CodeforConcreteReactorVesselsand Containments (ACI 359-92)Reported by ACI-ASME Committee 359Bryan A. ErlerChairmanDoyle G. AdamsJames P. Allen, IIIJoseph F. ArtusoRay M. AttarSamBhuyanT.M.BrownJoeGutierrezDouglasJ.HaavikDavidC.JengTheodore E. JohnsonChristian A. SannaSecretaryRonaldD.KulchakD.P. MooreGerald R. MurphyRalph G. OesterleScott F. PutmanBarryB.ScottRobertE.ShewmakerC.P. SiessJohnD.StevensonRichardN.WhiteConstitutestherequirementsforthedesign,construction,anduseofconcretereactorvesselsandconcretecontainmentstructuresfornuclearpowerplants.Thedocumentforms Division 2 of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section 111. ACI 359-92 con-tainsrulesfordesign,fabrication,construction,andtestingofconcretereactorvesselsandconcretecontainments.Keywords:buildingcodes;deformation;elasticproperties;nuclearpowerplants;nuclearreactorcontainment;nuclearreactors;pressurecontrol;prestressedconcrete;qualitycontrol;reinforced concrete; relief valves; shells (structural forms); vacuum; welded wire fabric.ACI359-92isavailableeitherinaloose-leaforboundtwiceayearandhavebeenincorporatedtomakeACIedition.Bothincludeautomaticaddendaserviceupto359-92.the 1995 edition.ACI359-92isSectionIII,Division2,oftheASMEThis standard of the American Concrete Institute wasBoilerandPressureVesselCodeandisavailablefrom:published in July 1992, to supersede ACI 359-89, whichAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,UnitedEn-wasrevisedfromtimetotimebytheexpeditedpro-gineering Center, 345 E. 47th St., New York, N.Y. 10017.cedure.Therevisionswerepublishedbysupplement359-l