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Licensee Slides (Final), 08/07/13 Preapplication Meeting with Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation to Discuss Long-Term Corrective Actions for Water Hammer Events in the Essential Service Water System at Wolf Creek
ML13219A193
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Site: Wolf Creek Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation icon.png
Issue date: 08/07/2013
From:
Wolf Creek
To:
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
Lyon C
References
TAC MF2457
Download: ML13219A193 (19)


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WCNOC-NRC Pre-submittal Meeting g

Modification to Essential Service Water System August 7, 2013 1

Meeting Agenda

  • Introduction of the team
  • State the objectives j of the meeting g
  • Overview of the ESW Initiative
  • Describe the waterhammer phenomena
  • Explain how this modification will address the issue
  • Describe the approach to the modification 2

Project Team

  • Rich Clemens Vice President - Strategic Projects
  • Russell Bowie ESW Project Director
  • Tom Sydnor Waterhammer Mitigation PM
  • Kamran Derakhshandegan ESW Project Engineer
  • Larry Stevens Licensing Engineer
  • Rich Kokesh Sargent & Lundy - Project Manager
  • Tony Ryan Sargent & Lundy - Lead Engineer

Presentation Objective Describe Wolf Creeks approach to increase safety margin in the Essential Service Water (ESW) System, emphasizing the modification to mitigate the effects of waterhammer 4

Problem Statement Pitting g in the ESW system y p piping, p g in conjunction with a waterhammer event reduces system design event, margins 5

Description of the Total ESW Initiative

  • Buried Piping Replacement Project (BPRP)
  • Above Ground Replacement Project j (AGRP)
  • ESW System Inspection and Repair Program
  • Waterhammer Mitigation Project 6

New ESW Piping Project 7

New ESW Buried Piping Project 8

Description of the Total ESW Initiative

  • Buried Piping Replacement Project (BPRP)
  • Above Ground Replacement Project j (AGRP)
  • ESW System Inspection and Repair Program
  • Waterhammer Mitigation Project 9

Existing ESW System Configuration 10

Waterhammer Phenomena

  • Present design results in a pressure transient (waterhammer) when ESW flow is automatically started following a shutdown of the normal Service Water (SW) system
  • Magnitude of pressure transient is proportional to the velocity of the water prior to column closure

- Decreasing water column velocity reduces the magnitude of the pressure transient.

- A bypass line is to be installed in the ESW line to throttle flow during column closure.

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ESW Waterhammer Event 12

Description of the Waterhammer Mitigation Modification

  • Th The ESW Pump P discharge di h valve l will ill b be changed h d ffrom normally open (manual valve) to normally closed (MOV)
  • A bypass line/throttle valve will be installed around the ESW Pump discharge valve
  • The ESW Pump discharge valve will open after a time delay following column closure
  • The ESW return valve will be changed from normally throttled (MOV) to normally open (manual valve)
  • The SW return cross-tie valves will be normally closed 13

Waterhammer Mitigation Design 14

System Operation (Post Modification) 1.

1 Initiating event (t=0)

2. Service water shutdown, system begins to drain down (t=0)
3. EDG start (t=0) 4
4. Sequencer operation

- ESW Pump discharge valve open signal (time-delay relay)

(t=12 sec)

- SW Supply Cross Cross-tie tie closes (t=12 (t 12 sec)

- SW Return Cross-tie normally closed/remain closed

- Start ESW pumps (t=32/37 sec) 5

5. Reduced ESW flow in bypass mode until after column closure
6. ESW Pump discharge valves open, full flow of ESW (t~175 sec) 15

Benefits of this Modification

  • Reduces system column closure velocity
  • Reduces piping loads/increases margin to structural limits
  • Maintains licensing/design basis 16

Analytical Methods Used

  • Calculation methods consistent with those used in WCNOCs GL 96-06 response
  • Original hand calculation methods now implemented using software:
  • Conservation of momentum and hydraulic network evaluation - RELAP5
  • Void closure pressure - Joukowsky Equation

- HYTRAN 17

Schedule for Implementation A mid-cycle outage has been scheduled in early 2014 to implement the ESW modifications 18

Conclusion

  • These modifications will increase the safety margin in the ESW system
  • These modifications will be implemented under 10 CFR 50.59 19