ML17265A132

Submits Response to GL 97-04, Assurance of Sufficient Net Positive Suction Head for Emergency Core Cooling & Containment Heat Removal Pumps,

ML17265A132
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	01/06/1998
From:	Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	Vissing G NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
GL-97-04, GL-97-4, NUDOCS 9801140043
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ACCESSION NBR:9801140043 "DOC.DATE: 98/01/06 NOTARIZED: YES DOCKET FACXL:50-244 Robert Emmet Ginna Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Rochester G

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~ 89 EASTAVENUE, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 14649-0001 AREA CODE 716 Scf6.2700 ROBERT C. MECREDY Vice President Mac)ear Operatians January 6,

1998 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Attn:

Guy S. Vissing Project Directorate I-1 Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Response

to Generic Letter 97-04 R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-244 Ref.(a):

Generic Letter 97-04, "Assurance of Sufficient Net Positive Suction Head for Emergency Core Cooling and Containment Heat Removal Pumps," dated 10/7/97

Dear Mr. Vissing:

On October 7,

1997, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the referenced generic letter regarding an issue which may have generic implications for Emergency Core Cooling System pumps.

The generic letter

required, within 90

days, that licensees provide the information outlined below for each of their facilities:

1)

Specify the general methodology used to calculate the head loss associated with the ECCS suction strainers.

2)

Identify the required NPSHR and the available NPSHA.

3)

Specify whether the current design-basis NPSH analysis differs from the most recent analysis reviewed and approved by the NRC for which a safety evaluation was issued.

4)

Specify whether containment overpressure (i.e.,

containment pressure above the vapor pressure of the sump or suppression pool fluid) was credited in the calculation of available NPSH.

Specify the amount of overpressure needed and the minimum overpressure available.

5)

When containment overpressure is credited in the calculation of available

NPSH, confirm that an appropriate containment pressure analysis was done to establish the minimum containment pressure.

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Attachment A provides the information requested by the generic letter.

Very truly yours, Robert C. Mecr Attachment GJWi490 Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 6th day of January, 1998.

Notary Publ c DEBORAH A.PIPER%

Notary Public m the State of Neyr merit ONTARIO COUNfy Commeson Expirer Noy, 23, I9QQ xc:

Mr. Guy Vissing (Mail Stop 14B2)

Project Directorate I-1 Washington, D.C.

20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Ginna Senior Resident Inspector

ATTACEIMENTA GL 97-04 REQUESTED INFORMATION

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Specify the general methodology used to calculate the head loss associated with the ECCS suction strainers.

The only pumps at Ginna that take suction from the containment sump "B"are the Residual Heat Removal (RHR) pumps.

Using a different piping line-up, these 2 pumps also provide thc low head safety injection function post accident, as well as providing the decay heat removal function during a controlled cooldown to cold shutdown for refueling. Ginna does not utilize suction strainers on the inlet ofthe RHR pumps or containment sump suction piping. Sump "B"is a concrete well extending 8-1/2 feet below the reactor building floor elevation of235'-8". The sump is partially covered with a checkered plate. A stainless steel grating covers the remaining area.

The grating area is 13.5 feet x 3.5 feet and the openings are 3.81" x 1". Inside the sump is a 3/16" Johnson stainless stccl screen.

This scrccn is approximately vertical and extends the full width ofthe sump. Allwater falling through the grating and into the sump must travel through this screen in order to be drawn into the suction piping leading to the RHR pumps. There are two suction lines leading out ofsump "B"to the RHR pumps. The piping is nominally 8" (7.62 ID) and thc suction end ofthe piping is fitte with a 20" ID bellmouth. The centerline ofthc suction piping is 7'-3/4" below the containment floor. A 6" high concrete curbing also surrounds sump ciB% >

The general methodology used to dctcrminc the head loss across the sump "B"suction screen due to post LOCA debris was dctcrmined utilizing the following: Regulatory Guide 1.82, Rev. 1; NUREG/CR-2403, Supplement 1; NUREG/CR-2982, Rev. 1; NUREG-0897, Rev. 1; NUREG/CR-2791; and Transco Products Inc. Report TWQ-002, Rev. 3 (Thermal-Wrap Nuclear Insulation System Test Report Index). The procedure determined the volume ofdebris generated as a result ofa large break loss ofcoolant accident (LBLOCA). As described in Regulatory Guide 1.82 Rev. 1, insulation was assumed to be removed in a seven-pipe diameter radius from the centerline ofthe break, in a three-region configuration. NUREG-0897, Rev.

1 describes the three regions.

As Ginna Station is an RCS leak-before-break plant, the mechanism for insulation debris reaching containment sump "B"is by transport due to the sump recirculation fiow, since insulation transport directly to the sump as a result ofjet forces is not considered The velocity of the fluidat the sump "B"screen was determined by considering the area ofthe screen and the maximum flowrate based on two-pump operation of2500 gpm per pump.

Since the emergency operating procedures require throttling ofRHR flowto 1500 gpm per pump, the velocity used in the calculation was conservative by approximately 50% including RHR flow instrument uncertainty. An estimation ofthe head loss as a result ofsump screen blockage from fibrous insulation was determined using the formula ofthe form bH=a U,

Where, a, b, and c are coeAicicnts dcrivcd from experimentation for the specific fibrous material in use, U is the approach velocity, and t (thickness) is the volume ofdebris divided by screen area.

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i ATTACHMENTA GL 97-04 REQUESTED INFORMATION

~ Thc coefficient were taken &om Transco Products Test Rcport No. ITR-92-03N. Shreds versus fragments were assumed in the evaluation, because this represented the morc conservative characteristics for each ofthe materials considered.

The head loss equation bccomcs,

~ = 72.0 x U"' l""

The evaluation conservatively determined the head loss to be 0.95 feet.

2.

Identify the required and the available NPSH.

During the injection phase post-accident, the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) pumps take suction from the refueling water storage tank (RWST). Following postulated loss ofcoolant accidents (LOCA), once the RWST has been depleted to the specified level (28'/0), actions are initiated to transfer the suctions ofthe RHR pumps to containment sump "B". The only pumps at Ginna that take suction directly from sump "B"are the RHR pumps.

Each RHR pump discharges through a heat exchanger and control valves, and injects to the reactor vessel upper plenum via separate headers, through core deluge valves. The other ECCS pumps are the high head safety injection pumps (SI) and thc containment spray (Spray) pumps.

Ginna has three SI pumps and two Spray pumps. The SI and Spray pumps have the ability to take suction from the RHR pumps'ischarge piping. Operators direct valve re-alignment to thc sump recirculation phase by emergency procedures.

In accordance with Ginna emergency procedures, at a specified RWST level the RHR pumps are stopped.

The suctions ofthe RHR pumps are then transferred to sump "B", and the pumps are re-started, while thc Sl and Spray pumps continue to take suction from thc RWST. At the specified level, SI and Spray pumps arc stopped.

This ensures a continuation ofECCS flow during switchover to the sump recirculation phase.

Criteria have been developed, to ensure adequate core cooling, for operators to restart one or two SI pumps taking suction from the RHR pumps, if needed. For the Ginna design, there are no design-basis accidents that define the need to re-start a Spray pump in the sump recirculation phase, since there are no analyzed accidents that demonstrate a repressurization ofcontainment in the sump recirculation phase.

Beyond design-basis conditions were examined to formulate criteria to be applied in emergency procedures that would allow re-start ofa Spray pump while providing adequate NPSH for the RHR pump. The criteria for containmcnt pressure was determined to be 22 psig minimum, assuming sump "B"is saturated at 28 psia, which is the highest pressure that could exist at the earliest time of switchover to sump recirculation.

RGB'as performed analyses to determine NPSH results for the ECCS pumps for design-basis accidents, during thc injection and recirculation phases post-accident.

The analyses performed showed that the assumptions made to generate the limitingaccident analysis results (Chapter 15) for parameters such as core integrity, peak clad temperature, and containment response were not thc limitingassumptions with respect to NPSH. Consequently, the limitingassumptions for NPSH werc developed and form the basis for the NPSH analyses.

Since the generic letter requests NPSH for pumps taking suction from the containment sump, the results included in this response apply to the sump recirculation phase and not the injection phase.

In all cases, the recirculation phase rcpresentcd the limitingset ofresults.

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ATTACEIMENTA GL 97-04 REQUESTED INFORMATION The results reported below involve the limitingconditions based on pump combinations.

Condition Pum RHR um A RHR um s A and B RHR pump A SI um C

RHR pump A SI pump A SI um B

RHR pump A SI pump C Sra um A

NPSHA ft

• 13.8 13.5 192 11.45 163 164 27.0 66.3 73.5 NPSHR ft 8.2 6.7 8.9 35 10.4 22 20.5 13.7 31 27

• Values exclude loss due to sump "B"suction screen

• • The NPSHA benefit due to the subcooling ofinlet water from thc cooler RHR minimum flow recirculated water is not included in this value, since there is a large NPSH margin.

Condition 1

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One RHR pump operating alone (No SI or Spray)

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One suction valve from sump "B"to RHR pump fails to open

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Both reactor deluge injection lines open

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RHR pump head/capacity assumed non-degraded

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Sump "B"water and containment pressure assumed saturated at 14.7 psia

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RHR fiowthrottled to 1500 gpm prior to switchover Condition 2

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Two RHR pumps operating (No SI or Spray)

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Two suction lines from sump "B"to RHR pumps open

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Both reactor deluge injection lines open

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RHR flowthrottled to 1500 gpm prior to switchover

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RHR pump head/capacity assumed non-degraded

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Sump "B"water and containment pressure assumed saturated at 14.7 psia Condition 3

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One RHR pump and one SI pump operating

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One suction valve from sump "B"to RHR pump fails to open

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Both reactor deluge injection lines open

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RHR flowthrottled to 1500 gpm prior to switchover

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RHR and SI pump head/capacity assumed non-degraded

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Sump "B"water and containment pressure assumed saturated at 14.7 psia

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Core exit temperature and RVLIS level meet start criteria for one SI pump Attachment Page 3

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ATTACHMENTA GL 97-04 REQUESTED INFORMATION Condition 4

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One RHR pump and two SI pumps operating

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One suction valve from sump "B"to RHR pump fails to open

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Both reactor deluge injection lines open

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RHR flowthrottled to 1500 gpm prior to switchover

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RHR and SI pumps head/capacity assumed non-degraded

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Sump "B"water and containment pressure assumed saturated at 14.7 psia

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Core exit temperature and RVLIS level meet start criteria for two HHSI pumps Condition 5

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One RHR pump, one SI pump, and one Spray pump operating

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One suction valve from sump "B"to RHR pump fails to open

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Both reactor deluge injection lines open

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RHR flowthrottled to 1500 gpm prior to switchover

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RHR, SI, and Spray pump head/capacity assumed non-degraded

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Containment sump "B"water saturated at 28 psia (246.4 'F)

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Containment pressure at 22 psig

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RCS pressure 57 psi above containment pressure 3.

Specify whether the current design-basis NPSH analysis differs from the most recent analysis reviewed and approved by the NRC for which a safety evaluation was issued.

An NRC SER for NPSH has not been developed for Ginna. An NRC review ofRG&E NPSH calculations, however, has been performed several times during safety system functional (SSFI) and engineering inspections.

The SSFI on the RHR system, Inspection 89-81 dated May 9, 1990, documented an unresolved item 89-81-03 involving RHR NPSH. As follow-up to that review, the following inspections documented the closure of NRC review ofRG&E Design Analysis NSL-0000-DA-027, "Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Pump NPSH Calculations During Accident Conditions". NRC Inspection 90-26 dated January 26, 1991, Section 3.3; NRC Inspection 91-11 dated June 6, 1991, Section 3.2.2; and NRC Inspection 92-08 dated June 11, 1992, Section 6.2.1. The NPSH calculations were again reviewed during the R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Design Inspection, NRC Inspection Rcport 97-201, dated September 24, 1997. Item E1.3.2.2 (d) ofthat report discussed several items pertaining to NPSH, and, as a result, RG&E stated that a revision to the Design Analysis would be prepared to update the analysis to include several changes that had the effect ofslightly increasing the NPSH margin. Revision of the analysis was identified as an inspector follow-up item, 97-201-12.

The revised NPSH results are those tabulated above.

Specify whether containment overpressure (i,e., containment pressure above the vapor pressure ofthe sump or suppression pool fluid) was credited in the calculation of available NPSH. Specify the amount of overpressure needed and the minimum overpressure available.

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Containment ovcrpressure has not been assumed in the calculations forNPSH available for RHR or SI pumps for plant design basis events, involving any postulated single active Attachment Page 4

GL 97%4 REQUESTED INFORMATION failures. This means that in the equation, NPSHA = P~+ P,i Pi P~, the P~- P~

terms equate to zero. It has bccn assumed in the calculations that thc sump and containment pressures are saturated at 14.7 psia, and the limitingcomponent failures occur. This would represent thc limitingcase with respect to NPSH. The containment pressure profile based on the containment integrity LOCA analysis is depicted on Figure 6.2-1 ofthe UFSAR. This is associated with the combination ofoperating ECCS components that result in thc highest containment pressure.

Based on the number ofcomponents assumed to be operating, the time to switchover can be estimated. Ithas bccn found that in this particular analysis the containment pressure would not have bccn reduced to atmospheric conditions at thc time of switchover.

Depending on the assumed component failures, the containmcnt prcssure and fluidtemperature ofthe sump would also vary accordingly.

Other analyses could lead to a shorter time to reach switchover, but would also result in lower containment pressure.

Such factors as the number ofcontainment recirculation fan coolers and number ofSpray pumps in operation during thc injection phase, the number ofRHR heat exchangers, the number of component cooling water heat exchangers, and number ofservice water pumps in operation affec the temperatures as well. As each transient progressed, the rate ofcontainmcnt and sump fluid cooldown would also vary. The evaluation ofsump performance during recirculation concluded that saturated conditions would eventually be reached ifthe containment fan coolers werc operated.

Hence, without regard for the time after switchover, RG&E has assumed saturated conditions between containment pressure and thc fluid temperature ofthc sump for thc limitingNPSH calculations.

Since NPSH margin exists for the ECCS pumps when taking suction from sump "B",there is no need to assume an overpressure condition for the Ginna design basis events.

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It is noted that as part ofthe Ginna RHR system design, cooler water from thc RHR minimum flowpiping is returned to the pump suction piping where it mixes with the hotter water from sump B. This produces a subcooling ofthe water upstream ofthe pumps resulting in an NPSHA benefit.

5.

When containment overpressure is credited in the calculation of available NPSH, confirm that an appropriate containment pressure analysis was done to establish the minimum containment pressure.

Containmcnt ovcrpressure is not credited for any design-basis accidents, involving any postulated single active failures. The emergency operating procedures specify the value ofcontainmcnt prcssure to be applied as criteria for re-initiation ofcontainment spray ifa single RHR pump is operating.

The value ofcontainment pressure applied as criteria represents a beyond-design-basis condition only.

Although containmcnt overprcssurc is not credited, a review ofcontainment pressure and tcmpcrature versus time curves indicates that containmcnt overpressure would exist at the beginning ofSump "B"recirculation.

Since Ginna Station was licensed prior to the publication ofRegulatory Guide 1.1, and has never committed to use that guide, containment overpressure could be credited to add margin to thc NPSH calculations.

RG&E at this time has not chosen to do so.

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