BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12953-8:2001IncorporatingCorrigendumNo.1Shellboilers—Part8:RequirementsforsafeguardsagainstexcessivepressureTheEuropeanStandardEN12953-8:2001hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS27.060.30;27.100����������������������������������������������������������������������LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:08:22GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN12953-8:2001ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon24May2002©BSI6August2002ISBN0580397750NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12953-8:2001,includingCorrigendumMay2002.ItpartiallysupersedesBS2790:1992andBS1894:1992whichwillbewithdrawnwhenParts1,2,3,4,5,6and9ofBSEN12953arepublished.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/16,Shellboilers,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.AdditionalinformationTheUnitedKingdomvotedagainsttheacceptanceofthisEuropeanStandardattheFormalVotestage.TheprincipalUKobjectionshavebeenresolvedbytheissueofCorrigendumNo.1.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEurope...