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NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) River Bend FLEX Building ASCE 7-10 Seismic Design Loading Evaluation
ML16033A403
Person / Time
Site: River Bend Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 01/25/2016
From: Williamson D
Entergy Nuclear Operations
To: John Hughey
Japan Lessons-Learned Division
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: WILLIAMSON, DANNY H <DWILL21@entergy.com>

Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:10 PM To: Hughey, John

Subject:

[External_Sender] FLEX building seismic design Attachments: RBS Storage Building Seismic Design Jan. 2016.pdf John Attached is an updated response to the request for additional information concerning the seismic design of our FLEX buildings. Give me a call if you have any further questions on this topic.

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Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 2632 Mail Envelope Properties (AB886B0D6516ED40B856643C503B23FC3417363E)

Subject:

[External_Sender] FLEX building seismic design Sent Date: 1/25/2016 2:09:37 PM Received Date: 1/25/2016 2:09:44 PM From: WILLIAMSON, DANNY H Created By: DWILL21@entergy.com Recipients:

"Hughey, John" <John.Hughey@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None Post Office: LITXMETSP002.etrsouth.corp.entergy.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 202 1/25/2016 2:09:44 PM RBS Storage Building Seismic Design Jan. 2016.pdf 53877 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: Yes Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:

Recipients Received:

RBSStorageBuildingSeismicDesign



TheRiverBendStation(RBS)FLEXstoragebuildingsweredesignedviathe2012InternationalBuilding

Code(IBC).IBCinvokesASCE710throughoutthedocument.Theseismicdesigninputspectrawas

obtainedfromASCE710whichisinaccordancewithNEI1206Section5.3.1.1.b.ASCE710providesa

spectrawithlowerspectralaccelerationsthantheRBSsafeshutdownearthquake(SSE).Regardingthe

abilityofthestructuretoresistplantSSEaccelerations,theASCE710basedseismicreactionsobtained

fromtheFLEXstoragebuildingvendorwereincreasedaccordingly.Inordertodeterminethe

acceptabilityoftheexistingdesigntothehigheraccelerations,thesehigherseismicreactionswerethen

comparedtothewindreactions.

Thedesigninputwindspeedof165mphsignificantlyexceedstheASCE710requirements.Athorough

reviewofthedesigndeterminedthatthereactionsfromtheexcesswindspeedgovernoverSSEloading.

Theexistingdesignisthereforeacceptable.

Thetablebelowsummarizesthegoverningdesignelement(Braces)ratiosbetweenwindandSSE

reactions.NotethattheindividualbuildingframesandendwallmembersalsohavemarginoverSSE

reactionsbeyondwhatisshownbelow.

Table1:WindandSeismicSSEComparisonforGoverningDesignElement

Wind Reactions (kip) SSE Reactions (kip) Wind capacity over SSE forces (Wind reaction/SSE reaction)

Horiz. Vert. Horiz. Vert. Horiz. Vert.

RBS North 12.9 8.8 4.9 3.3 2.6 2.7 RBS South 12.9 9.1 5.6 4.0 2.3 2.3



InordertoaccountforvaryingsoilconditionsbetweentheFLEXbuildingsitesandtheplant(wherethe

local soil profile was used to determine design accelerations), the largest Site Coefficient Fa in Table

11.41ofASCE710forsiteclassDisconservativelycomparedtothemarginnotedinthetableabove.

NotethatthecoefficientFahasadirectandlineareffectonbaseshear(V).Therefore,magnifyingthe

SSEforcesbyFawilldirectlyaccountforpotentiallyvaryingsoilpropertiesthroughASCE7sClassD,the

mostcriticalClassusedforFLEXbuildingdesign.Sincethesmallestmarginabove(2.3)isgreaterthan

1.6, the building designs are acceptable for SSE accelerations conservatively magnified by local soil

conditions.

ThespacingaroundtheequipmentinsideoftheFLEXstoragebuildingswasdeterminedbasedonsliding

androckingdistancesduringaseismiceventalsousingtheASCE710seismicspectra.Theslidingand

rockingresultsfortheequipmentinsidetheFLEXstoragebuildingsatRBSutilizingtheseismicprovisions

ofASCE710arecomparedtotheSSEseismicaccelerations.Theminimumseparationdistancebetween

equipmentspecifiedutilizingtheASCE710seismicloadsof13isinsufficienttoboundtheSSEloads

forslidingandrockingandneedstobeincreasedto16.TheminimumseparationnoteontheFLEX

equipmentlayoutdrawingshasbeenupdated.Theequipmentwaslaidoutwithatleast24inchesof

clearancesonophysicalchangesarerequired.

NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: WILLIAMSON, DANNY H <DWILL21@entergy.com>

Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:10 PM To: Hughey, John

Subject:

[External_Sender] FLEX building seismic design Attachments: RBS Storage Building Seismic Design Jan. 2016.pdf John Attached is an updated response to the request for additional information concerning the seismic design of our FLEX buildings. Give me a call if you have any further questions on this topic.

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Hearing Identifier: NRR_PMDA Email Number: 2632 Mail Envelope Properties (AB886B0D6516ED40B856643C503B23FC3417363E)

Subject:

[External_Sender] FLEX building seismic design Sent Date: 1/25/2016 2:09:37 PM Received Date: 1/25/2016 2:09:44 PM From: WILLIAMSON, DANNY H Created By: DWILL21@entergy.com Recipients:

"Hughey, John" <John.Hughey@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None Post Office: LITXMETSP002.etrsouth.corp.entergy.com Files Size Date & Time MESSAGE 202 1/25/2016 2:09:44 PM RBS Storage Building Seismic Design Jan. 2016.pdf 53877 Options Priority: Standard Return Notification: No Reply Requested: Yes Sensitivity: Normal Expiration Date:

Recipients Received:

RBSStorageBuildingSeismicDesign



TheRiverBendStation(RBS)FLEXstoragebuildingsweredesignedviathe2012InternationalBuilding

Code(IBC).IBCinvokesASCE710throughoutthedocument.Theseismicdesigninputspectrawas

obtainedfromASCE710whichisinaccordancewithNEI1206Section5.3.1.1.b.ASCE710providesa

spectrawithlowerspectralaccelerationsthantheRBSsafeshutdownearthquake(SSE).Regardingthe

abilityofthestructuretoresistplantSSEaccelerations,theASCE710basedseismicreactionsobtained

fromtheFLEXstoragebuildingvendorwereincreasedaccordingly.Inordertodeterminethe

acceptabilityoftheexistingdesigntothehigheraccelerations,thesehigherseismicreactionswerethen

comparedtothewindreactions.

Thedesigninputwindspeedof165mphsignificantlyexceedstheASCE710requirements.Athorough

reviewofthedesigndeterminedthatthereactionsfromtheexcesswindspeedgovernoverSSEloading.

Theexistingdesignisthereforeacceptable.

Thetablebelowsummarizesthegoverningdesignelement(Braces)ratiosbetweenwindandSSE

reactions.NotethattheindividualbuildingframesandendwallmembersalsohavemarginoverSSE

reactionsbeyondwhatisshownbelow.

Table1:WindandSeismicSSEComparisonforGoverningDesignElement

Wind Reactions (kip) SSE Reactions (kip) Wind capacity over SSE forces (Wind reaction/SSE reaction)

Horiz. Vert. Horiz. Vert. Horiz. Vert.

RBS North 12.9 8.8 4.9 3.3 2.6 2.7 RBS South 12.9 9.1 5.6 4.0 2.3 2.3



InordertoaccountforvaryingsoilconditionsbetweentheFLEXbuildingsitesandtheplant(wherethe

local soil profile was used to determine design accelerations), the largest Site Coefficient Fa in Table

11.41ofASCE710forsiteclassDisconservativelycomparedtothemarginnotedinthetableabove.

NotethatthecoefficientFahasadirectandlineareffectonbaseshear(V).Therefore,magnifyingthe

SSEforcesbyFawilldirectlyaccountforpotentiallyvaryingsoilpropertiesthroughASCE7sClassD,the

mostcriticalClassusedforFLEXbuildingdesign.Sincethesmallestmarginabove(2.3)isgreaterthan

1.6, the building designs are acceptable for SSE accelerations conservatively magnified by local soil

conditions.

ThespacingaroundtheequipmentinsideoftheFLEXstoragebuildingswasdeterminedbasedonsliding

androckingdistancesduringaseismiceventalsousingtheASCE710seismicspectra.Theslidingand

rockingresultsfortheequipmentinsidetheFLEXstoragebuildingsatRBSutilizingtheseismicprovisions

ofASCE710arecomparedtotheSSEseismicaccelerations.Theminimumseparationdistancebetween

equipmentspecifiedutilizingtheASCE710seismicloadsof13isinsufficienttoboundtheSSEloads

forslidingandrockingandneedstobeincreasedto16.TheminimumseparationnoteontheFLEX

equipmentlayoutdrawingshasbeenupdated.Theequipmentwaslaidoutwithatleast24inchesof

clearancesonophysicalchangesarerequired.