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CASS(Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel) materials are used in pressure-boundary components, such as piping and pump casing in power plant. When CASS components are exposed to high temperature (i.e. over 280oC) for a long time, thermal embrittlement could occur. Thermal embrittlement susceptibility of pipings and pump casings are determined by calculate the ferrite contents and fracture toughness. For some piping components, ferrite contents exceed the criterion value, are potentially susceptible to thermal embrittlement. But fracture toughness value is high enough to satisfy susceptibility criterion for all CASS components. Also flaw tolerance evaluation is assessed to piping and pump casing. As a result, there were no significant thermal embrittlement risk on CASS components.