3HCSI CODEX
3HCSI's ASME watch on certifications, codes and training: every entry is verified against the official source and updated whenever something changes. The full detail is reserved for registered users.
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Parts Certification (PRT)
ASME program that extends certification to parts fabricators making components to a design furnished by a BPV Certificate Holder, without taking on design responsibility. The PRT-1 to PRT-5…
Reinforced Thermoset Plastic Certification (RTP-1)
ASME certification for stationary reinforced thermoset plastic corrosion-resistant equipment, storage or processing of corrosive substances at low pressure (max 15 psig). RTP mark backed by an ASME Certificate…
NQA-1: Nuclear Quality Assurance Standard (the Code)
The ASME NQA-1 standard (2024 edition) sets quality assurance requirements across the whole life cycle of a nuclear facility, large light water reactors and advanced reactors, including SMRs.
Digital Twins of Nuclear Power Plants
ASME overview of digital twins for operating and maintaining nuclear plants, both existing and advanced: a frontier topic ASME tracks for how the rules on AI and digital…
Designing Better Concrete for SMRs
ASME technical explainer on the structural-concrete requirements for small modular reactors, a frontier topic because SMRs place demands on construction materials that differ from traditional reactors.
The ASME Certification Process
From preparation to certificate: the four phases of the ASME process (preparation, application, assessment, certification; for nuclear the assessment is the Survey), with the five steps of the…
Courses: Section III · Section IX · Section XI
The reference ASME course for working on Section III is “ASME BPV Code Section III, Division 1: Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components and USNRC Regulations”: an…
A Nuclear Microreactor Nears Reality
An ASME feature on MARVEL, the 100-kW microreactor being built at Idaho National Laboratory: 12 feet tall, 2,000 pounds, cooled by a sodium-potassium liquid metal, with fuel that…
Authorized Training Providers
A network of local organizations authorized by ASME to deliver training to engineers in their region, organized by geography (Europe being one of the seven regions), issuing ASME-branded…
Nuclear Power Online Course Collection
ASME's aggregator catalogue for nuclear training, organised in five areas: nuclear facility materials, design and construction; nuclear quality assurance; inservice, operations and balance of plant; referenced codes &…
ASME/ANS RA-S-1.1-2024
A Level 1 probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) standard for nuclear power plants, covering internal and external hazards and core damage frequency, with a preliminary Level 2 framework for…
ASME Digital Badging Program
Verifiable digital badges ASME issues to individuals involved in specific Society programmes and initiatives: ASME L&D Educators, E4C Fellowship, EFx Student Competitions, Scholarship Awardees, Journal Reviewers, with more…
CA Connect
ASME's single digital platform (built on Salesforce) for filing new certification applications, tracking pending ones, and managing renewals, team members and billing across the certification and accreditation programs.
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Certification
ASME's oldest and most widespread program, running since 1916: 14 certification marks cover power boilers, heating boilers, pressure vessels (including the U/UM/U2/U3 marks), fiber-reinforced plastic vessels, transport tanks…
Nuclear Material Organization Certification
Certifies the quality system of organizations that procure, manufacture or supply material for Section III nuclear components, upstream of component certification itself. Its rules were first introduced in…
Nuclear Component Certification
Certifies an organization's quality assurance program under Section III of the ASME BPVC for components installed in nuclear facilities: vessels, pumps, valves, piping systems, storage tanks, core support…
BPVC: 2025 Edition
The 2025 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is the current edition of the nuclear Section III, which covers light-water reactors (Division 1), fusion energy devices (Division 4) and…
Small Modular Reactors & Advanced Reactors
ASME's map of the codes and standards that apply to SMRs and advanced reactors: BPVC Section III and XI, the OM Code, QME-1, NQA-1 and the RA-S risk…
Quality Program for Suppliers (QPS)
An ASME program that assesses a supplier's quality system where the technical standards have no dedicated quality section, without a formal stamp certification, and not a replacement for…
Nuclear Quality Assurance: NQA-1
Centralized, independent third-party certification of a quality assurance program against the ASME NQA-1 standard, often alongside or after component certification.
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