05000331/LER-2007-001, Regarding Cancellation

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Regarding Cancellation
ML071580133
Person / Time
Site: Duane Arnold 
Issue date: 06/01/2007
From: Vanmiddlesworth G
Duane Arnold
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NG-07-0466 LER 07-001-00
Download: ML071580133 (2)


LER-2007-001, Regarding Cancellation
Event date:
Report date:
Reporting criterion: 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v), Loss of Safety Function
3312007001R00 - NRC Website

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FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, Iowa 52324 FPL Energy.

Duane Arnold Energy Center June 1, 2007 NG-07-0466 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Duane Arnold Energy Center Docket 50-331 License No. DPR-49 LER 331/2007-001 Cancellation Reference: Letter from G. Van Middlesworth (FPL Energy Duane Arnold) to USNRC, "License Event Report #2007-001-00," NG-07-0292, dated March 26, 2007, ML070860691.

On March 26, 2007, FPL Energy Duane Arnold submitted Licensee Event Report (LER) 50-331/2007-001 pursuant to 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(v)(D). This LER reported an unplanned inoperability of the High Pressure Coolant Injection (HPCI) system.

Subsequent detailed engineering analysis was performed to determine the impact of degraded HPCI pipe support EBB-5-SR-9 on the past operability of the HPCI system. The support was evaluated with respect to ASME Code Section III, Appendix F, operability criteria using a conservative HPCI transient loading and two different seismic load combinations:

1. Independent Support Motions (ISM) seismic method.
2. Design Basis seismic method.

Both load combinations include deadweight loads, thermal loads, and HPCI transient loads, in addition to the safe shutdown seismic loading. Using the design basis seismic method, operability criteria were not met. However, using a more realistic ISM method, the support and piping operability criteria are met, even using a conservative increased HPCI transient loading.

FPL Energy Duane Arnold considers the use of ISM analysis acceptable for this determination of HPCI system past operability. The ISM analysis was performed following guidance provided in NUREG-1061, "Report of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Piping Review Committee / Seismic Design Task Group," using the Multi-Point Response Spectrum (MPRS) options in the ANSYS program. A test problem, taken from NUREG/CR-1677, "Piping Benchmark Problems - Dynamic Analysis Independent Support Motion Response Spectrum Method," was run using Single-Point Response Spectra and MPRS methodologies as model validation. Both cases matched the results reported in NUREG/CR-1677.

Based on the above, LER 50-331/2007-001-00 is formally withdrawn.

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NG-07-0466 June 1, 2007 Page 2 of 2 In addition, the following commitment made in NG-07-0292, dated 3/26/07, "LER 2007-001,"

is being retracted:

Submit a supplement to LER 2007-001 that contains the completed safety significance of the subject event by 6/01/07.

If you have any questions, please call Steve Catron, Licensing Manager at (319) 851-7234.

Gary Van Middlesworth Site Vice President, Duane Arnold Energy Center FPL Energy Duane Arnold, LLC CC:

Administrator, Region III, USNRC Project Manager, DAEC, USNRC Resident Inspector, DAEC, USNRC