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For the latest news and activities, visit <a href="/web/20240301202006/https://asme.org/Codes-Standards/publications-information/Standards-Certification-Update">Standards & Certification</a>.</p> <dl class="timeline row"> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1884</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of a committee on Performance Test Codes.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1884</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Code for the Conduct of Trials of Steam Boilers</em>, report issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1887</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Standard for the Diameter and Overall Dimensions of Pipe and Its Threaded Ends</em> report issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">May 1889</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Mr. James W. See, a member of the Society, called attention to the great need for the registration of standards and proposed that steps be taken to have the U.S. Government setup a Bureau of Standards to operate similarly to the Patent Department.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1894</dt> <dd class="col-md-6"><em>Standard Flange Templates</em> report issued.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1894.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1895</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Society policy set on ASME sanctioned “Standards”, reports can be called “Standards” and are to be revised and updated.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1895.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1899</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Standard for Divergences in Flange Diameters</em> issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1902</dt> <dd class="col-md-6"><em>Standard for Pipe Unions</em> issued.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1902.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1901</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Rules for Conducting Tests of Gas and Oil</em> issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1901</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Test Code for Internal-Combustion Engines</em> issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">March 1901</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The organization of the National Bureau of Standards was authorized by Congress. Today, this organization is known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1902</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Rules for Conducting Steam-Engine Tests</em> issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1907</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Standard Proportions for Machine Screws</em> issued.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">April 1909</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The formation of the Committee on Power Tests, forerunner to the Standardization and Testing Board (combining with the Standardization Committee).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1909.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">April 1909</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of a committee to update, revise, unify and standardize all the present codes of the Society.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1909_April.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">April 1911</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of a committee on Standardization, forerunner to the Standardization and Testing Board (combining with the Performance Test Codes Committee).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1911.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">September 1911</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of a committee to formulate a uniform set of standard specifications for the construction of steam boilers and pressure vessels, later to be known as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1914</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Standard for Pipe Flanges, Fittings, and Their Bolting</em> issued, the forerunner to the B16 standards.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">December 1914</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Standards for Cross-Sections</em> issued, precursor to the Y14 standards.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1915</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the Conformity Assessment Certification Program, starting specifically with the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">Spring 1915</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Rules for the Construction of Stationary Boilers and for Allowable Working Pressures</em> (1914) first issuance of what is later known as the <em>Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code</em>.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 1915</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The procedure to be followed in making interpretations and cases of the Boiler Code was formulated. (1)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1915_june.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 1916</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of a Conference Committee for the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, to be composed solely of representatives appointed by states or municipalities that had adopted, or would be adopting, the Code.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1916_oct.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">December 1916</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Code of Safety Standards for Cranes</em> issued, precursor to the B30 standards.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1918</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">American Engineering Standards Committee (AESC) (later to be known as ANSI) formed.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1918_commit.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">March 1918</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">As a result of problems experienced during World War I, ASME formed a Special Technical Committee on Screw Threads and Threaded Parts, later known as the B1 Screw Threads Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1918_march.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">February 1919</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The establishment of The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. This Board has functioned to administer uniformly and to enforce the rules of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1920 Spring</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of a committee on standardization of pipe flanges and fittings, later known as the B16 Standardization of Valves, Flanges, Fittings, and Gaskets Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1920_spring.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1921</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III <em>Boilers for Locomotives</em> first issuance. (With the 1962 edition, this section was integrated into section I and the section III designation was later reassigned.)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1921_loco.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">January 1921</dt> <dd class="col-md-10"><em>Safety Code for Elevators</em> first issuance, later to be known as A17.1.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1922</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section V <em>Miniature Boilers</em> first issuance. (With the 1962 edition, this section was integrated into section I and the section V designation was later reassigned.)</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">January 1922</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the A17 Elevators and Escalators Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">March 1922</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the B18 Standardization of Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Screws, Washers, and Similar Fasteners Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1922_march.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">March 1922</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The Boiler Code Committee directed that a new consecutive number be issued to each company holding a stamp for the purpose of registration.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1922_mar.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">September 1922</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the B5 Machine Tools Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">November 1922</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of a committee on Safety, forerunner to the Safety Board.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1922_nov.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1923</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section IV <em>Low Pressure Heating Boilers</em> first issuance.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1924</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section II <em>Material Specifications</em> first issuance. (Until 1924, materials were included as part of section I.)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1924.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1924</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">B1a <em>American Standard Screw Threads for Bolts, Machine Screws, Nuts and Commercially Tapped Holes</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1924_screw.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1925</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII <em>Unfired Pressure Vessels</em> first issuance. (With the 1968 edition, this title was changed to Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, Division 1.)</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">May 1925</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Y14 Engineering Drawing and Related Documentation Practices Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1925_may.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 1925</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the B30 Cableways, Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Hooks, Jacks, and Slings Safety Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1925_june.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">March 1926</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the B31 Pressure Piping Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 1926</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">PTC 4 <em>Test Code for Stationary Steam Generating Units</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1926_Oct.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 1927</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">B16e <em>Steel Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings</em> first issuance, precursor to and redesignated B16.5 in 1953.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1927.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1928</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">American Engineering Standards Committee, AESC, reorganized as the American Standards Association, ASA, (later to be known as the American National Standards Institute, ANSI).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1928_commit.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">April 1928</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">PTC 6 <em>Test Code for Steam Turbines</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1928_april.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 1928</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The certification stamp used on vessels built and inspected under the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code was altered, from the clover leaf with the letter S for all vessels by the clover leaf with S, L, H, M, or U to designate the section of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code under which it was inspected.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">December 1934</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Advisory Board of Standards and Codes, consisting of a chairman from the ASME Council and one member from each of the following committees: Boiler Code, Standardization, Power Test Codes, and Safety.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1934_dec.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1935</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">B31.1 <em>Code for Pressure Piping</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1935.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1937</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">A17 <em>American Recommended Practice for the Inspection of Elevators Inspectors Manual</em> first issuance.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1937</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section IX <em>Welding Qualifications</em> first issuance. (This section was originally a supplement to section VIII, but with the 1941 edition the section was published separately.)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1937_weld.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">September 1938</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Adoption of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code by Canada.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">August 1942</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">At the request of the War Production Board, a special war committee was appointed and, functioning under War Standards Procedure, developed revised pressure temperature ratings for all pressure classes for steel pipe flanges and flanged fittings with the object of conserving essential war materials during the emergency of World War II. These revised ratings were published as American War Standard, B16e5-1943.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1943</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">B30.2 <em>Safety Code for Cranes, Derricks, and Hoists</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1943.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1945</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the PTC 22 Gas Turbine Power Plants Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1945.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">February 1947</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">International Organization for Standardization (ISO) formed</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1947_feb.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">December 1948</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee recommended to the ASME Performance (then Power) Test Codes Committee that a code be prepared on the testing of safety and relief valves. This request resulted in the publication of PTC 25 <em>Pressure Relief Devices</em>.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1948_dec.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1953</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">PTC 22 <em>Gas Turbine Performance Test Code</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1953.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">August 1954</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 reversed the government monopoly and permitted the commercial use of atomic energy technology. Soon after, the US AEC began the task of writing regulation and devising licensing procedures for manufacturers and utility owners. The need for codes and standards in commercial nuclear power was created.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1955</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Due to the very extensive developments in the elevator design and construction, the A17 Elevators and Escalators Committee decided that the A17.1 standard should be completely rewritten and brought up to date.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1955</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee appointed a special committee on nuclear power, the predecessor to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">July 1955</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the A112 Plumbing Materials and Equipment Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1956</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The first coverage for nuclear power came in the form of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Cases. (1)</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1963</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III <em>Nuclear Vessels</em> first issuance.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">February 1963</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the B89 Dimensional Metrology Committee.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1965</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Conformity Assessment included nuclear vessels in its certification program.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1965.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1967</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the N45 Reactor Plants Committee (Later to be the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section XI Committee).</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1968</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII Division 2 <em>Alternative Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1968_pressure.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1968</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section X <em>Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels</em> first issuance.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1968</dt> <dd class="col-md-6"><em>Code for Pumps and Valves for Nuclear Power</em> first Issuance. (The standard would later be incorporated into section III.)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1968_pumps.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1968</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Conformity Assessment moved to a new “quality based system” for its certification programs, ASME gets involved in surveys/reviews.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1968_conformity.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1968</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">American Standards Association, ASA, reorganized as the United States of America Standards Institute, USASI, (later to be known as the American National Standards Institute, ANSI)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1968_asa.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1968</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The Federal government decided to use the ASME voluntary codes and standards for the regulation of industry.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1969</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The N45 Reactor Plants Committee formed a committee on Quality Assurance Program Requirements, N45-3 (later to be called N45.2). This Committee was the precursor to the Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1969_n45.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 1969</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">United States of America Standards Institute, USASI, reorganized as the American National Standards Institute, ANSI.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1970</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section XI <em>Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1970_inservice.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1970</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VI <em>Recommended Rules for Care and Operation of Heating Boilers</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1970_heating.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1971</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section V <em>Nondestructive Examination</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1971_nondes.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1971</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section III <em>Nuclear Vessels</em> was completely revised and entitled <em>Nuclear Power Plant Components</em>.The 1971 edition of ASME BPV Section III marked the transition of the code from one covering only the vessel to covering the entire pressure system involved in a nuclear power plant.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1971_powerplant.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1971</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">N45.2 <em>Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants</em> first issuance. The first quality assurance standard published and would later be incorporated into NQA-1 <em>Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications</em>.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1971_n45.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1971</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The N45 Reactor Plants Committee formed a committee to develop standards for high reliability air cleaning equipment for nuclear facilities, N45.8. This Committee would later evolve into the Nuclear Air and Gas Treatments (CONAGT) Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1971_n45.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">September 1972</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">ASME expanded its Conformity Assessment accreditation program from North America (United States of America and Canada) to the rest of world.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1972_sept.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">November 1972</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The first company to be issued a certificate internationally.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">    </dt> <dd class="col-md-10"> </dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1974</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Congress passed the Energy Reorganization Act which divided the US AEC into the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and the modern-day U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1974.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">December 1974</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">B18 Standardization of Bolts, Nuts, Rivets, Screws, Washers, and Similar Fasteners Committee authorized the preparation of a series of standards for metric fasteners.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1974_dec.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1975</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Nuclear Power Codes and Standards Supervisory Committee (now known as the Nuclear Board).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1975_standards.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1975</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (O&M) Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1975_powerplant.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1976</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Committee on Cranes for Nuclear Power Plants (later to be Facilities).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1976_nuc_crane.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1976</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment (CONAGT) Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1976.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1979</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">NQA-1 <em>Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1979.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">January 1981</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Issuance of the OMB Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards. Federal government moves out of the standards writing business and turn the job over to the private sector to maximum extent possible.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1981_jan.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">November 1981</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Elevator Inspector Certification Organizations (QEI) Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1981_nov.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1982</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Qualification of Mechanical Equipment in Nuclear Power Plants (QME) Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1982.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1983</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code issued in both conventional and metric units.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1983.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1983</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">NOG-1 Rules for Construction of Overhead and Gantry Cranes first issuance.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1984</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">QEI-1 <em>Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1984.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1985</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">AG-1 <em>Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1985.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1987</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants Committee consolidated their five previously published standards into a single standard <em>Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants</em> (O&M).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1987.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 1988</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Y14.5.2 Subcommittee on Certification. The Subcommittee was instructed to develop a standard that could be used as the basis of an ASME Program for Certification of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals (GDTP).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1988_oct.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1989</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code published on CD-ROM.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1989.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 1989</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Bioprocessing Equipment Standards Committee (BPE).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1989_june.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 1991</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Overall Power Plant Performance Committee (PTC 46).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1991_june.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1992</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Authorized Inspection Agencies (AIAs) have been required to be accredited by ASME for nuclear applications.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1992_feb.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1994</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">QME-1 <em>Qualification of Active Mechanical Equipment Used in Nuclear Power Plants</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1994_equip.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1994</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">QHO-1 <em>Qualification and Certification of Hazardous Waste Incinerators</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1994_incinerator.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1995</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Post Construction Committee (PCC).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1995_pipe.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1995</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The US NRC adopted a policy statement that encouraged the broad application of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRAs) in the regulatory process.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1995_nrc.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">January 1995</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Y14.5.1M <em>Mathematical Definition of Dimensioning and Tolerancing</em> first issuance. (Created explicit definitions for use in such areas as Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM).)</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1995_jan.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">May 1996</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Y14.5.2 <em>Certification of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professionals</em> first issuance. ASME established Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Professional (GDTP) Certification Program.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1996_may.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1997</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Bioprocessing Equipment Standard (BPE) first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1997_bio.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1997</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII, Division 3 <em>Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1997_boiler.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1997</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Authorized Inspection Agencies (AIAs) have been required to be accredited by ASME for boilers and pressure vessels.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 1997</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">PTC 46 <em>Performance Test Code on Overall Plant Performance</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1997_oct.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">1998</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Nuclear Risk Management (CNRM) Committee to develop a Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) standard.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/1998.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2000</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">PCC-1 <em>Guidelines for Pressure Boundary Bolted Flange Joint Assembly</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2000.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">September 2000</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">C&S Connect (online balloting and tracking system) launched for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committees.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2001</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of a joint ASME and American Petroleum Institute Fitness-For-Service Joint Committee to develop and maintain a Fitness-For-Service standard, API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 <em>Fitness-For-Service</em>, for equipment operated in a wide range of process, manufacturing and power generation industries.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2001.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2002</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">RA-S <em>Standards for Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications</em> first issuance, ASME’s first risk informed standard.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2002.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2004</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section XII <em>Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2004_trans.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2004</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">The ASME Nuclear Board and American Nuclear Society (ANS) Standard Board mutually agreed to form a Nuclear Risk Management Coordinating Committee (NRMCC).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2004_nuc.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">August 2004</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">ASME Standards Technology, LLC (ASME ST-LLC) established as a separate not-for-profit organization, with the mission of providing ASME’s standards development committees with the technical basis necessary to develop new products for emerging technologies.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2004_Aug.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2005</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">A112.18.1/CSA B125.1, <em>Plumbing Supply Fittings</em> issued, a fully bi-national standard between ASME A112 Plumbing Materials and Equipment Committee and the CSA B125 Plumbing Fittings Technical Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2005.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">December 2006</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">V&V 10 <em>Guide for Verification and Validation in Computational Solid Mechanics</em> first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2006_dec.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2007</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the  ASME Asia Pacific LLC and a representative office was opened in Beijing, China, to advance understanding and use of ASME codes, standards, and related conformity assessment programs.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2007_beij.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 2007</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service first issuance.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">    </dt> <dd class="col-md-10"> </dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">April 2007</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">A17.7/CSA B44.7, <em>Performance Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators</em> issued, a fully bi-national standard between ASME A17 Elevator and Escalator Committee and the CSA B44 Elevator Safety Code Technical Committee.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2007_april.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2007 and 2008</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">The Shanghai Power Equipment Research Institute, working in agreement with ASME, translated Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sections III and XI into the Chinese language.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2008</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Conformity Assessment reached a milestone of certifying more than 5,000 manufacturers in 75 nations.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2008.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2009</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Committee on Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Power Plants (RAM).</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2009.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">July 2010</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Addenda subscription no longer being used in ASME standards.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2011</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Debut of a new online system (CA Connect) to process Conformity Assessment product certifications.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2011.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">July 2011</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Certification moves from 28 separate ASME product certification marks to a single comprehensive mark.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2011_july.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 2011</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Formation of the Committee on Nonmetallic Pressure Piping Systems.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2011_oct.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">2012</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">Beginning of (BPE) Bioprocessing Equipment Certification Program.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2012.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">October 2013</dt> <dd class="col-md-6">RAM-1 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability of Equipment and Systems in Power Plants first issuance.</dd> <dd class="d-none d-md-block col-md-4"><img src="/web/20240301202006im_/https://asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ASMEMedia/About%20ASME/WhoWeAre/History/StandardsHistory/Chronology/2013_oct.jpg"/></dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">June 2015</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the Standards Committee on Safety Codes and Standards for Thermal Energy Storage Systems (TES).</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">July 2015</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Certification adds the Parts Fabrication (PRT) and High Pressure Vessel Pressure Relief Devices [Rupture Disks] (UD3) Certification Programs.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">July 2016</dt> <dd class="col-md-10">Formation of the Standards Committee, Boiler Code Section XIII, Rules for Overpressure Protection.</dd> <dt class="col-6 col-md-2 text-right">November 2016</dt> 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