2-4 sketches (7), (8), (8a), (8b), and (9)
 VIII-1-92-112 – full radiography of category C and D butt welds is required
except for UW-11(a)(4)
 VIII-1-92-194 – full penetration angle joints are not permitted
 VIII-1-92-211 – Fig UW-13.2 attachments are not permissible
 VIII-1-98-113 – permissible repad and flange pad arrangements
 VIII-1-98-23 – Fig UW-16.1 (a) and (c) are permissible nozzle attachments,
others are not discussed
 VIII-77-62 – “It is the intent of Section VIII, Division 1 that Category B and C
butt welds in nozzles and communicating chambers that neither exceed 10 in.
nominal pipe size or 1-1/8 wall thickness are excluded from the provisions of
radiography, even though the vessel is in lethal service. This overrides the
provisions of UW-2(a).”
 VIII-80-02 – do not use corner joints from Fig UW-13.2 – redesign to create
butt joints that can be radiographed
 VIII-80-111 – acceptable lap joint flanges include Fig. 2-4(1) and Fig. UW-13.3
and Fig. 2-4(5) and (6)
 rec 15-634 – PWHT and cladding, see also 14-1910
 rec 15-1154 – Full RT does not include the reinforcing rings per UG-29
 rec 15-1264 – welding of non-round vessels
 rec 15-1288 – lethal and non-lethal sections of heat exchangers per UW-2(a)
(3)
 rec 16-32 – UG-25(e) telltale holes in the shell are not the same as UG-37(g)
telltale holes in repads
 rec 16-39 – Fig 1-6(d) is category C
 rec 16-72 – clarification on RT-4 and UG-116(e)(4)
 rec 17-11 – UG-82(b) and attachments after hydrotest per UG-99(g)

PTB-4
“ASME Section VIII – Division 1 Example Problem Manual” PTB-4-2013 provides
illustrative example for the use of VIII-1 rules.

 E7.1 – RT-1 radiography on a vessel to meet the requirements of lethal

service. Required radiography to meet RT-1 and the appropriate weld
efficiencies are illustrated and commented on. The sample illustrates items
like sumps and nozzles that can be exempt from radiography based on size
and still maintain the RT-1 rating for the vessel.
 E4.16.1 and E4.16.2 – maximum allowed flange bolt spacing for lethal
service per App 2-5(d)

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