Annemarie Appleton, Appleton Quality Concepts, LLC
President/Chief Consultant
Annemarie Appleton is an expert in numerous areas of ASTM, ASME, and MSS materials specifications and product standards and Quality System Programs for materials manufacturers and suppliers in process, pressure piping, pressure vessel materials, and piping components, especially austenitic stainless and high-alloy materials. After over 40 years of daily hands-on experience in executive, production, and quality management of a leading pipe fitting manufacturing facility, she has been the President and Chief Consultant of Appleton Quality Concepts LLC since May 2023.
In particular, she has extensive experience with the supply of materials, quality assurance, and quality auditing in the commercial nuclear power industry under the requirements of ASME Section III NCA-3300/NCA-4000/HAB-3300/HAB-4000, ASME NQA-1, and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulations Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Appendix B to Part 50 - Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants and Part 21--Reporting Of Defects And Noncompliance. Most recently, she has participated in developing and maintaining the ASME QPS Quality Program for Suppliers General Industry Standard 2021.
For more than 30 years, she has participated in and achieved leadership positions in consensus committees at various standards development organizations with jurisdiction over these specifications and standards. Ms. Appleton has been elevated to the grade of Fellow at both ASTM and ASME.
She actively participates on the following industry SDO technical committees:
ASME
Appleton, A., "Microstructure Analysis for the Detection of Intermetallic Phases Predictive of Toughness and Corrosion Resistance in Duplex and Lean Duplex Steels." In STP1607-EB 100 Years of E04 Development of Metallography Standards, ed. G. V. Vander, (pp. 166-182). West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, 2019.
ASME UUQSM (NCA 3855.5) vs. CGD; Author: Annemarie Appleton. Published June 12, 2014.
In particular, she has extensive experience with the supply of materials, quality assurance, and quality auditing in the commercial nuclear power industry under the requirements of ASME Section III NCA-3300/NCA-4000/HAB-3300/HAB-4000, ASME NQA-1, and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulations Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Appendix B to Part 50 - Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants and Part 21--Reporting Of Defects And Noncompliance. Most recently, she has participated in developing and maintaining the ASME QPS Quality Program for Suppliers General Industry Standard 2021.
For more than 30 years, she has participated in and achieved leadership positions in consensus committees at various standards development organizations with jurisdiction over these specifications and standards. Ms. Appleton has been elevated to the grade of Fellow at both ASTM and ASME.
She actively participates on the following industry SDO technical committees:
ASME
- ASME Board on Nuclear, Clean Energy, Power and Facilities Codes and Standards
- ASME BPTCS/BNCS Boards Special Committee on Use of Additive Manufacturing for Pressure Retaining Equipment
- ASME B&PV Standards Committee III on Construction of Components for Nuclear Facilities
- ASME B&PV Subgroup on General Requirements (BPV III)
- ASME B&PV WG-GCCCCA (SG-GR) (BPV III) General Requirements for Graphite & Composite Core Components
- ASME Standards Committee on Nuclear Quality Assurance
- ASME Subcommittee Program Management Process (NQA)
- ASME Committee on Nuclear Certification
- ASME B&PV Standards Committee II on Materials
- ASME B&PV Standards Committee II on Materials Executive Committee
- ASME B&PV Subgroup on Ferrous Specifications (BPV II)
- ASME PTCS Committee B16 Standardization of Valves, Flanges, Fittings, and Gaskets
- ASME PTCS Committee B16 Materials Technical Committee
- ASME PTCS Committee B16 Subcommittee C Steel Flanges and Flanged Fittings
- ASME PTCS Committee B16 Subcommittee F Steel Threaded and Welding Fittings (B16)s
- ASTM Committee A01 Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 06 Steel Forgings and Billets
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 10 Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 13 Mechanical and Chemical Testing and Processing Methods of Steel Products and Processes
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 14 Methods of Corrosion Testing
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 17 Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 18 Castings
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 22 Steel Forgings and Wrought Fittings for Piping Applications and Bolting Materials for Piping and Special Purpose Applications
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 22 Section .02 Welding Fittings
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 22 Section 03 Forgings
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 90 Executive
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 91 Editorial
- ASTM Committee A01 Subcommittee 92 Terminology
- ASTM Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies
- MSS Committee 105 Forged Steel Fittings
- MSS Committee 108 Ferrous Threaded Fitting
- MSS Committee 110 Steel Flanges & Flanged Fittings
- MSS Committee 302 Marking and Terminology
- MSS Committee 304 Quality Standards
Appleton, A., "Microstructure Analysis for the Detection of Intermetallic Phases Predictive of Toughness and Corrosion Resistance in Duplex and Lean Duplex Steels." In STP1607-EB 100 Years of E04 Development of Metallography Standards, ed. G. V. Vander, (pp. 166-182). West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, 2019.
ASME UUQSM (NCA 3855.5) vs. CGD; Author: Annemarie Appleton. Published June 12, 2014.