L-12-055, Response to Request for Additional Information on 10 CFR 50.46 Report of Changes or Errors in ECCS Evaluation Models

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Response to Request for Additional Information on 10 CFR 50.46 Report of Changes or Errors in ECCS Evaluation Models
ML120440609
Person / Time
Site: Davis Besse Cleveland Electric icon.png
Issue date: 02/13/2012
From: Allen B
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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,*,Xi!"#',-it{f, February 13,2412 L-12-055 10cFR 50.a6(aX3Xii)

ATTN:Document ControlDesk U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Davis-Besse NuclearPowerStation DocketNo.50-346,LicenseNo.NPF-3 Response to ReouesiforAdditional Informationon 10 CFR50.46Reportof Chanoes9r ECesEvaluationW AccessandManagement system By letterdatedMay27,2011(Agencywide_Documents (nOnUS)Accession No.ML1tl-5fi6q4, FirstEnergy NuclearOperating Company theannualreportforchanges anderrorsin anemergency core iff5fOCisubmitted of sucha model'for coolingsystem {ECCS)evaluation tnoO"f iiMl, ot intheapplication the Davis-Besse NuclearpowerStation.ine reportcovered the periodfrom January 1,2A10to December 31,2010.

18, 2012,the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)requested additional OnJanuary discussed with information ,.gurdin;'thisreport.FEl.iOC'ti"tponseto the request, as NRCstaffon December 19,2011,is attached.

Thereareno regulatory commitments contained inthisletter.lf thereareanyquestions -

or if additional informrtion pleasecontactMr.PhilH.Lashley, is required, Supervisor FleetLicensing, at (330)315-6808.

Sincerely,

,t*,--1 5,4e'-

BarryS. Allen

Attachment:

Response to Requestfor AdditionalInformation on the 10 CFR50'46nep{ of Cianges or Errorsin the emuigencyCoreCoJtingSystemEvaluation Modelfor the Davis-Besse NuclearPowerStatlon cc: NRCRegionlll Administrator NRCResidentInsPector NuclearReactorRegulation ProjectManager UtilityRadiological Safety Board

Attachment L-12-055 Response to Requestfor Additional Information on the 10 CFR50.46Reportof Changesor Errorsin the Emergency CoreCoolingSystemEvaluatlonModelforthe Davis-Besse NuclearPowerStation Page1 ot2 By fetterdatedMay27,2011(Agencyruide Documents Accessand Management System(ADAMS)Accessionlrto.wtt-i11510642), FirstEnergy NuclearOperating Cbmpany(FENOC)submitted the annualreportfor changesa1d errorsin an emergencycorecoolingsystem(ECCS)evaluationmodel(Elr4),-o1.in the applicationof sucha model,for the Dlvis-BesseNuclearPowerStation(DBNPS),On January18,2i.A12, the NuclearRegulatory Commission (NRC)requested additional informationregardingthis report. lne ruRCstaff'srequestis presentedin boldtype' followedby FENOC'sresponse.

ln Table1, "10 CFR50.46Summaryfor 2010,"lt is notedthat peakcladding temperaturesfor Mk.B.HTPfuel Inihe mixed-coreand full'core large'breakloss' of-coolantaccident(LBLOCA)evaluationmodelsare "estlmated"per Evaluation ModelRevision0.9. Pleaseciarifywhy thesespecificpeakcladdingtemperatures are ,,estimated" and not "analyzed"slmilarto the othervaluesin the table' FENOCbeganinserting the newMk-B-HTP fuelassemblV de191intothe DBNPS reactorin Cycle15,whichbeganin April2006.The originalL-BLO.CAenalyses for peak claddingtemperature (PCT)f6r the transitioncoresandthe Mk-B-HTPfull-corewere pefformedpriorto cycle ts. nt thattime,analyzedLBLOCAPCTvaluesof 2095'3"F lMk-a-Hrp mixed-core) and 2117.2'F(Mr<-g-FifP full-core)werereportedto FENOC by the fuelvendor, By letterdatedMay25,,2007 (ADAMSAccesslonNo,ML071500391), FENOC submittedthe 2006annualreportof changesto the 10 CFR50'46ECCSEM'which inctudedtho anaryzed LBLocA pcr vatu6of 209s"F(rou{gd-downfrom2095.3"F) for the Mk-B-HTpmixed-core.Sincea fullcoreof the Mk-B-HTP fuelwould not be achleveduntilcycle 17 in 2010,a full-coreLBLOCA PCT value was not includedin the 2006through2009reports.

By letterdatedMay28, 2008(ADAMSAccession No.ML081540470), FENOC submittedthe 2oai annualreportof changesto the 10 cFR 50.46Eccs EM,including the effectof an EM applicationerrorfor tG Mk'B-HTPmixed'coreresults' The error, as explainedin the ZilOlreport,was an inconectinterpretation of gqmTa energy fractionsreportedfromthe bnlCeruZcomputercode. Thiswas evaluatedby the FENOCfuelvendorandwasfoundto causean increasein the Mk-B-HTP mixed-core pCT valueof +Z.TiF,leading to the final2007reportedvalueof 2098'F(rnixed'core).

shownin Table1 of that letter. However,the valuewas reportedas "analyzed" when,in fact,it was "estimated" by the FENOCfuelvendor,as requiredby 10 CFR50.46(aX3Xi). ln ttre2009report,submitted by letterC.atgdMay27' 2010 (ADAMSnccebdibn'No. ML101530497), the valueswerereportedcorrectly as "estimated,"

Attachment L-12-055 Page2 of 2 In 2010,whenthe fullcoreof Mk-B-HTP assemblies wasachieved,a PCTvaluefor the Mk-B-HPT full-coreLBLOCAwas includedin the annualreport,submitted by the May27,2011letter.Thegammaenergyfractionerrornotedin the 20OTreportalso affectedthe Mk-B-HTPfull-coreLBLOCAPCTvalue. The magnitudeof the errorwas estimated as +1.8oFfor the Mk-B-HTPfull-corethatyieldedan estimatedPCTof 2119"Fwhenaddedto the 2117.2'F full-coreanalyzedvalue,Subsequently, in the May27,2011letter,FENOCreportedthe 2119oFestimated value beingutilizedat that timeratherthanthe originalanalyzedvalueof 2117.2"F.