焊接研究委员会压力容器研究委员会（PVRC）的一个目标是以一种有用的形式审查和展示压力容器研究的结果，供设计师和代码制定机构使用。已经提出了许多此类审查和建议。1971年1月，PVRC在评估和规划委员会下成立了一个工作组，以审查目前的知识，并就核电厂部件中铁素体材料的韧性要求提出建议。ASME锅炉及压力容器委员会要求PVRC提供这些建议，以便在考虑第三节——核电厂部件要求的任何修订时使用。

One objective of the Pressure Vessel Research Committee (PVRC) of the Welding Research Council is to review and present the results of pressure-vessel research in a useful form for designers and code-making bodies. Many such reviews with recommendations have been presented. In January 1971, PVRC formed a Task Group, under the Evaluation and Planning Committee, to review current knowledge and prepare recommendations on toughness requirements for ferritic materials in nuclear power plant components. The recommendations were requested from PVRC by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee for their use in considering any revisions to the requirements of Section III - Nuclear Power Plant Components.