Synopsis of Significant Revisions ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code 2023 Edition
ASME Section V; Nondestructive Examination
Note: This Synopsis does not address numerous editorial revisions of a minor nature made by the publisher that do not affect technical requirements.
| Paragraph | ASME Record No. | Description of Changes |
| Article 1, T-110(a) & T120(e) | 20-2437 | Revised T-110(a) (Scope) to delete the incomplete listing of NDE methods addressed in Section V. Added text to T-120(e) to indicate: “This written practice shall address the methods and techniques that are applicable to the organization’s operations and…” |
| Article 1, T-120(e) & Mandatory Appendices III & IV | 21-2047 | Revised to reference SNT-TC-1A-2020, and deleted Mandatory Appendix III and IV. This is a significant revision |
| Article 1, T-120(h) | 21-581 | Adopted ANDE-1-2020 to update ANDE-1-2015. |
| Article 1, T-120(j) | 21-433 | Revised to clarify personnel certifications made to a previous Edition of Section V remain valid until their renewal |
| Article 1, T-150(a) & (b) | 20-2600 | Revised to require procedure demonstration performance on a specimen having a known discontinuity unless otherwise stated by the referencing Code. This is a significant revision |
| Article 1, T-150(d)(3) | 21-647 | Revised “effectively reveal” to “reveal.’ |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.2 | 20-352 | Added definitions for “Dual Linear Array Search Unit” and “Linear Array Search Unit” |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.4 | 20-2043 | Revised the definition of “Multidirectional Magnetization” |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.6 | 22-931 | Deleted “magnifying aids” from the definition of “Direct Visual Examination”. |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.7 | 20-69
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Revised the definition of “Hood Test”, listing distinctions specific to the Hood test. |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.9 | 18-346 | Added a definition for “Sizing Accuracy” |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix II, Table II-121 | 21-367 | Revised General Notes (a), (c) and (d) clarifying requirements for additional training and experience requirements for individuals previously certified in another radiography technique. |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix II, II-122.1 | 21-2387 | Reduce the number of CR and DR practical examinations for Level I & II personnel with the required additional CR/DR training from 5 each to a minimum of 2 each, and revise the requirements of each test specimen. For Level I & II personnel without the required additional CR/DR training the additional 8 practical examinations shall be raw, unfiltered digital images. |
| Article 2, T-223 | 22-1375 | Corrected paragraph references to “VIII-288” and “IX-288” to read “VIII-282” and “IX-282” respectively. |
| Article2, T-223 and Mandatory Appendix I, I-223 | 22-2157 | Revised Paragraphs T-223 and I-223 to clarify the use of the lead letter “B” on radiographic film cartridges. |
| Article 2, Table T-276 | 20-2725 | Added a General Note that the specified IQI hole and/or wire designation may not produce the required minimum sensitivity. |
| Article 2, Mandatory Appendix VIII, VIII-221.1(i) | 21-1012 | Revised to add a comma between laser and resolution (laser, resolution) by errata. |
| Article 2, T-277.1 & Mandatory Appendix IX, IX-277.1 | 21-366 | Revised to clarify that the wire-type IQI placement is not required to span the full width of the weld if the sensitivity and density requirements are satisfied. |
| Article 4, Various | 19-2943, 19-2944 | 1. Revised “time of flight”, when used as an adjective, to “time- of-flight”, and revised “time- of-flight”, when used as a noun, to “time of flight”. 2. Revised “backwall” to “back wall” or, when used as an adjective, to “back-wall”, and revised “back-wall” to “back wall” when used as a noun. |
| Article 4, T-434.1.7 | 21-638 | Added statements requiring compliance for Non-piping Technique 1 and Technique 2 calibration blocks. |
| Article 4, T-451 | 17-2035 | Added a definition for High Alloy Steel |
| Article 1, T-110(a) & T120(e) | 20-2437 | Revised T-110(a) (Scope) to delete the incomplete listing of NDE methods addressed in Section V. Added text to T-120(e) to indicate: “This written practice shall address the methods and techniques that are applicable to the organization’s operations and…” |
| Article 1, T-120(e) & Mandatory Appendices III & IV | 21-2047 | Revised to reference SNT-TC-1A-2020, and deleted Mandatory Appendix III and IV. This is a significant revision |
| Article 1, T-120(h) | 21-581 | Adopted ANDE-1-2020 to update ANDE-1-2015. |
| Article 1, T-120(j) | 21-433 | Revised to clarify personnel certifications made to a previous Edition of Section V remain valid until their renewal |
| Article 1, T-150(a) & (b) | 20-2600 | Revised to require procedure demonstration performance on a specimen having a known discontinuity unless otherwise stated by the referencing Code. This is a significant revision |
| Article 1, T-150(d)(3) | 21-647 | Revised “effectively reveal” to “reveal.’ |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.2 | 20-352 | Added definitions for “Dual Linear Array Search Unit” and “Linear Array Search Unit” |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.4 | 20-2043 | Revised the definition of “Multidirectional Magnetization” |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.6 | 22-931 | Deleted “magnifying aids” from the definition of “Direct Visual Examination”. |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.7 | 20-69
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Revised the definition of “Hood Test”, listing distinctions specific to the Hood test. |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix I, I-121.9 | 18-346 | Added a definition for “Sizing Accuracy” |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix II, Table II-121 | 21-367 | Revised General Notes (a), (c) and (d) clarifying requirements for additional training and experience requirements for individuals previously certified in another radiography technique. |
| Article 1, Mandatory Appendix II, II-122.1 | 21-2387 | Reduce the number of CR and DR practical examinations for Level I & II personnel with the required additional CR/DR training from 5 each to a minimum of 2 each, and revise the requirements of each test specimen. For Level I & II personnel without the required additional CR/DR training the additional 8 practical examinations shall be raw, unfiltered digital images. |
| Article 2, T-223 | 22-1375 | Corrected paragraph references to “VIII-288” and “IX-288” to read “VIII-282” and “IX-282” respectively. |
| Article2, T-223 and Mandatory Appendix I, I-223 | 22-2157 | Revised Paragraphs T-223 and I-223 to clarify the use of the lead letter “B” on radiographic film cartridges. |
| Article 2, Table T-276 | 20-2725 | Added a General Note that the specified IQI hole and/or wire designation may not produce the required minimum sensitivity. |
| Article 2, Mandatory Appendix VIII, VIII-221.1(i) | 21-1012 | Revised to add a comma between laser and resolution (laser, resolution) by errata. |
| Article 2, T-277.1 & Mandatory Appendix IX, IX-277.1 | 21-366 | Revised to clarify that the wire-type IQI placement is not required to span the full width of the weld if the sensitivity and density requirements are satisfied. |
| Article 4, Various | 19-2943, 19-2944 | 1. Revised “time of flight”, when used as an adjective, to “time- of-flight”, and revised “time- of-flight”, when used as a noun, to “time of flight”. 2. Revised “backwall” to “back wall” or, when used as an adjective, to “back-wall”, and revised “back-wall” to “back wall” when used as a noun. |
| Article 4, T-434.1.7 | 21-638 | Added statements requiring compliance for Non-piping Technique 1 and Technique 2 calibration blocks. |
| Article 4, T-451 | 17-2035 | Added a definition for High Alloy Steel |
| Article 4, Mandatory Appendix II, Table II-440 | 22-440 | Revised values in the Table for “Indication Limits % Full Screen” to reflect those found in the 2013 and prior Editions because the values that were changed in the 2015 Edition were incorrect. This is a significant revision. |
| Article 4, Mandatory Appendix III, III-479.1 | 21-2455, 22-442 | Revised to clarify that using a manual or mechanized UT technique other than TOFD for initial flaw detection is required, due to the possible inability of detecting flaws in the lateral wave and back-wall TOFD “dead zones”. Revised the term “mechanized” to “semi-automated or automated”. |
| Article 4, Mandatory Appendix I & XI Nonmandatory Appendix F | 22-1712 | Replaced all instances of the word “paths” with the word “mode” for consistency. |
| Article 4, Mandatory Appendix VII, VII-421.2 | 20-1379 | Revised to provide guidance for procedure qualification in accordance with Article 4 Mandatory Appendix VII when required by a referencing Code or Standard. |
| Article 4, Mandatory Appendix XI, XI-435 & XI-462.8.1 | 22-441 | Corrected the reference to “ASTM E 2491” to read “SE-2491”. |
| Article 4, Mandatory Appendix XI, XI-481.1.2 | 21-892 | Remove the 1% rule due to redundancy with the amplitude fidelity rule in XI-461.1, and updated the paragraph reference. |
| Article 4, Nonmandatory Appendix J, Figure J-431 | 22-2224 | Revised Note (2) to read: “For each increase in weld thickness of 2 in. (50 mm) or fraction thereof over 14 in. (350 mm), the hole diameter shall increase 1/16 in. (1.5 mm).” |
| Article 4, Nonmandatory Appendix P | 14-2317 | Revised the title of Figure P-452.2-2 from “Top Diffraction” to “Tip Diffraction”. |
| Article 4, Nonmandatory Appendix S | 17-1862 | Added Nonmandatory Appendix S to address Ultrasonic Examination of Brazed Joints. This is a significant revision. |
| Article 6, Table T-672 | 20-2730 | Add HAZs to the first row of Table T-672 |
| Article 6, T-676.4 | 19-2863 | Revised to include “Glasses and Lenses” consistent with T-777.2. |
| Article 6, T-692(c) | 21-370 | Removed “number or letter designation”. |
| Article 7, T-765 | 20-786 | Revised for consistency with SE-709. |
| Article 7, T-777.2 | 21-369 | Revised for consistency with T-676.4. |
| Article 8, Mandatory Appendix XI | 19-1983 | Added new Mandatory Appendix XI, describing tangential field examination for detection and measurement of surface breaking cracks.Tiss is a significant revision. |
| Article 9, T-921.3 | 20-1233 | Revised to allow the use of “characters” in addition to lines and other visible artifacts for procedure demonstration |
| Article 9, T-953 | 18-2052 | Amended Remote Visual to accommodate deployment mechanisms like UAS/UAV & robots, allowing an exception for Direct Visual Equivalence. |
| Article 10, Mandatory Appendix XI, XI-1063.6 | 21-1003 | Reversed the sequence of RB and RC in the equation for final system correction factor (FSCF) |
| Article 12, Mandatory Appendix III | 20-779, 20-780 | Added a mandatory appendix describing the methodology to determine the sensitivity of the instrumentation used in an Acoustic Emission test, according to the location methodology used, zonal or planar. This is a significant revision. |
| Article 12, Nonmandatory Appendix A | Substantially improved graphic images from those shown in the prior Edition. | |
| Article 22, SE-999 | 20-2651 | Adopted ASTM E 999-20 to update SE 999 |
| Article 22, SE-1030 | 21-2334 | Adopted ASTM E1030-2021 to update SE-1030 |
| Article 22, SE-1114 | 21-1073 | Adopted ASTM E1114-2020 to update SE-1114 |
| Article 22, SE-1165 | 21-1071 | Adopted E1165-2020 to update SE-1165 |
| Article 22, SE-2597 | 22-889 | Deleted SE-2597 |
| Article 23, SE-213 | 22-891 | Adopted ASTM E213-2022 to update SE-213 |
| Article 23, SE-273 | Adopted ASTM E273-2020 to updated SA-273 | |
| Article 23, SE-745 | 20-2679 | Adopted ASTM A745 – 2020 to update SA-745 |
| Article 23, SE-797 | 21-2333 | Adopted ASTM E797-2021 to update SE-797 |
| Article 23, SE-2491 | 20-2680 | Adopted ASTM E2491 – 2018 as SE-2491. |
| Article 23, SE-2700 | 20-2681 | Adopted ASTM E2700 – 2020 to update SE-2700 |
| Article 23, SD-7091 | 21-1072 | Adopted ASTM D7091-2021 to update SD-7091 |
| Article 25, SD-1186 | 22-1474 | Deleted SD-1186. |
| Article 26, SE-243 | 20-2652 | Adopted ASTM E243 – 2018 to update SE-243. |
| Article 29, SE-750 | 21-2328 | Adopted ASTM E750-2020 to update SE-750 |
| Article 29, SE-976 | 22-888 | Adopted ASTM E976-15(2021) to update SA-976 |
| Article 29, SE-1067 | 20-793 | Adopt ASTM E1067-18 to update SE-1067 |
| Article 29, SE-1118 | 20-2862 | Adopted ASTM E1118–2020 to update SE-1118 |
| Article 29, SE-1419 | 20-2863 | Deleted ASTM E1419 – 2015. |
| Article 29, SE-2075 | 20-2864 | Adopted ASTM E2075–2020 to update SE-2075 |
| Article 31, SE-2261 | 22-890 | Adopted ASTM E2261-17(2021) to update of SE-2261. |