ASTM D5498-12a(2018)

Standard Guide for Developing a Training Program for Personnel Performing Coating and Lining Work Inspection for Nuclear Facilities

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 Personnel trained for coating and lining work inspection are required to perform examination/inspection tasks to verify conformance of coating and lining work to written requirements.  
4.2 This guide provides guidance for development of an indoctrination and training program for training of personnel performing coating and lining work inspection.  
4.3 Certification/qualification of personnel performing coating and lining work inspection is addressed in Guide D4537.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide is intended to assist those responsible for developing a program for the indoctrination and training of personnel performing coating and lining inspection work for nuclear facilities.  
1.2 It is recognized that organizations and job responsibilities vary widely among utilities and also among various support and service companies. It is the responsibility of the user of this guide to identify the appropriate subject matter for its program and its specific needs.  
1.3 Users of this guide must ensure that coating and lining work complies not only with this guide, but also with the licensee's plant-specific quality assurance program and licensing commitments.  
1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Jul-2018
• ICS: 27.120.20 - Nuclear power plants. Safety
• Technical Committee: D33 - Protective Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities
• Drafting Committee: D33.04 - Quality Systems and Inspection

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D5498-12a - Standard Guide for Developing a Training Program for Personnel Performing Coating and Lining Work Inspection for Nuclear Facilities
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2018
• Refers: ASTM D16-24 - Standard Terminology for Paint, Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2024
• Refers: ASTM D4214-23 - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating the Degree of Chalking of Exterior Paint Films
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2023
• Refers: ASTM G62-23 - Standard Test Methods for Holiday Detection of Coatings used to Protect Pipelines
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2023
• Refers: ASTM D1005-95(2020) - Standard Test Method for Measurement of Dry-Film Thickness of Organic Coatings Using Micrometers
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2020
• Refers: ASTM D4414-95(2020) - Standard Practice for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness by Notch Gages
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2020
• Refers: ASTM D4752-20 - Standard Practice for Measuring MEK Resistance of Ethyl Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc-Rich Primers by Solvent Rub
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2020
• Refers: ASTM D4940-15(2020) - Standard Test Method for Conductimetric Analysis of Water Soluble Ionic Contamination of Blast Cleaning Abrasives
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2020
• Refers: ASTM D4417-19 - Standard Test Methods for Field Measurement of Surface Profile of Blast Cleaned Steel
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2019
• Refers: ASTM F2170-19a - Standard Test Method for Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs Using in situ Probes
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2019
• Refers: ASTM D6237-19 - Standard Guide for Painting Inspectors (Concrete and Masonry Substrates)
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2019
• Refers: ASTM F2170-19 - Standard Test Method for Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs Using in situ Probes
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2019
• Refers: ASTM D610-08(2019) - Standard Practice for Evaluating Degree of Rusting on Painted Steel Surfaces
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2019
• Refers: ASTM D4259-18 - Standard Practice for Preparation of Concrete by Abrasion Prior to Coating Application
• Effective Date: 15-Dec-2018
• Refers: ASTM D4787-13(2018) - Standard Practice for Continuity Verification of Liquid or Sheet Linings Applied to Concrete Substrates
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2018

Overview

ASTM D5498-12a(2018) - Standard Guide for Developing a Training Program for Personnel Performing Coating and Lining Work Inspection for Nuclear Facilities is a crucial standard developed by ASTM International. Its primary goal is to provide guidance for organizations and professionals tasked with creating training and indoctrination programs for personnel who inspect coating and lining work in nuclear facilities. Given the significance of proper application and inspection of coatings and linings for the safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance of nuclear installations, this standard serves as an essential reference for utilities, contractors, and service providers within the nuclear industry.

The standard outlines methods and subject matter to include in training programs, aiming to ensure thorough understanding and conformity of coating and lining inspections in line with both project-specific quality assurance (QA) requirements and regulatory commitments.

Key Topics

The guide covers a comprehensive range of subjects necessary for effective coating and lining work inspection training, including:

• Inspection Plans and Procedures: Guidance on the structure, objectives, and implementation points for effective inspection activities.
• Basic Corrosion Theory: Overview of corrosion mechanisms and the importance of protective coatings to prevent structural deterioration.
• Coating and Lining Technology: Key considerations such as coating types, application limitations, drying/curing processes, and normal use limitations.
• Quality Assurance (QA): Elements of a QA program relevant to coating and lining inspections, including written procedures, audits, and compliance with 10 CFR 50 Appendix B.
• Applicable Standards and Regulatory Requirements: Integration with site-specific QA programs and licensing commitments for nuclear facilities.
• Surface Preparation and Inspection: Methods for both steel and concrete, including equipment use, cleaning, contaminant detection, and surface profile verification.
• Calibration and Use of Inspection Instruments: Ensuring accurate wet and dry film thickness measurements and environmental condition monitoring.
• Application Methods and Defect Identification: Techniques for correct application, defect types, probable causes, remedial action, and documentation procedures.
• Levels of Training: Outlines for Level I, II, and III inspector training requirements, including advanced training topics, QA program implementation, and program evaluation.

Applications

ASTM D5498-12a(2018) delivers practical value to a variety of roles and organizations such as:

• Nuclear Facility Owners and Operators: Developing training programs for in-house inspection teams to comply with plant-specific QA programs and regulatory standards.
• Contractors and Service Providers: Ensuring their coating and lining inspectors are thoroughly trained according to international best practices.
• QA Managers: Aligning inspection practices with federal regulations, ASME and ISO standards, and site licensing agreements.
• Training Managers: Designing comprehensive training modules covering surface preparation, inspection techniques, and documentation as prescribed by ASTM and related standards.

By following this guide, organizations can enhance safety, prolong equipment and structure service life, and ensure regulatory compliance in nuclear environments where coating integrity is critical.

Related Standards

ASTM D5498-12a(2018) references and complements several industry standards, including:

• ASTM D4537: Guide for qualifying and certifying coating and lining inspection personnel.
• ASTM D3843 and D5162: Related to quality assurance and discontinuity testing of coatings in nuclear power plants.
• ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI: Pertinent rules for inservice inspection of nuclear plant components.
• ISO 8502-03: International test methods for steel substrate surface cleanliness.
• SSPC and NACE Standards: Various surface preparation and inspection methods for protective coatings.
• Federal Standards 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and 10 CFR 21: Regulatory requirements for QA and defect reporting in US nuclear facilities.

Implementing ASTM D5498-12a(2018) alongside these standards ensures a robust, credible, and compliant coating and lining inspection training program for nuclear facility personnel.

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: D5498 − 12a (Reapproved 2018)
Standard Guide for
Developing a Training Program for Personnel Performing
Coating and Lining Work Inspection for Nuclear Facilities
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5498; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D2240 Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer Hard-
ness
1.1 This guide is intended to assist those responsible for
D2583 Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plas-
developing a program for the indoctrination and training of
tics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
personnel performing coating and lining inspection work for
D3276 Guide for Painting Inspectors (Metal Substrates)
nuclear facilities.
D3359 Test Methods for Rating Adhesion by Tape Test
1.2 It is recognized that organizations and job responsibili-
D3363 Test Method for Film Hardness by Pencil Test
ties vary widely among utilities and also among various
D3843 Practice for Quality Assurance for Protective Coat-
support and service companies. It is the responsibility of the
ings Applied to Nuclear Facilities
user of this guide to identify the appropriate subject matter for
D3925 Practice for Sampling Liquid Paints and Related
its program and its specific needs.
Pigmented Coatings
1.3 Users of this guide must ensure that coating and lining
D4138 Practices for Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of
work complies not only with this guide, but also with the
Protective Coating Systems by Destructive, Cross-
licensee’s plant-specific quality assurance program and licens-
Sectioning Means
ing commitments.
D4212 Test Method for Viscosity by Dip-Type Viscosity
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
Cups
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
D4214 Test Methods for Evaluating the Degree of Chalking
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
of Exterior Paint Films
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
D4258 Practice for Surface Cleaning Concrete for Coating
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
D4259 Practice for Abrading Concrete
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
D4260 Practice for Liquid and Gelled Acid Etching of
Concrete
2. Referenced Documents
D4261 Practice for Surface Cleaning Concrete Masonry
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Units for Coating
D16 TerminologyforPaint,RelatedCoatings,Materials,and
D4262 TestMethodforpHofChemicallyCleanedorEtched
Applications
Concrete Surfaces
D610 Practice for Evaluating Degree of Rusting on Painted
D4263 Test Method for Indicating Moisture in Concrete by
Steel Surfaces
the Plastic Sheet Method
D714 Test Method for Evaluating Degree of Blistering of
D4285 Test Method for Indicating Oil or Water in Com-
Paints
pressed Air
D1005 Test Method for Measurement of Dry-Film Thick-
D4414 Practice for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness by
ness of Organic Coatings Using Micrometers
Notch Gages
D4417 Test Methods for Field Measurement of Surface
Profile of Blast Cleaned Steel
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D33 on Protective
Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities and is the direct D4537 Guide for Establishing Procedures to Qualify and
responsibility of Subcommittee D33.04 on Quality Systems and Inspection.
Certify Personnel Performing Coating and Lining Work
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2018. Published August 2018. Originally
Inspection in Nuclear Facilities
approved in 1994. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as D5498 – 12a. DOI:
10.1520/D5498-12AR18. D4538 Terminology Relating to Protective Coating and
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
D4541 Test Method for Pull-Off Strength of Coatings Using
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. Portable Adhesion Testers
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D5498 − 12a (2018)
D4610 Guide for Determining the Presence of and Remov- 2.2 ASME Codes and Standards:
ing Microbial (Fungal or Algal) Growth on Paint and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI Rules
Related Coatings for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Compo-
D4752 Practice for Measuring MEK Resistance of Ethyl nents
Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc-Rich Primers by Solvent Rub 2.3 International Organization for Standardization (ISO):
D4787 Practice for Continuity Verification of Liquid or ISO 8502–03 Preparation of Steel Substrates before Appli-
Sheet Linings Applied to Concrete Substrates cation of Paint and Related Products — Tests for the
D4940 Test Method for Conductimetric Analysis of Water Assessment of Surface Cleanliness — Part 3:Assessment
Soluble Ionic Contamination of Blast Cleaning Abrasives of Dust on Steel Surfaces Prepared for Painting (Pressure-
D5144 Guide for Use of Protective Coating Standards in Sensitive Tape Method)
Nuclear Power Plants 2.4 SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings Standards:
D5162 Practice for Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing of Non- SSPC-AB 1 Mineral and Slab Abrasives
conductive Protective Coating on Metallic Substrates SSPC-AB 2 Cleanliness of Recycled Ferrous MetallicAbra-
D5163 Guide for Establishing a Program for Condition sive
Assessment of Coating Service Level I Coating Systems SSPC-AB 3 Ferrous Metallic Abrasive
in Nuclear Power Plants SSPC-AB 4 Recyclable Encapsulated Abrasive Media
D5402 Practice for Assessing the Solvent Resistance of SSPC Guide 15 Field Methods for Retrieval andAnalysis of
Organic Coatings Using Solvent Rubs Soluble Salts on Steel and Other Nonporous Substrates
D6132 TestMethodforNondestructiveMeasurementofDry SSPC-PA1 Shop, Field and Maintenance Painting of Steel
Film Thickness of Applied Organic Coatings Using an SSPC-PA2 Measurement of Dry Paint Thickness with
Ultrasonic Coating Thickness Gage Magnetic Gage
D6237 Guide for Painting Inspectors (Concrete and Ma- SSPC-PA 9 Measurement of Dry Coating Thickness on
sonry Substrates) Cementitious Substrates Using Ultrasonic Gages
D6386 Practice for Preparation of Zinc (Hot-Dip Galva- SSPC-PA 10 Guide to Safety and Health Requirements for
nized) Coated Iron and Steel Product and Hardware Industrial Painting Projects
Surfaces for Painting SSPC-PA Guide 11 Protecting Edges, Crevices, and Irregu-
D6677 Test Method for Evaluating Adhesion by Knife lar Steel Surfaced by Stripe Coating
D7091 Practice for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry SSPC-SP 1 Solvent Cleaning
Film Thickness of Nonmagnetic Coatings Applied to SSPC-SP 2 Hand Tool Cleaning
Ferrous Metals and Nonmagnetic, Nonconductive Coat- SSPC-SP 3 Power Tool Cleaning
ings Applied to Non-Ferrous Metals SSPC-SP 5/NACE No. 1 White Metal Blast Cleaning
D7167 Guide for Establishing Procedures to Monitor the SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3 Commercial Blast Cleaning
Performance of Safety-Related Coating Service Level III SSPC-SP 7/NACE No. 4 Brush-Off Blast Cleaning
Lining Systems in an Operating Nuclear Power Plant SSPC-SP 8 Pickling
D7234 Test Method for Pull-OffAdhesion Strength of Coat- SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2 Near-White Blast Cleaning
ings on Concrete Using Portable Pull-Off Adhesion Tes- SSPC-SP 11 Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal
ters SSPC-SP 13/NACE No. 6 Surface Preparation of Concrete
D7682 Test Method for Replication and Measurement of SSPC-SP 14/NACE No. 8 Industrial Blast Cleaning
Concrete Surface Profiles Using Replica Putty SSPC-SP 15 Commercial Grade Power Tool Cleaning
E337 Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psy- SSPC-SP 16 Brush-Off Blast Cleaning of Coated and Un-
chrometer (the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Tem- coated Galvanized Steel, Stainless Steels, and Non-
peratures) Ferrous Metals
F1869 Test Method for Measuring MoistureVapor Emission SSPC-VIS 1 Guide and Reference Photographs for Steel
Rate of Concrete Subfloor Using Anhydrous Calcium Surfaces Prepared by Dry Abrasive Blast Cleaning
Chloride SSPC-VIS 2 Method of Evaluating Degree of Rusting on
F2170 Test Method for Determining Relative Humidity in Painted Steel Surfaces
Concrete Floor Slabs Using in situ Probes SSPC-VIS 3 Guide and Reference Photographs for Steel
G12 Test Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Film Surfaces Prepared by Hand and Power Tool Cleaning
Thickness of Pipeline Coatings on Steel (Withdrawn
2013)
Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
G62 Test Methods for Holiday Detection in Pipeline Coat-
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