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2. From design to operational monitoring
2.1 Responsibilities
Pressure vessel regulations resulting from the decrees of 1926 and 1943, as well as the decree of 26/02/1974, identified a "manufacturer" responsibility, including a "designer" function, and a "user" responsibility. The safety regulations extended the responsibility of the user, now referred to as the "operator". The manufacturer fell into the category of service providers working under the responsibility of one or the other.
In particular, for the application of the RCC-M, the manufacturer draws up the equipment specification and has it endorsed by the operator, and is responsible for manufacturing, whether this is done in his workshops or by a subcontractor. The term "manufacturer" had no regulatory definition, but it was customary to...
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From design to operational monitoring
Regulatory tests
Documentation sources
Text references
Websites
AFCEN Association Française pour les règles de conception et de construction des Chaudières Électro-nucléaires (French Association for the Design and Construction of Nuclear Boilers)
AFIAP French Association of Pressure Vessel Engineers http:/;/;www.afiap.org
...Regulations
Arrêté du 26 février 1974 portant application de la réglementation des appareils à pression aux chaudières nucléaires à eau. Collection of texts published in "Sûreté Nucléaire en France". Les éditions des Journaux Officiels.
Arrêté du 12 décembre 2005 applicable aux Équipements Sous Pression Nucléaires (ESPN) ; JO de la République Française, January 22, 2006.
Directive 97/;23/;EC...
Standards
- Récipients sous pression non soumis à la flamme. - NF EN 13445 -
- Tuyauteries industrielles métalliques. - NF EN 13480 -
- Chaudières à tubes d'eau et installations auxiliaires. - NF EN 12952 -
Operators and manufacturers
(non-exhaustive list)
French operators of nuclear pressure equipment
AREVA-NC (COGEMA) http:/;/;www.areva-nc.fr
French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) http:/;/;www.cea.fr
Électricité de France...
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