This accident occurred December 7, 2009, with a violent rupture of an ASME pressure vessel. The video contains an animation which depicts the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) that accumulated over time in the walls of a pressure vessel where synthetic quartz crystals were manufactured under extremely high pressures and temperatures. The incident had many failures and is a case study on PRESSURE VESSEL MANAGEMENT. Improper design, construction, testing, and inspection ALL played a roll in this CATASTROPHIC FAILURE of an ASME PRESSURE VESSEL. So the next time anyone tells you “these vessels just do not have a history of failing”… well now you know!