(e) The Certificate Holder shall have contractual con-trol of the welding operation, including authority to as-sign or remove welders and welding operators at his discretion.
(f) The Certificate Holder shall be responsible for Code compliance of the completed item including stamping with the Certification Mark and providing the completed appropriate Data Report Form.
WA-3300 RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN N3 CERTIFICATE HOLDER
WA-3320 CATEGORIES OF THE N3 CERTIFICATE HOLDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES
The N3 Certificate Holder’s responsibilities include the following:
(a) obtaining an N3 Certificate of Authorization (WA-3330);
(b) compliance with this Division (WA-3340);
(c) achievement of structural integrity (WA-3340);
(d) establishing the Code Editions, Addenda, and Code Cases to be used in the Design Specification, and deter-mining they are acceptable to the regulatory and jurisdic-tional authorities (WA-1140);
(e) developing and certifying a Design Specification (WA-3351);
(f) evaluating the loads applied to containments;
(g) provision of a Design Report (WA-3350) including:
(1) stress analysis for parts (WA-3353)
(2) reconciliation of Design Drawing changes with the Design Report (WA-3355)
(3) certification of the Design Report (WA-3356);
(h) preparing and certifying the Fabrication Specifica-tion (WA-3360);
(i) providing the Certified Fabrication Specification to the fabricator (WA-3361.4);
(j) providing and correlating the Certified Design Spec-ification, Certified Design Report and Certified Fabrica-tion SpecificaFabrica-tion to the Owner;
(k) making available the Certified Design Specification a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n o f r e v i e w t o t h e I n s p e c t o r (WA-3358);
(l) making available to the Inspector the Certified De-sign Report and other documents required by this Divi-sion and those requested by the Inspector to assure compliance with Code requirements;
(m) obtaining an agreement with an Authorized In-spection Agency (WA-8130);
(n) establishing and maintaining a Quality Assurance Program (WA-4130):
(1) documenting a Quality Assurance Program (WA-3372);
(2) filing the Quality Assurance Program (WA-3373);
(3) qualification of Material Organizations and sup-pliers of subcontracted services (WA-3371);
(o) review of Certified Material Test Reports and Certi-ficates of Compliance for materials used by him (WA-1220);
(p) documentation of the review and approval of mate-rials used by him [WA-1140(d)];
(q) preparation, accumulation, control, and protection of required records while in his custody [WA-4134(b)];
(r) Data Reports (WA-3380);
(s) subcontracting (WA-3122) for materials, design, fabrication, examination, testing, and inspection. The N3 Certificate Holder shall retain overall responsibility, in-cluding certification and stamping;
(t) review of the Design Report (WA-3357).
WA-3330 OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE
An N3 Certificate (WA-8100) shall be obtained for con-struction of containments intended to be in compliance with the requirements of this Division and to be stamped with a Certification Mark with N3 Designator. The N3 Cer-tificate Holder may do all the work of an NPT CerCer-tificate Holder, provided that the scope of work is included in this Certificate.
WA-3340 COMPLIANCE WITH THIS DIVISION The N3 Certificate Holder has the responsibility for as-suring that the construction of a containment to be stamped with the Certification Mark with N3 Designator meets all the requirements of this Division.
WA-3350 DESIGN DOCUMENTS WA-3351 Design Specifications
WA-3351.1 Provision and Correlation. It is the re-sponsibility of the N3 Certificate Holder to prepare, certi-fy and issue the Design Specification for a containment.
The N3 Certificate Holder shall also be responsible for the correlation of all Design Specifications. Separate De-sign Specifications are not required for parts that form part of a containment when they are included in the De-sign Specification for the containment (WA-1230).
WA-3351.2 Contents of Design Specifications. The Design Specifications shall contain sufficient detail to pro-vide a complete basis for design and construction in ac-cordance with this Division. Such requirements shall not result in design or construction that fails to conform with the rules of this Division. All Design Specifications shall include(a)through(i)below.
(a) the functions and boundaries of the items covered (WA-3351.3);
(b) the design requirements (Article WA-2000);
(c) the environmental conditions, including radiation;
(d) the Code classification (TC, SC, or both) of the con-tainments covered;
(e) material requirements including impact test requirements;
(f) examination and testing requirements for contain-ment closure welds;
(g) the effective Code Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases to be used for construction; and
(h) the maximum allowable leakage rate;
(i) mechanical loads, such as drop and handling, which must be considered in the design.
WA-3351.3 Boundaries of Jurisdiction. In order to define the boundaries of containment with respect to ad-jacent components and other structures, the Design Spe-c i f i Spe-c a t i o n s s h a l l i n Spe-c l u d e t h e b o u n d a r y o f t h e containment as given inWB-1130orWC-1130.
WA-3351.4 Certification of the Design Specifica-tions. The Design Specifications shall be certified to be correct and complete and to be in compliance with the re-quirements ofWA-3351by one or more Registered Pro-fessional Engineers, competent in the applicable field of design and related transport or storage containment re-quirements and qualified in accordance with the require-ments of Section III Appendices, Mandatory Appendix XXIII.
WA-3351.5 Availability of the Design Specification.
The N3 Certificate Holder shall make a copy of the com-pleted Design Specification available to the Inspector and the Owner.
WA-3352 Requirements for Design Documents WA-3352.1 Design Documents.
(a) The Design Report and the Design Drawings used for construction are the primary Design Documents. The design shown by the Design Drawings shall comply with the Design Specification and the rules of this Division and shall be in agreement with the other Design Docu-ments. The Design Report shall demonstrate the ade-quacy of the design with regard to the structural integrity of the containment.
(b) The N3 Certificate Holder may subcontract stress analysis or complete design of all or a portion of a con-tainment. However, the N3 Certificate Holder is responsi-ble for the design of the containment and for the Design Documents.
(c) The Design Drawings shall be in agreement with the Design Report before it is certified (WA-3356) and shall be identified and described in the Design Report.
(d) When the design includes parts, including piping that are to be purchased from an NPT Certificate Holder or valves which are to be purchased from a Division 1 N Certificate Holder, the N3 Certificate Holder shall incorpo-rate the Design Documents for the purchased items into the Design Documents of the containment.
(e) The N3 Certificate Holder shall demonstrate the adequacy of the design of any item comprising the bound-ary of the containment to meet the requirements of the Design Specification and this Division. This demonstra-tion shall be included in the Design Report for the containment.
WA-3353 Design Output Documents for Parts When the N3 Certificate Holder purchases parts from an NPT Certificate Holder, it is the responsibility of the N3 Certificate Holder to provide or cause to be provided the calculations for the parts and to incorporate them into the Design Output Documents.
WA-3355 Modification of Document and Reconciliation With Design Report Any modification of any document used for design from the corresponding document used for design analysis, shall be reconciled with the Design Report by the person or organization responsible for the design. A revision or addenda to the Design Report shall be prepared and cer-tified (WA-3356) to indicate the basis on which this has been accomplished. All such revised documentation shall be filed with the completed Design Report.
WA-3356 Certification of Design Report
(a) The Design Report shall be certified to be correct and complete and to be in accordance with the require-ments ofWA-3352 by one or more Registered Profes-sional Engineers competent in the applicable field of design and related transport or storage containment re-quirements and qualified in accordance with the require-ments of Section III Appendices, Mandatory Appendix XXIII. The Design Report shall be certified only after all design requirements of this Division have been met. Such Registered Professional Engineers shall be other than the i n d i v i d u a l s c e r t i f y i n g t h e D e s i g n S p e c i f i c a t i o n (WA-3351.4), and they are not required by these rules to be independent of the organization holding the Certificate.
(b) It is the intent of this Division that the certification of the Design Report shall in no way relieve the N3 Certi-ficate Holder of the responsibility for ensuring that the design of the containment meets the conditions stated in the Design Specification and this Division.
WA-3357 Review of Design Report
(a) A review of the Design Report shall be made by the N3 Certificate Holder certifying the Design Specification to determine that all the design and loading conditions identified in the Design Specification have been consid-ered, and that the acceptance criteria established in the Design Specification and this Division have been met. This review shall be made by individuals who did not prepare the Certified Design Report.
(b) Documentation shall be provided to the Owner to indicate that the review required by(a)above has been completed.
(c) A copy of the documentation required by(b)above shall be attached to, and become part of the Design Report.
WA-3358 Availability of Design Reports
The N3 Certificate Holder shall make a copy of the com-pleted Certified Design Report, including documentation of the review when required (WA-3357), and drawings used for construction available to the Inspector.
WA-3360 FABRICATION SPECIFICATION WA-3361 Provisions of the Fabrication
Specification
WA-3361.1 Responsibility. It is the responsibility of the N3 Certificate Holder to prepare, certify, and issue the Fabrication Specification for containments. The N3 Certificate Holder shall be responsible for the correlation of all Data Reports for the containment. Separate Fabrica-tion SpecificaFabrica-tions are not required for parts when they are included in the Fabrication Specification for the containment.
WA-3361.2 Contents of the Fabrication Specifica-tion. The Fabrication Specification shall be based upon the Design Specification and the Design Output Docu-ments, and shall contain sufficient detail, including form-ing and fabrication tolerances, to provide a complete basis for fabrication in accordance with this Division. Fab-rication Specifications for containments shall include the examination and testing requirements for closure welds.
Such requirements shall not result in fabrication that fails to conform with the Design Specification, Design Docu-ments and the rules of this Division.
WA-3361.3 Certification of the Fabrication Specifi-cation. The Fabrication Specification shall be certified to be correct and complete and to be in compliance with the requirements ofWA-3361.2by one or more Regis-tered Professional Engineers, competent in the require-ments of this Division and the field of containment fabrication and qualified in accordance with the require-ments of Section III Appendices, Mandatory Appendix XXIII. Such Registered Professional Engineers are not re-quired to be independent of the organization preparing the Fabrication Specification.
WA-3361.4 Filing the Fabrication Specification. The Fabrication Specifications in their entirety shall become the principal documents governing fabrication and shall be available at the location of fabrication during the com-plete fabrication process.
WA-3361.5 Availability of the Fabrication Specifica-tion. The N3 Certificate Holder shall make a copy of the completed Fabrication Specification used for fabrication available to the Inspector and the Owner.
WA-3370 RESPONSIBILITY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE
WA-3371 Scope of Responsibilities
The N3 Certificate Holder shall be responsible for sur-veying, qualifying, and auditing suppliers of subcon-tracted services (WA-3122), including nondestructive examination contractors and Material Organizations. Ma-terial Organizations holding Quality System Certificates (Materials), and Certificate Holders whose scope includes the supply or manufacture of materials, need not be sur-veyed or audited for work or material covered by the scope of their Certificate. Subcontractors holding an ap-propriate Certificate of Authorization need not be sur-veyed nor audited for work within the scope of the subcontractor’s Certificate.
An N3 Certificate Holder may qualify vendors of sub-contracted services (WA-3122) other than those requir-ing a Certificate of Authorization for another Certificate Holder doing work for that N3 Certificate Holder. The qualification documentation shall be supplied to the other