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Request for Additional Information Related to Licensees Final Safety Analysis Report Amendment 95 Related to Section 4.2.2, Reactor Vessel Internal Components
ML100550007
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 03/11/2010
From: Joel Wiebe
Watts Bar Special Projects Branch
To: Bhatnagar A
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wiebe, Joel NRR/DORL/WBSP, 415-6606
References
TAC ME2731
Download: ML100550007 (3)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 March 11, 2010 Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WAITS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSEE'S FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 4.2.2," REACTOR VESSEL INTERNAL COMPONENTS" (TAC NO. ME2731)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

By letters dated November 24, 2009, December 14, 2009, and January 11, 2010, Tennessee Valley Authority submitted Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Amendments 95,96, and 97, respectively.

The submittals, in Section 4.2.2, "Reactor Vessel Internals (RVI)," includes design bases, design loading conditions, design loading categories and various materials used for the RVI components. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff reviewed the portion related to materials used for the RVI components and determined that further information is required to complete its assessment of the licensee's submittals. In the enclosed request for additional information (RAI), the staff has listed the requested information.

A response is required within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

If you should have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1457.

Sincerely, J-J,VP oel S. Wiebe, Senior Project Manager atts Bar Special Projects Branch ivision of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFROMATION WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENTS 95, 96, and 97 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY DOCKET NO. 50-391 By letters dated November 24, 2009 (Agencywide Document and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML093370274), December 14, 2009 (ML093570464), and January 11, 2010 (ML100191426), Tennessee Valley Authority submitted Final Safety Analysis Report Amendments 95, 96, and 97, respectively. The following additional information related to Section 4.2.2, "Reactor Vessel Internals (RVI)," is required to proceed with our review.

Previous operating experience in Westinghouse Pressurized-Water Reactor (PWR) RVI components indicates that Nickel Base Alloy X-750 material is susceptible to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) when exposed to reactor coolant system water. Susceptibility to SCC in Nickel Base Alloy X-750 depends on the type of heat treatment that is performed on the alloy. The high temperature heat treatment (HTH) process that is used on Alloy X-750 offers better resistance to SCC than the heat treatment process that uses lower temperature. For example, in a Westinghouse-designed PWR facility, original Alloy X-750 Control Rod Guide Tube split pins were replaced by Alloy X-750 materials that were subjected to the HTH process.

In Table 5.2-12 of Section 5.0 of the Watts Bar, Unit 2 FSAR, TVA indicated that Alloy X-750 bolting is used in its RVI components. In this context, the staff requests that the licensee provide information regarding the type of heat treatment that was performed on Alloy X-750 material.

In a Staff Requirements Memorandum dated July 25, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML093370274), the Commission directed the NRC staff and TVA to look for opportunities to resolve such issues where the unirradiated state of Watts Bar 2 makes the issue easier to resolve. In the context of the Commission's direction, if the HTH process was not used for Alloy X-750 materials, provide information regarding whether these materials should be replaced prior to operation to mitigate the potential for failure due to SCC.

Enclosure

Mr. Ashok S. Bhatnagar Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Development and Construction Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSEE'S FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 4.2.2," REACTOR VESSEL INTERNAL COMPONENTS" (TAC NO. ME2731)

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar:

By letters dated November 24, 2009, December 14, 2009, and January 11, 2010, Tennessee Valley Authority submitted Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Amendments 95, 96, and 97, respectively.

The submittals, in Section 4.2.2, "Reactor Vessel Internals (RVI)," includes design bases, design loading conditions, design loading categories and various materials used for the RVI components. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff reviewed the portion related to materials used for the RVI components and determined that further information is required to complete its assessment of the licensee's submittals. In the enclosed request for additional information (RAI), the staff has listed the requested information.

A response is required within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

If you should have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-1457.

Sincerely, IRA!

Joel S. Wiebe, Senior Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

Enclosure:

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