ML072060138
| ML072060138 | |
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| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 07/17/2007 |
| From: | Broussard J, Collin J, Klug M, White G Dominion Engineering |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML072060138 (45) | |
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Advanced FEA Crack Growth Calculations for Evaluation of PWR Pressurizer Nozzle Dissimilar Metal Weld Circumferential PWSCC Sponsored by: EPRI Materials Reliability Program Presented To:
Expert Review Panel for Advanced FEA Crack Growth Calculations Presented By:
Glenn White John Broussard Jean Collin Matthew Klug Dominion Engineering, Inc.
0 Plaza America Dr. #310 Tuesday, July 17, 2007 on, VA 20190 437.1155 Meeting on Implications of Wolf Creek Dissimilar Metal Weld Inspections
.domeng.com DEI Offices, Reston, Virginia and via Webcast
Agenda Introductions / Opening Remarks Results Missing from Draft A Report New Case S9b to Further Address Effect of Multiple Flaws Validation Evaluation Criteria Final Industry Report July 12 NRC Comments Remaining Work Meeting Summary and Conclusions Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Principal Meeting Participants EPRI Project Management / Support NRC Participants
- Craig Harrington, EPRI - Al Csontos, NRC Research
- Christine King, EPRI - Tim Lupold, NRC NRR
- Tim Gilman, Structural Integrity Associates - Dave Rudland, EMC2 Project Team - Simon Sheng, NRC NRR
- Glenn White, DEI - Ted Sullivan, NRC NRR
- John Broussard, DEI
- Jean Collin, DEI
- Matthew Klug, DEI Expert Review Panel
- Ted Anderson, Quest Reliability, LLC
- Warren Bamford, Westinghouse
- David Harris, Structural Integrity Associates
- Doug Killian, AREVA
- Pete Riccardella, Structural Integrity Associates
- Ken Yoon, AREVA Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Summary Stable arrest was still be confirmed for 6 matrix cases
- Now confirmed using FEACrack Five matrix cases were still in progress
- Case 23c multiple repair case: Results on next two slides
- Case 28b surge nozzle case: Results on next slide
- Case 36c stress redistribution case: Results expected July 17
- Cases 52 and 53 with nozzle-to-safe-end geometry: Results expected ~July 23 Leak rate was still to be reported in Table 7-6 for Case 48b at time load margin factor reaches 1.2
- Missing leak rate is 70.1 gpm Leak rate and stability time plots were requested for all cases with a load margin factor of ~1.7 or lower when leak rate is 1 gpm
- Results not in Draft A are provided below for all cases with factor 1.75 Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Case 23c and 28b Results Geometry Case Surface Crack Stability Results (Press + DW + NT loads and Z-factor for Critical Size)
WRS Time Fraction Crack Max tot Max Pm Stability Support. Support.
Case Nozzle Geometry Ri t to TW Xsection Face Faxial Based on Margin Pm Pb (thick)
- Subcase Type Configuration (in) (in) (yrs) Cracked F (kips) (kips) CF (ksi) Factor (ksi) (ksi) 23 c S&R Config 2a/2b 2.810 1.065 0.5 0.298 14.91 75.33 3.37 3.55 12.0 27.1 28 b surge bounding 5.920 1.580 3.4 0.518 77.12 331.23 4.97 1.25 6.2 12.5 Crack Fraction Face Max tot Max Pm Support. Support. Stability Time Time Leak Rate Case and Xsection Force Faxial Based on Pm Pb (thick) Margin since TW since TW (gpm @
Step Cracked (kips) (kips) CF (ksi) (ksi) (ksi) Factor (hrs) (days) 70°F)
C23cS16 0.369 18.44 78.87 3.53 10.53 22.76 2.99 1799 75 1.003 C28bS00 0.355 52.84 306.96 4.61 8.49 15.47 1.84 0 0 2.426 Crack Max Pm Time Time Time Leak Fraction Face Max tot Based Support. Support. Stability Time since since 1 since 1 Rate Case and Xsection Force Faxial on CF Pm Pb (thick) Margin since TW TW gpm gpm (gpm @
Step Cracked (kips) (kips) (ksi) (ksi) (ksi) Factor (hrs) (days) (hrs) (days) 70°F)
C23cS20 0.387 19.34 79.76 3.57 10.08 21.57 2.83 2296 96 497 >>21 1.272 C28bS30 0.424 63.08 317.20 4.76 5.71 12.00 1.20 655 27 655 27 28.752 Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Case 23c Crack Mesh for TW Step 20 Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase 17b 160.0 3.0 C17b Leakage 2.8 140.0 C17b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 1.8 1.6 80.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 1.0 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase 27b 160.0 3.0 C27b Leakage 2.8 140.0 C27b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 1.8 1.6 80.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 1.0 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase 44c 10.0 3.0 Time at 1 gpm C44c Leakage 2.8 9.0 C44c Stability Margin 2.6 8.0 2.4 2.2 7.0 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 6.0 1.8 1.6 5.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 4.0 1.2 1.0 3.0 0.8 2.0 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase 46b 160.0 3.0 C46b Leakage 2.8 140.0 C46b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 1.8 1.6 80.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 1.0 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase 48b 160.0 3.0 C48b Leakage 2.8 140.0 C48b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 1.8 1.6 80.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 1.0 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase S1b 160.0 3.0 S1b Leakage 2.8 140.0 S1b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 1.8 1.6 80.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 1.0 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Results Missing from Draft A Report Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. TimeCase S2b 160.0 3.0 S2b Leakage 2.8 140.0 S2b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 1.8 1.6 80.0 1.4 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 1.0 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Evaluation Case Matrix Effect of Multiple Crack Initiation Sites Sensitivity cases investigate the effect of multiple crack initiation (e.g., Wolf Creek surge nozzle NDE results)
- Enveloping of multiple initial flaws with one modeled flaw
- Modeling of a part-depth 360° flaw
- Growing multiple individual flaws and then combining on a single weld cross section for stability calculation Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
New Case S9b Further Addresses Effect of Multiple Flaws Case S9b added to further address this concern for limiting surge nozzles
- Case 9b is based on Case 17b, but with 21:1 26%tw initial flaw placed at top and bottom of weld cross section
- Crack interaction effects are insignificant for this case based on distance between flaws and Quest Reliability, LLC experience with interaction effects
- Thus, leak rate and stability margin trends can be based on separate growth of flaws and then combination of flaws in crack stability calculation
- Two 21:1 26%tw initial flaws represent 46% (167°) of the ID circumference Results vs. Case 17b
- 1.22 years to go through-wall is unaffected
- Leak rate trend with time of Case 17b is unaffected
- Stability margin factor trend is lowered by between 0.10 and 0.12
- Time from 1 gpm to load margin factor of 1.2 is reduced from 35 to 29 days Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
New Case S9b Crack Profiles vs. Time: Cartesian Coordinates 8.0 Case S9b after breaking through-wall Case S9b 7 days after through-wall 6.0 Case S9b 12 days after through-wall Case S9b 25 days after through-wall 4.0 Case S9b 35 days after through-wall Case S9b 42 days after through-wall 2.0 0.0
-2.0
-4.0
-6.0
-8.0
-8.0 -6.0 -4.0 -2.0 0.0 Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
New Case S9b Crack Profiles vs. Time: Polar Coordinates 1.0 Case S9b after breaking through-wall 0.9 Case S9b 7 days after through-wall Case S9b 12 days after through-wall 0.8 Case S9b 25 days after through-wall 0.7 Case S9b 35 days after through-wall Nondimensional Crack Depth, y /t Case S9b 42 days after through-wall 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Circumferential Position, (deg)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
New Case S9b Leak Rate and Load Margin Factor vs. Time 160.0 3.0 Case 17b and Case S9b Leakage 2.8 Case 17b Stability Margin 140.0 Case S9b Stability Margin 2.6 2.4 120.0 2.2 Leak Rate (gpm @ 70°F) Stability Margin on Load 2.0 100.0 0, 1.73 1.8 0, 1.71 12, 1.60 0, 1.60 1.6 80.0 7, 1.52 25, 1.40 12, 1.48 1.4 25, 1.28 35, 1.20 Load Factor = 1.2 1.2 60.0 35, 1.09 42, 1.00 1.0 42, 0.90 40.0 0.8 0.6 20.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation Topics Duane Arnold EU Mockup MRP-107 Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation Duane Arnold Circumferential Crack The Duane Arnold crack was applied as a validation case From MRP-113: Crack initiation and growth were attributed to the presence of a fully circumferential crevice that led to development of an acidic environment because of the oxygen in the normal BWR water chemistry, combined with high residual and applied stresses as a result of the geometry and nearby welds. The water chemistry conditions that contributed to cracking at Duane Arnold do not exist for the case of Alloy 82/182 butt welds in PWR plants.
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation Duane Arnold Circumferential Crack (contd)
Duane Arnold WRS (ksi) Profile Fit 4 3 2 80 y = 2091.284192x - 4024.030339x + 2171.322441x - 279.638139x + 4.697888 Actual 70 Thermal Tip of Safe-End Crack Sleeve Crevice 60 Profile 50 40 Axial WRS (ksi) 30 20 10 0
-10
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-30 Simulated
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-50 Crack 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Profile Dist from Thermal Sleeve ID (in.)
From 30% TW 360° Surface Flaw Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation EU MockupDEI Hoop Stress Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation EU MockupDEI Axial Stress Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation EU MockupDEI Butter Hoop Stress Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation EU MockupDEI Butter Axial Stress Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Validation MRP-107 Lab Study of PWSCC in Alloy 182 The report summary for MRP-107 (EPRI 1009399, 2004) includes the following:
- Abstract: Detailed examinations of Alloy 182 capsule samples containing PWSCC established the relationship between crack initiation sites and the microstructure of the weld metal. These examinations also identified microstructural features that facilitate or arrest PWSCC propagation. Crack initiation only occurred at high angle, high energy, dendrite packet grain boundaries, and growth apparently arrested at low energy boundaries due to low angular misorientation or coincidence of lattice sites. The work also revealed important findings with regard to crack geometries, in particular what aspect ratios may develop during PWSCC of nickel-base (Ni-base) weld metals.
- The cracks exhibited an unusual aspect ratio in that they never showed a large lateral surface extent, even when they extended through the wall thickness. This is a very different feature compared to PWSCC in Ni-base alloys such as Alloy 600. The aspect ratio is thought to relate to indications of crack arrest observed at low energy grain boundaries in Alloy 182.
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Evaluation Criteria Figure 7-1 7.0 2.0 leak rate 1.8 6.0 1.6 stability margin 5.0 Does this point fall below the stability 1.4 Leak Rate (gpm at 70°F) Stability Margin on Load margin line?
load factor of 1.2 4.0 1.2 1.0 3.0 0.8 begin time 2.0 7 days 0.6 0.4 x4 on 0.25 gpm leak rate 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Time after Initial Through-Wall Crack (days)
Illustration of Approach for Hypothetical Leak Rate and Crack Stability Results Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Final Industry Report Topics Preliminary Results Preliminary Conclusions Schedule
- Draft B
- Industry and NRC Review
- Main report
- Appendix A on probabilistic assessments
- Schedule for Release of Rev. 0 Missing items
- EPRI report summary, abstract, and full list of acronyms
- EU Mockup WRS simulation
- Discussion of Implications of MRP-107
- Duane Arnold crack growth case
- Missing matrix results and discussion, including new Case S9b
- Move references to Section 9 Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Final Industry Report Preliminary Results All 105 completed cases in the main sensitivity matrix showed either
- stable crack arrest (59 cases), or
- crack leakage and crack stability results satisfying the evaluation criteria (46 cases)
- generally considerable margins beyond evaluation criteria 10 supplemental cases further investigated effect of multiple flaws on limiting surge nozzle cases
- Conservative application of the three indications found in the Wolf Creek surge nozzle weld to limiting surge nozzles (fill-in weld and relatively high moment load) gives results meeting the evaluation criteria with additional margin
- Multiple flaw case based on Case 17b with two 21:1 26%tw initial flaws at opposite sides of model shows modest effect on crack stability, with reduction of only 6 days in time interval from 1 gpm leak rate to 1.2 load margin factor (35 to 29 days)
- On this basis, it is concluded that the concern for multiple flaws in the limiting surge nozzles is adequately addressed by cases that satisfy the evaluation criteria with additional margin Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Final Industry Report Preliminary Conclusions Assumption of semi-elliptical flaw shape shown to result in large unnecessary overconservatism All 51 subject welds are adequately covered by crack growth sensitivity cases that satisfy the evaluation criteria Results show tendency of circumferential surface cracks to show stable arrest
- Axisymmetric welding residual stress profile must self-balance
- Consistent with Wolf Creek experience given unlikeliness that four indications found in narrow depth band were growing rapidly at that time Sensitivity cases indicate a large beneficial effect of relaxation of secondary loads upon through-wall penetration
- Detailed evaluations tend to support such a relaxation effect
- Not credited in main cases Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
July 12 NRC Comments Welding Residual Stress Uncertainty The WRS profile applied in Case 17b is conservative with respect to:
- DEI WRS FEA result for Type 8 surge nozzle, including SS weld simulation
- EMC2 WRS FEA result for Type 8 surge nozzle, including SS weld simulation
- ASME profile as modified by EMC2 Because the WRS profile applied in Case 17b is shifted significantly in the conservative direction versus all three of these profiles, it appropriately addresses the effect of WRS uncertainty Consistent with the most likely Wolf Creek behavior, the EMC2 WRS FEA result for Type 8 surge nozzle (including SS weld simulation) leads to crack arrest in the growth model Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
July 12 NRC Comments Surge Nozzle Axial WRS at NOT Type 8-1 (base case) ASME Modified per EMC2 EMC2 NoRepair-WithSS (Left-Right) Poly. (Type 8-3 (no SS Weld))
80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 Axial Stress (psi) 0
-20,000
-40,000
-60,000
-80,000 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 Nondimensional Distance from ID, x /t Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
July 12 NRC Comments Effect of Multiple Through-Wall Crack Segments Bill Shack of ACRS inquired on July 11 regarding the effect of multiple through-wall flaw segments on the leak rate The effect of multiple through-wall flaw segments to reduce the leak rate (in comparison to a single through-wall flaw) is mitigated by the increased resistance to rupture provided by the ligaments between the flaw segments
- Significant axial offsets between crack segments are perhaps likely because of the relatively long axial region of susceptible material The effect of the tight intergranular SCC type morphology is generally addressed by the leak rate prediction methodology Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
July 12 NRC Comments Effect of Multiple Through-Wall Crack Segments (contd)
Substantial margin beyond the evaluation criteria exists for nearly all cases in main matrix
- Applying a leak rate margin factor of 10 rather than 4 on the 0.25 gpm detectability limit results in all 14 of the most limiting cases* in the main matrix satisfying the evaluation criteria with one exception (Case 44c)
- A leak rate margin factor of about 9 does satisfy the evaluation criteria for Case 44c
- All other cases in the main matrix very likely satisfy the evaluation criteria with a leak rate margin factor of 10 based on the compiled leak rate and stability data
- A leak rate margin factor of 10 has historically been applied in long-term regulatory LBB assessments
- The most limiting surge nozzle case (Case 17b) is predicted to have an initial through-wall leak rate of 2.6 gpm, with the leak rate increasing to 69 gpm when the load margin factor decreases to 1.2, indicating robustness with respect to the value of the leak rate margin factor
- The 14 most limiting cases are defined here as those cases for which the load margin factor is 1.75 or less at the time the leak rate is calculated to be 1 gpm.
Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
July 12 NRC Comments Effect of Multiple Through-Wall Crack Segments (contd)
Given the above points, the matrix results show sufficient margin to address modeling uncertainties such as those associated with the potential for multiple through-wall crack segments More detailed evaluation of the effect of multiple through-wall crack segments may be considered in the context of longer-term evaluations
- More detailed evaluations will require significant additional developmental effort
- Current study has had benefit of significantly refining crack growth evaluation tools, but explicit evaluation of multiple flaws is an emerging area Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Remaining Work Remaining DEI Work
- Nozzle-to-safe end geometry crack growth cases Final Industry Report August 9 Meeting at North Bethesda Marriott NRC Safety Assessment Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Nozzle-to-safe-end Geometry Cases Example Cracked Model Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
Meeting Summary and Conclusions Industry NRC Project Review Meeting: Advanced FEA Crack Growth Evaluations July 17, 2007, Reston, VA, and via Webcast
NRC Questions and Comments on the Industry Advanced FEA Draft Report Ted Sullivan & Al Csontos July 17, 2007
General Comments
- NRC staff has reviewed the industry draft report and will provide our comments and questions today
- NRC recognizes the significant effort to develop, benchmark, verify, and evaluate the advanced FEA program and the validation of weld residual stresses
- Overall, the industry developed a groundbreaking and technically sound research program
- The products from this research program will be essential in resolving the regulatory issues at hand
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General Comments
- NRC comments are for clarification & completeness
- For many, the industrys advanced FEA report will be sole source of information on this issue
- Report needs some additional information provided in the industrys presentations at public meetings
- Interested parties outside the project deliberations may need the additional information for clarity
- NRC needs to review the references, supporting sections, and appendices as soon as they become available
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General Questions
- When will the supplementary analyses discussed in the draft industry report be available to the NRC?
- EU validation writeup?
- Westinghouse fabrication writeups?
- David Harris leak rate writeup?
- References?
- What, if any, additional cases will the industry run?
- Will the industry respond to Bill Shacks comments related to leak rate modeling with multiple TWCs?
- What are industrys plans for a peer review?
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Comments and Proposed Changes: Due Date: July 20, 2007 Advanced FEA Evaluation of Growth of Postulated Circ PWSCC Flaws in PZR Nozzle DM Welds - Rev. A Cmt # Reviewer's Comment Location Comment Proposed Change Comment Resolution Organization Page # Line #
Revise to read...the group of nine PWRs planning to accelerate outages or take mid-cycle outages based on commitments made. Should this study The group of nine PWRs should be planning to accelerate outages or take demonstrate flaw stability via sufficient time from initial detectable leakage NRC 1-2 27-29 mid-cycle outages based on commitments made. until pipe rupture, as demonstrated to the NRC, these plants could then resume plans to perform PDI inspection or mitigation during the spring 2008 outage season.
The images of each example pressurizer nozzle should contain identification NRC 1-6 6-7 Add identification markers markers for all major fabrication components The image of the CE pressurizer nozzle should contain identification NRC 1-7 1 Add identification markers markers for all major fabrication components In general, this section needs to be augmented with the information provided in previous public meetings to include more figures detailing the Augment this section to include information previously provided in public NRC 2-General nozzle geometries, dimensions, and typical fabrication procedures for the meetings by DEI (Glenn White) and Westinghouse (Cameron Martin) three types of plants; CE, W, W with CE-like fabrication procedures It would be helpful to explain why the definition of Pm is given as PDo/4t in NRC 2-2 14 this section, but the pressure is used differently in the crack growth portion Add explanation of the work With regards to the back welding, this should clearly state that certain Revise, make similar to Type 8 Surge Nozzle description on pate 3-5, lines NRC 2-3 9 amounts of the ID material are removed and weld material is reapplied to 23-31.
the ID.
In addition to no fill-in welds, include no back chipping/backwelding NRC 2-3 16 Make revision completed In this table labels such as land thickness and fill-in weld are a bit NRC 2-5 3 confusing. It is suggested that figures in the WRS section be placed here to Provide figures with the major fabrication details of the nozzles identified.
help better explain these geometric details.
NRC 2-6 - Question for Plant H spray line PDI results. Recheck Plant H results.
Some dimensions are needed for completeness of the report, i.e., SS weld NRC 3-1 16-30 Add dimensions, figures, or references as needed.
location, fill-in dimensions, etc. (see general comment)
NRC 3-2 6 Note that the 5/16 inch repair simulates the back chipping and weld buildup Make revision NRC 3-2 22 How long is the repair? Add length of repair to explanation NRC 3-2 24 this line notes that minor simplifications are made List the minor simplifications In the WRS analyses long slender weld beads were used. Since these NRC 3-2 26 beads differ from actual weld beads, please explain how the approximation Add explanation resulting from this approach was assessed and reflected in the study.
How was piping system compliance treated in the WRS analysis? How NRC 3-2 35 Add explanation long was the stainless steel pipe in the analysis?
Why was the elastic limit defined as the yield strength for the base metal NRC 3-3 16-31 but the flow strength for the weld material? The base metal near the weld Add explanation may also melt and solidify as would the weld.
The stainless steel yield strength of 28.9 ksi at 600F seems to be a high value; in looking at 550F tensile data from Vol. 8 of Degraded Piping semi-NRC 3-3 34 annual reports, the yield strengths for 5 stainless steel pipes ranged from Add explanation 20.1 ksi to 26.1 ksi with an average value of 22.7 ksi. How would this affect the WRS modeling and critical crack size calculations?
NRC 3-4 4 Different than what, the base material? Add explanation The stress improvement observed from a hydrotest will be limited for low R/t NRC 3-5 4-10 None pipes such as on the pressurizer NRC 3-5 8 hydrostatic testing referred to as a form of mechanical stress improvement Delete mechanical and just refer to as a form of stress improvement Why was 653F listed as the operating temperature when the surge line will NRC 3-5 13 Add explanation be at a temperature closer to 644F?
NRC 3-5 34 Refers to an amount of the ID that was "ground out" Was this ground or machined? If machined, revise.
Statement that the inside surface is 0.25 inch smaller should read, "the NRC 3-5 36 replace surface with diameter inside diameter is 0.25 inches smaller NRC 3-6 1 "removed back" Replace with machined, if actually machined NRC 3-6 5 States the welds were v-weld. Should be U-groove Verify this is suppose to be U-groove NRC 3-6 5 v-weld Refer to as v-groove weld Was it verified that a stress path perpendicular to the axial direction NRC 3-6 36 Add explanation represents the maximum stress path for PWSCC growth?
Was the path changed for the case with the SS weld since the path of NRC 3-7 3-16 Add explanation maximum stress may shift location??
NRC 3-8 10 Section 3.3 should be referred to as Validation and Benchmarking Add title
Comments and Proposed Changes: Due Date: July 20, 2007 Advanced FEA Evaluation of Growth of Postulated Circ PWSCC Flaws in PZR Nozzle DM Welds - Rev. A Cmt # Reviewer's Comment Location Comment Proposed Change Comment Resolution Organization Page # Line #
Based on the available WRS validation and benchmarking activities to the EU report, this section should assess uncertainties related to WRS and how NRC 3-8 14-17 Add section they will be addressed in the overall advanced FEA Phase II sensitivity matrix.
NRC 3-15 5 Identify what is meant by 'backweld' Add clarification in text.
U-groove weld geometry stated here vs. V-groove geometry sated in section NRC 4-1 20 Revise to make consistent between sections 3, page 6 and in the figures What the rationale for using 8-noded brick elements in a computational fracture mechanics analysis? The crack tip singularity ahead of simulated NRC 4-1 27 sharp crack is approximated by collapsed 20-noded elements with the Explain and provide mesh sensitivity results for using the 8-noded elements midpoint nodes moved to the quarter point location. If 8-noded elements are used, they must be of sufficient small size.
Since ANSYS does not calculate fracture parameters, please explain the NRC 4-2 16 Add explanation process on how it was done in this study NRC 4-5 39 What is meant by ' remain self- similar'? Add correction Why was the time between leakage and rupture not reported for the Phase I NRC 4-6 14 Add Phase I leakage and margin results study?
When you provide Duane Arnold crack validation, please provide what NRC 4-7 5 Add explanation parameters were modified to obtain the final validation results.
NRC 5-1 28 Explain CMTR Add explanation The study conducted by Riccardella and Anderson should be discussed in NRC 5-2 7 more detail since the report refers to the results several times. It would be Add work from Riccardella and Anderson to report nice if they could be included in detail as part of this report or in an appendix Along with radial differential thermal expansion, WRS are also not included NRC 5-2 15 Modify sentence in the stability calculations The DPZP may not be greater than unity for the cases of a complex crack NRC 5-3 18 where the apparent toughness is greatly reduced as compared to the C(T) remove this sentence or modify toughness It should be noted that in this study the DPZP was calculated using the C(T)
NRC 5-4 8 This should be noted in this sentence toughness and not the apparent toughness for complex cracks NRC 6-1 14 Spell out COD Spell out as crack open displacement (COD)
NRC 6-1 25 Explain what (albeit over a longer length) means Add explanation NRC 6-2 29 List what the summary is provided in List Table 6-2 (?) as containing the summary of inputs NRC 6-3 10-11 Explain what is meant by the potentially important effect of moment bending Add explanation Further explain how the conversion is a conservative assumption given the NRC 7-2 6-7 Add explanation complex crack envelopes the TW crack Why were different axial stresses used in the stability and crack growth NRC 7-2 15-16 Modify sentence calculations?
Rather than state the acceptability involves licensing and regulatory issues, NRC 7-2 35 state the acceptability is dependent upon uncertainty of input parameters Revise as noted and the accuracy of the modeling methodology Change to state "six days is conservatively required for the plant to shut NRC 7-3 25 Recommend listing either six or seven days as being conservative.
down.
NRC 7-3 5 What is the basis for the 7 day criteria? Provide the basis Would like to see discussion of where 0.25 gpm comes from, i.e. RCS leak rate monitoring committed to by licensees. Some mention of the baseline and that the margin factor of 4.0 also addresses leak rate changes that may Indicate where the 0.25 gpm is from. Include discussion of the baseline and occur that could affect the baseline but have not been incorporated in the how the margin factor of 4 encompasses baseline changes that may not NRC 7-3 26-27 baseline, i.e. a high baseline may have been measured in 1st seven days of have resulted in a baseline revision. Include range of baseline values being operation that decreases over time or leaks may have been identified and used.
repaired that effectively reduce the baseline. It would also be worthwhile to list the range of values used as baseline at the nine plants assessed in this evaluation.
NRC 7-4 3 New readers may not understand the stability margin factor. Provide a definition of the stability margin factor NRC 7-4 5 Expand the explanation for why the factor of 1.2 is considered appropriate expand explanation The statement that there is no clear evidence that a purely limit load based Modify the statement to say there is no experimental data on approach is insufficient should be worded differently since there is no clear NRC 7-4 12 circumferential cracks in A82/182 that verify that limit load or elastic-plastic evidence that the purely limit load based approach is sufficient for cracks in fracture conditions control.
A82/182 Here the operating temperature is given as 650F. Table 6-1 and Page 3-5 NRC 7-6 19 Correct temperature give the operating temperature as 653F Were the stresses from Figure 3-19 used in the repair analyses?? Were the NRC 7-7 35 values interpolated from what's shown in Figure 3-19 to each circumferential Add explanation position in the crack growth analyses?
Comments and Proposed Changes: Due Date: July 20, 2007 Advanced FEA Evaluation of Growth of Postulated Circ PWSCC Flaws in PZR Nozzle DM Welds - Rev. A Cmt # Reviewer's Comment Location Comment Proposed Change Comment Resolution Organization Page # Line #
This write-up always assumes that the dominate crack initiates on top of the NRC 7-10 28 Add explanation pipe. What if it does not initiate on the top of the pipe?
NRC 7-12 33 Same as previous Add explanation Under what conditions would the thermal loads be reduced during surface crack growth in such a way that the reduction would cause arrest?? If the surface crack is near critical, and much rotation occurs, some of the NRC 7-14 20-21 Add explanation displacement-controlled loads may be reduced, but during subcritical crack growth, I'm not sure when the displacement controlled loads would be relieved It is stated that using 360 deg flaws in surge nozzle analyses is not NRC 7-14 30-31 appropriate. However, 360 deg cracks were assumed in Case 18,26,29 and Add explanation
- 30. Please clarify?
NRC 7-15 1-2 Same comment as 7-10 line 28 Add explanation It may be helpful to have a table that shows the how the parameters varied NRC 7-15 16 in the sensitivity matrix affected the margin, i.e., 10% decrease in as built Add table if possible wall thickness can decrease margin by 30%
In addition, it may be worthwhile to comment on how the changes in margin NRC 7-15 16 due to the sensitivity parameters may be combined. For instance, a 10 % Add explanation decrease in wall thickness and the high growth rate can decrease the margin by more than 50% - Are these cases probable?
Why was the 21:1 aspect ratio only used for the large bending moment NRC 7-15 24 Add explanation cases?
NRC 7-15 35 Same comment as 7-10 line 28 Add explanation Earlier it was stated that only two of the wolf creek surge flaws were NRC 7-16 7 enveloped with the 21:1 surge nozzle flaw. How are the three wolf creek Add explanation flaws applied in the crack growth analyses?
The wolf creek flaws may not have been growing rapidly in the depth NRC 7-16 17 direction, but may have been growing rapidly in the length direction, as Please modify sentence indicated by the Phase 1 results.
NRC 8 The same comments given above apply to the conclusion section Cases CS1b (SMF = 1.03 at TW leakage) and CS2b (3 days to SMF=1.2)
NRC 8-2 31-33 do not support the statement that the results met the evaluation criteria with Revise to reflect actual results.
additional margin There are some numbers in Table 2-1 of the probabilistic study in Appendix A that we believe are not correct. Calvert 2 had indications in the CL drain and the HL drain. Table 2-1has the CL drain listed as a circ indication, when it was actually an axial indication, as documented in LER 2005-001-00. The HL drain had 2 axial flaws attributed to PWSCC and a circumferential that was attributed to original construction once the original radiographs were digitized (this fact was not listed in the LER, but we have first hand This is a high number of inaccuracies in 5 indications. It calls into question information on this item). Also, the depths and lengths were not measured the accuracy of the remaining information in this table. We recommend that NRC A1-7 Table 2-1 for these flaws, as the procedure used was not qualified for length or depth all the data in the table be verified for accuracy and a portion of section 2.1 measurement for this size nozzle. It is unclear where the numbers for the be devoted to data accuracy and verification.
flaw information come from.
We also checked Calvert 1 in Table 2-1 with the information Constellation sent to us in their flaw evaluation. The HL Drain thickness is 0.54, not 0.375; the surge nozzle thickness is 1.6", not 1.3, and the relief indication length was 0.6" not 0.000".
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