What’s New in Section VIII [2002 Through 2003]
It has been a three years since I last prepared a summary of significant revisions to the Section VIII Pressure Vessel Code. In addition to the routine maintenance and upgrade revisions that occur in each annual addenda to the Code, there are several major activities under way that will have a significant impact on Section VIII in the future. One of these is the rewrite of Section VIII, Division 2. The second is the publication of the 2004 Edition of the Boiler Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code in SI units.