ML020280172
| ML020280172 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 01/15/2002 |
| From: | NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2 |
| To: | NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD2 |
| References | |
| Download: ML020280172 (28) | |
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FPL Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage January 15, 2002 Enclosure 2
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Agenda
- Objectives / Background
- Spent fuel storage status
- Cask pit racks
- Poison insert material - MetamicTM
- Discussion
- Summary 2
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Objectives
- FPL share information on:
"* Short-Term storage plans
- Cask pit racks
- Poison inserts
"* Schedule for license amendments, NRC reviews
"* Analysis methods
"* Metamic for neutron poison material
- NRC-FPL discussion of these items 3
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage e Background
- High density BoraflexTM storage pools for each unit
- 1404 cells in each pool
- 286 cells in Region I (fresh 4.5 wt% fuel)
- 1118 cells in Region 11(4.5 wt%, >36,746 MWD/MTU) 4
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Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Background
- Current licensing bases
"* License Amendments 206 (Unit 3) and 200 (Unit 4)
"* Approved July 19, 2000
"* Criticality analysis uses partial credit for Boraflex 6
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Background
- Unit 3 Boraflex surveillance using BADGER
"° Test performed in Fall 2000, completed Jan 2001
"*Non-uniform axial degradation observed in Region II
"*Test results analyzed and corrective actions taken
- FPL submitted report May 16, 2001 (L-2001-115)
- Next Boraflex areal density test planned for 2004
- FPL does not plan to rely on Boraflex for long-term 7
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Spent Fuel Storage Strategy
- Maintain nuclear safety margins e Eliminate reliance on Boraflex
- Maintain current spent fuel storage capacity
- Maintain full core offload reserve
-Provide fiscally-responsible solutions
- Commonality with St. Lucie
- Predictable and acceptable regulatory solution 8
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Spent Fuel Storage Proposed Plan
- Evaluated options to maintain current spent fuel storage capacity
- Selected option is:
"* Cask pit racks
"* Poison inserts
- Preliminary analysis requires 550 rack inserts 9
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Cask Pit Racks Region I cask pit racks selected:
"* Accommodates full core discharges
"* Boral used as poison material
"*Prolongs life of Boraflex racks
"*Reduces scope of poison inserts
- existing Region I will store twice-burned discharged fuel
- will reduce poison requirements in Region II 10
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Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Cask Pit Racks
- Region I design (121 cells) for each rack
- Extends loss of full core reserve by 2 cycles
- Cask pit area can be restored for cask loading
- Similar to Waterford cask pit racks
"*Licensed in 1998 Operational success loading fuel discharges 12
Turkey Pe nt Spent Fuel Storage
- Cask Pit Racks
-Schedule targets
"*Submit proposed license amendment (PLA) Fall 2002
"*FPL plans to proceed in parallel with NRC review
"*Request NRC approval by Fall 2003
"*Install both racks in Spring 2004 13
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Cask Pit Rack PLA
-Analyses
"* Criticality criteria per 10 CFR 50.68
"* Thermal-hydraulic analysis using 3-D modeling
"*Radiological analyses - standard methods, criteria
"*Seismic using stand-alone cask pit rack
- Decoupled from existing racks
-Comparable to Improved Standard Tech Specs
"* Maximum initial enrichment
"*Keff < 0.95 in unborated water
"*Burnup / enrichment curve for Region II racks
"* Nominal rack cell pitch 14
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Neutron Poison Inserts
-Metamic as a neutron poison
-Rack inserts (RackSaver)
-Poison fuel inserts (rodlets)
-Multi-regioning I checkerboarding
- optimizes the quantity of poison inserts 15
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Metamic
- AI/B Poison Insert Material 4C metal matrix composite material
- Effective neutron poison material
- May be extruded, rolled into various shapes
"*Storage rack inserts (RackSaverTM)
"*Fuel assembly inserts (rodlets)
- Anodized for corrosion protection 16
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Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- RackSaver Rack Inserts . .
- Metamic
- Simple installation
-Incremental installation
- No top-nozzle interference
- Avoids rodlets for W assembly Prototype tested at PWR/BWR 18
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Pentaform Rodlets .875' 0
- Metamic AI
- Asymmetric pentaform S4CTO80' o improves surface area SECTIO3N A-A
- Simple installation 154.0'
-Incremental installation
- Up to 20 per assembly Example
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Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage 9 Comparison of Metamic Performance Requirements Metamic Performance Requirements Dry Storaae Wet Storage Functions Thermal Conductivity Neutron Poison V V Structural Environment Boric Acid Hours Years High-Temp Dry Hours Dry, Inert Years
- Metamic approved for use in dry storage cask
- NUHOMS-61 BT Safety Evaluation Report 20
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Metamic PLA Parameters
- Boron density
- Environmental performance
"° corrosion resistance
"* dimensional variations in service
"* structural integrity
- Installation effects
"* installation / removal with no damage to fuel
"* thermal-hydraulic performance
"* seismic response 21
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Metamic PLA Content - Boron Density
- Neutron transmission qualification testing
- Chemical / spectrometric analysis
- Macroscopic uniformity qualification testing
- Manufacturing process controls
- Surveillance testing
- Combination of testing and process controls ensures acceptable poison performance 22
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage e Metamic PLA Content - Environmental
- EPRI test demonstrates acceptable environmental performance
- Laboratory testing results (EPRI-1 003137)
"* accelerated neutron and gamma radiation testing
"° accelerated corrosion testing
"* acceptable dimensional variations in service
"* acceptable structural integrity
- Borated aluminum (e.g., Boral) has extensive operating history 23
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Metamic PLA Content - Installation Effects
- Thermal-hydraulic analysis
- Seismic analysis
- RackSaver installation with no damage to fuel
"* Prototype trials at PWR and BWR
"* Planning prototype trials at Turkey Point in 2002 24
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Metamic Licensing
- Site-specific PLA
"* Include use of Metamic poison inserts
"*Include proposed spent fuel pool reconfiguration
"* Comparable to Improved Standard Tech Specs
"* Criticality Analysis Method
- KENO-Va or KENO-VI for criticality analysis
- KENO-VI for criticality study of non-symmetrical shape
"* Comply with 10 CFR 50.68 criticality criteria
"*Plan to submit proposed license amendment in 2003 25
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Spent Fuel Storage Plan
- Monitor Boraflex
- Install Region I cask pit racks
- Proposed license amendment planned for Fall 2002
- Evaluate / Optimize poison inserts
"* Fuel assembly inserts - Metamic, Boral, borated SS
"* Rack inserts (RackSaverTM) - Metamic
"° Multi-regioning, checkerboarding
- Plan to install poison inserts in 2004
- Plan to submit PLA in 2003 26
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Discussion
- Summary of Meeting Objectives
"* Storage plans (cask pit racks, poison inserts)
"* Schedule for license amendment reviews
"* Analysis methods
"* Metamic for neutron poison material
- Followup action items 27
Turkey Point Spent Fuel Storage
- Boraflex
- Boraflex degradation dependent on
" dose
"*pool temperature
" flow rate
- EPRI RACKLIFE software
"*Calculates radiation dose to Boraflex panels
"*Predicts Boraflex dissolution