Outline of the JSME Mandatory Rules for Thermal Power Generation Facilities as the Harmonized Code in the Regulatory Requirements

Abstract

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) issued the latest edition of Rules on Thermal Power Generation Facilities (JSME S TA1, TA2-2008) and the Mandatory Rules (JSME S TA0-2008) to satisfy the Japanese Electric Utility Industry Law and the Ministerial Ordinance (MO) No.51 of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). This Mandatory Rules were developed and described in form corresponding to the text of the regulatory Interpretations of MO No.51. Japan Electric Standards Committee (JESC) reviewed and evaluated these JSME Rules and proposed METI to accept the JSME Mandatory Rules as the harmonized code in MO No.51 of METI. These JSME Rules are basically equivalent to the ASME B & PV and Piping codes. In this paper, differences between JSME Rules and the ASME Rules were described to be helpful for the ASME Code users.