Establishes safety rules covering the design, fabrication and inspection (during construction) of boilers, pressure vessels and nuclear power plant components and containment in order to afford protection of life and property and to provide a margin of deterioration in service so as to give a reasonably long, safe period of usefulness. This 2001 Edition revises ASME: 2000 Addenda, BPVC 3/2/2000 Mtg., BPVC 5/19/00Mtg., BPVC 9/15/00 Mtg., BPVC 12/15/00 Mtg., BPVC 2/16/01 Mtg.