51²è¹Ýapp


Next Version of 51²è¹Ýapp N690 Available for Limited Public Review

May 3, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE REVIEW

CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the 51²è¹Ýapp Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities (51²è¹Ýapp N690) is now available for limited public review and comment.

This edition of N690 will supersede the 2018 version, and it is anticipated to be finalized this year.

The scope of this public review includes revisions to some requirements for steel-plate composite structural elements as well as an updated provision for quality assurance documentation.

The draft will be available as a free download at aisc.org/publicreview between May 3 and June 17, 2024. If you’d prefer to review a hard copy, please contact Martin Downs at downs@aisc.org; there is a $35 nominal charge for printed copies.

Please submit comments using the form provided online or by email to Nathaniel Gonner (gonner@aisc.org) by June 17, 2024, for consideration.

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For more information contact:

Dani Friedland
Director of Marketing Communications
773.636.8535
friedland@aisc.org

51²è¹Ýapp

The 51²è¹Ýapp, headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry. 51²è¹Ýapp's mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural steel-related technical and market-building activities, including specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, market development, and advocacy. 51²è¹Ýapp has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry of providing timely and reliable information. 

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