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Forwards Preliminary Evaluation of EPRI Program Test Results,Demonstrating Capability of Crosby 3K6 Safety Valves & Muesco Power Operated Relief Valves,Per NUREG-0737,Item II.D.1.Final Rept Will Be Submitted by 820701
ML13317B060
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Site: San Onofre Southern California Edison icon.png
Issue date: 04/01/1982
From: Baskin K
Southern California Edison Co
To: Crutchfield D
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-0737, RTR-NUREG-737, TAC-44128, TASK-2.D.1, TASK-TM NUDOCS 8204050270
Download: ML13317B060 (3)


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Southern California Edison Company P. 0.

BOX 800 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE ROSEMEAD. CALIFORNIA 91770 K. P. BASKIN TELEPHONE MANAGER OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING.

April 1, 1982 (213) 572-1401 SAFETY, AND LICENSING Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attention: D. M. Crutchfield, Chief Operating Reactors Branch No. 5 Division of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission APR021e82l.

Washington, D.C.

20555 Gentlemen:

Subject:

Docket No. 50-206 NUREG-0737, Item II.D.1, Performance Testing of PWR Safety and Relief Valves San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 The subject requirement, as clarified by the NRC's letter of September 29, 1981 required Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

Licensees to submit a preliminary evaluation of test results which demonstrate the capability of relief and safety valves to operate under expected operating and accident conditions by April 1, 1982. It also required a final evaluation including analysis of discharge piping systems by July 1, 1982.

Consistent with this requirement, enclosed find a preliminary evaluation of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) program test results which demonstrate the capability of the Crosby 3K6 Safety Valves and Muesco PORVs used at San Onofre Unit 1 to operate under expected operating and accident conditions. A final evaluation of the EPRI program test results including an analysis of discharge piping systems will be provided by July 1, 1982.

If you have any questions or comments concerning the enclosed information, please contact me.

Very truly yours, Encl osures kV 8204050270 820401 PDR ADOCK 05000206 P

PDR

ENCLOSURE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION SUPPORTING PRESSURIZER SAFETY VALVE OPERABILITY SAN ONOFRE UNIT 1 Item II.D.1, Relief and Safety Valve Testing, of NUREG-0737 as clarified by the NRC's letter of September 29, 1981, required Licensees with Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) to submit a preliminary evaluation of test results which demonstrate the capability of relief and safety valves to operate under expected operating and accident conditions by April 1, 1982 and to submit a final evaluation including analysis of discharge piping systems by July 1, 1982.

Consistent with this requirement, the following discussion provides a preliminary evaluation of test results which demonstrate the capability of the San Onofre Unit 1 Safety Valves and Power Operated Relief Valves (PORVs) to operate under expected operating and accident conditions.

Southern California Edison (SCE) is a participant in the Generic PWR Safety and Relief Valve Test Program implemented by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) at the request of participating PWR Utilities in response to the USNRC recommendations for safety and relief valve testing.

The primary objective of the Test Program was to provide full scale test data confirming the functionability of primary system power operated relief valves (PORVs) and safety valves for expected operating and accident conditions.

The second objective of the program was to obtain sufficient piping thermal hydraulic load data to permit confirmation of models which may be utilized for plant unique analysis of safety and relief valve discharge piping systems.

Relief valve tests were completed in August, 1981 and safety valve tests were completed in December, 1981.

The following is a listing and brief description of reports prepared by EPRI documenting the results of the Safety and Relief Valve Test Program.

These reports have been included as part of a submittal dated April 1, 1982 to Mr. H. R. Denton of the NRC from Mr. David Hoffman of Consumers Power Company on behalf of all PWR utilities participating in the EPRI test program.

1. EPRI PWR Safety and Relief Valve Test Program Valve Selection/

Justification Report This report documents that the valves selected in the EPRI PWR Safety and Relief Valve Test Program represent all the valves used in participating plants.

San Onofre Unit 1 utilizes Crosby 3K6 Safety Valves and Muesco PORVs which were tested as part of the EPRI test program.

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EPRI/PWR Safety and Relief Valve Test Program Test Condition Justification Report 2B.

Valve Inlet Fluid Conditions During Valve Actuation in Westinghouse Designed Plants These two reports define and justify the range of the valve test conditions expected for all participating PWR plants (2A) and specifically for all participating Westinghouse plants (2B).

San Onofre Unit 1 is a Westinghouse plant.

3. EPRI PWR Safety and Relief Valve Test Program Safety and Relief Valve Test Report This report provides evidence demonstrating the functionability of the selected test valves under the selected test conditions for all participating PWR plants.
4.

Evaluation of RELAP 5/MOD 1 for Calculation of Safety and Relief Valve Discharge Piping Hydrodynamic Loads This report represents an analytical model benchmarked against test data that may be used for plant specific analysis of safety and relief valve discharge piping systems.

SCE has peformed a preliminary review of reports described above and conclude that the valves tested include valves which represent the safety valve and PORV design for San Onofre Unit 1, that the corresponding test conditions envelop the range of expected operating and accident conditions for San Onofre Unit 1 and that the reports provide evidence confirming the adequacy of the San Onofre Unit 1 safety valves and PORVs.

The reports described above are also being used to perform the final plant-specific evaluation for San Onofre Unit 1. The final safety valve evaluation and the analysis of discharge piping loads are in progress and will be submitted to the NRC by July 1, 1982.