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NuScale Standard Plant Design Certification Application Chapter Seventeen Quality Assurance and Reliability Assurance PART 2 - TIER 2 Revision 1 March 2018
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 17 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RELIABILITY ASSURANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1-1 17.1 Quality Assurance During the Design Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1-1 17.2 Quality Assurance During the Construction and Operation Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2-1 17.3 Quality Assurance Program Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.3-1 17.4 Reliability Assurance Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-1 17.4.1 Design Reliability Assurance Program Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-1 17.4.2 Programmatic Controls of Design Reliability Assurance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-2 17.4.3 Methodology for Risk-Informed Categorization of SSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-3 17.4.4 Expert Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-5 17.4.5 Reliability Assurance Program SSC List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-6 17.4.6 Determination of Dominant Failure Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-6 17.4.7 Quality Assurance Applicable to RAP Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-6 17.4.8 ITAAC for Design Reliability Assurance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-7 17.4.9 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-7 17.5 Quality Assurance Program Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5-1 17.5.1 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.5-1 17.6 Maintenance Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6-1 Tier 2 i Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report List of Tables LIST OF TABLES Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-8 Tier 2 ii Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report List of Figures LIST OF FIGURES Figure 17.4-1: NuScale D-RAP Process for SSC Risk Significance Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4-14 Tier 2 iii Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Quality Assurance During the Design Phase CHAPTER 17 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RELIABILITY ASSURANCE 17.1 Quality Assurance During the Design Phase The Quality Assurance Program is addressed in Section 17.5.
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Quality Assurance During the Construction and Operation Phases 17.2 Quality Assurance During the Construction and Operation Phases This section is not applicable to new plant designs. The Quality Assurance Program is described in Section 17.5.
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Quality Assurance Program Description 17.3 Quality Assurance Program Description The Quality Assurance Program Description (QAPD) is addressed in Section 17.5.
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program 17.4 Reliability Assurance Program The reliability assurance program (RAP) applies to safety-related and nonsafety-related structures, systems, and components (SSC) that are identified as being risk-significant. The risk-significance is determined by probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), deterministic, or other methods of analysis.
This section describes the design reliability assurance program (D-RAP) that applies to activities conducted during the NuScale Power Plant design and construction phases before the initial fuel load.
17.4.1 Design Reliability Assurance Program Description The implementation of the RAP provides reasonable assurance that the
- plant is designed, constructed, and operated in a manner that is consistent with the assumptions and risk insights for the risk-significant SSC.
- risk-significant SSC do not degrade to an unacceptable level during plant operations.
- frequency of transients that challenge SSC is minimized.
- risk-significant SSC function reliably when challenged.
The RAP is implemented in two stages. The first stage, the design reliability assurance program or D-RAP, encompasses the reliability assurance activities that occur during detailed design of the plant before initial fuel load. This includes implementation of those portions of D-RAP activities that apply to the standard design and implementation of those portions of the D-RAP activities that apply to site-specific activities.
The second stage of the RAP is conducted during the operations phases of the plant's life to ensure that the reliability of the SSC within the scope of the RAP is maintained during operations.
COL Item 17.4-1: A COL applicant that references the NuScale Power Plant design certification will describe the reliability assurance program conducted during the operations phases of the plant's life.
The D-RAP is implemented in two phases during the design stage. The first phase occurs during development of the standard plant design. The second phase occurs during development of the site-specific design. D-RAP implementation during development of the standard plant design includes the following activities:
- develop D-RAP details (i.e., scope, purpose, objectives, framework, and phases for implementation) that are implemented during design certification and site-specific implementation phases
- perform a preliminary D-RAP process on functions and systems
- establish and implement programmatic controls of the D-RAP
- develop a list of RAP SSC (within the scope of the standard plant design) using a combination of probabilistic, deterministic, and other methods of analysis used to identify and quantify risk Tier 2 17.4-1 Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program
- establish and implement the appropriate quality assurance (QA) controls for standard plant design activities for the nonsafety-related RAP SSC in accordance with nonsafety-related SSC quality controls COL Item 17.4-2: A COL applicant that references the NuScale Power Plant design certification will identify site-specific structures, systems, and components within the scope of the Reliability Assurance Program.
17.4.2 Programmatic Controls of Design Reliability Assurance Program Programmatic controls are established and applied to ensure that the risk insights and key assumptions used to identify and quantify risk are consistent with the plant design, and to ensure that the RAP SSC are identified, maintained, and communicated to the appropriate organizations.
The D-RAP program includes controls associated with D-RAP organization, design control, procedures and instructions, corrective action process, records, and audits. These controls are addressed in Section 17.4.2.1 through Section 17.4.2.6.
17.4.2.1 Organization The D-RAP organization consists of the Vice President of Engineering, D-RAP coordinator, subject matter experts (SMEs), and expert panel members.
The Vice President of Engineering has the overall responsibility for the management of the programmatic controls during the standard plant design phase of the D-RAP. The D-RAP Coordinator implements the D-RAP procedures, and is responsible for the formulation, implementation, execution, and output of the D-RAP process as well as the selection of the D-RAP Expert Panel members. The D-RAP Coordinator is the chairman of the expert panel.
The D-RAP expert panel is a select team of personnel with collective experience in safety, licensing, engineering, operations, and maintenance processes to review, evaluate, and confirm the list of risk-significant SSC, i.e., the D-RAP list. The expert panel composition and responsibilities are discussed in Section 17.4.4.
The SMEs identify, classify, and evaluate SSC before the review by the expert panel for inclusion into the D-RAP list.
17.4.2.2 Design Control NuScale procedures define the process for evaluating design changes to controlled engineering documents to ensure that the impact is considered before a change is approved, and that the affected documents are identified and updated as appropriate.
The D-RAP processes the change through the expert panel as applicable.
The design control process also ensures that the list of SSC within the scope of the D-RAP is maintained.
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program 17.4.2.3 Controls for Procedures and Instructions The procedures and instructions applicable to the D-RAP are developed and controlled in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Quality Assurance Program Description (QAPD) (Section 17.5).
17.4.2.4 Corrective Action Process The corrective action program is applied to D-RAP activities to identify and resolve issues. The identified issues are entered into the corrective action program for resolution. The corrective action program is included within the QAPD (Section 17.5).
17.4.2.5 Controls for Records The D-RAP activities are subject to the records requirements described in the QAPD (Section 17.5).
17.4.2.6 Audit Plans The D-RAP process is subject to the audit requirements described in the QAPD (Section 17.5).
17.4.3 Methodology for Risk-Informed Categorization of SSC The SSC are evaluated and classified as to their risk-significance to determine whether they are part of the D-RAP. The scope of the D-RAP program includes those SSC that are determined to be safety-related and risk-significant, and nonsafety-related and risk-significant.
The D-RAP process for SSC risk-significance determination is depicted in Figure 17.4-1.
The methodology for the classification of the SSC as to their risk-significance is discussed in the following subsections.
17.4.3.1 SSC Classification and Categorization Process The SSC classification process is described in Section 3.2 and considers both safety and risk. Risk-significance is determined by the identification and review of each plant system function. Each system level function is evaluated to determine the SSC required to fulfill the function. System functions and the SSC that perform those functions are evaluated for risk-significance based on a consideration of probabilistic, deterministic, and other methods of analysis, including industry operating experience, expert panel reviews, and severe accident evaluations. The SSC risk categorization is determined by the SME and confirmed by expert panel review.
Risk evaluations cover the spectrum of potential events and the range of plant operating modes considered in the PRA (Section 19.1). This ranges from full power operation to shutdown and anticipated maintenance conditions. Beyond-design-basis accidents resulting in core damage and large releases of radioactivity into containment Tier 2 17.4-3 Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program and the environment are also considered. The evaluation of severe accidents is described in Section 19.2.
Standard Review Plan Section 19.0 states that the term "significant," in the context of PRA results and insights, is intended to be consistent with the definition provided in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.200. In RG 1.200, "significant" is defined in terms of relative risk criteria, and defines a basic event or contributor as significant if its risk achievement worth (RAW) is greater than 2.0 or its Fussell-Vesely (FV) importance is greater than 0.005.
Use of the aforementioned relative risk criteria of RG 1.200 would artificially raise the relative importance of SSC that do not drive risk in the NuScale design. Therefore, an alternative approach to determining risk-significance is needed for the NuScale design because the traditional relative importance measures are insensitive to the global improvements in safety associated with the lower risk profile of the NuScale design.
NuScale is implementing an approach which employs an absolute evaluation of the RAW importance measure. The alternative approach for determining risk-significance is described in NuScale Topical Report TR-0515-13952, Risk Significance Determination (Reference 17.4-1).
This approach is implemented in a manner that is consistent with the guidelines in RG 1.174 that provide the risk-informed integrated decision-making framework for making changes to a licensee's approved licensing basis. This method relies on a combination of absolute and relative risk-significant thresholds that are based on the concepts provided by the NRC in RG 1.174 and consider the much reduced risk metrics associated with the NuScale design. The NuScale approach directly addresses the ratio limitations of traditional importance measures. It also includes a backstop using the FV importance measure; this metric will capture measurable contributors to risk regardless of the overall level of core damage frequency or large release frequency. The NuScale criteria balance measures to ensure maintaining margins to NRC safety goals with those of maintaining the current risk profile.
17.4.3.2 Identification of D-RAP SSC The SSC classification process uses a functional hierarchy concept in which system functions are broken down into components that are required to fulfill the function.
The process begins by defining system functions in a standard format and categorizing them in accordance with their contribution to safety and risk-significance. The defined standard functions are categorized as A1 (safety-related and risk-significant), A2 (safety-related, not risk-significant), B1 (nonsafety-related, risk-significant) or B2 (nonsafety-related, not risk-significant). The D-RAP SSC are those that are required to perform the system functions that are risk-significant, i.e., the functions categorized as A1 and B1. As noted in Section 17.4.3.1, the evaluation for risk-significance is based on probabilistic, deterministic, and other methods of analysis, industry operating experience, expert panel reviews, and severe accident evaluations.
Concurrence by the expert panel constitutes the final classification of the SSC. If a downgrade in the safety-significance classification is not deemed necessary due to change in the original PRA information, the original classification is retained for the SSC. The risk-significance classification for safety-related equipment is the default Tier 2 17.4-4 Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program classification unless the PRA specifically determined that the SSC functionality is not risk-significant.
Table 17.4-1 provides a listing of the SSC determined by this process to be D-RAP SSC.
The table also provides the basis for the determination. The classification process is subject to the design control process (see Section 17.4.2.2).
17.4.3.3 Classification of Risk-Related and Regulatory Treatment of Non-Safety Systems SSC The process for evaluating SSC with respect to the regulatory treatment of nonsafety systems (RTNSS) program is described in Section 19.3.
SSC determined to meet the RTNSS criteria are deterministically considered risk-significant in accordance with NRC guidance, and are categorized as B1.
17.4.4 Expert Panels The D-RAP expert panel is a select team with collective experience in safety, licensing, engineering, operations, and maintenance processes. The expert panel members review, evaluate, and confirm the list of risk-significant SSC, i.e., the D-RAP list, determined by the SMEs. The expert panel members possess an accredited four-year degree in Engineering, Science, or other related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
- PRA or risk and reliability analysis, including 3 years PRA experience on small modular reactor design
- safety analysis
- licensing
- power plant operations, maintenance, previous commercial senior reactor operator license
- design integration or system engineering
- design engineering (mechanical, electrical, I&C, structural, civil)
The D-RAP coordinator serves as the chairman of the expert panel. The expert panel members are trained on the applicable D-RAP program procedures. A minimum of 5 individuals (the SME and panel members from operations, safety analysis, PRA, and design engineering) are required for a quorum to validate decisions made at the expert panel meetings.
Conclusions of the expert panel meetings are documented.
The roles of the expert panel in the review, identification, and categorization of risk-significant SSC is illustrated in Figure 17.4-1.
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program 17.4.5 Reliability Assurance Program SSC List The output of the D-RAP process during the design phase is a list of risk-significant SSC (D-RAP list). Maintenance of the list is performed by evaluating SSC design changes and changes in PRA results, defense-in-depth principles, and pertinent operating experience.
Changes to the D-RAP list are reviewed by the expert panel.
Table 17.4-1 provides a list of NuScale Power Plant D-RAP SSC that were determined to be risk-significant using the process described in Section 17.4.3.2. A complete list of NuScale Power Plant SSC, including designation of their classification, seismic category, and quality group is provided in Table 3.2-1.
Changes to the D-RAP SSC list are controlled by D-RAP procedures.
17.4.6 Determination of Dominant Failure Modes The relevant component failure databases are used by the PRA in addressing the equipment failure modes. Refer to Section 19.1.4.1 for information on the use of component failure rate data.
To enhance the reliability of the D-RAP SSC, the following elements are considered during the design process:
- system functions and their risk-significance categorization
- dominant failure mode for risk-significant system functions
- SSC dominant failure mode that contributes to the system function failure
- activities (equipment performance goals and condition monitoring) that ensure that the SSC failure modes are reduced or kept to an acceptably low probability The determination of dominant failure modes of risk-significant SSC considers historical information, analytical models, and existing requirements. Many components have a substantial operating history available that define the significant failure modes and their likely causes. For SSC that have insufficient operating history to identify critical failure modes, analytical methods are utilized.
Analytical methods for identifying dominant failure modes include PRA importance analysis, root cause analysis, fault trees, and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) in accordance with applicable provisions of NUREG-0492. These methods are considered during the detailed design phase to identify dominant failure modes, such as single latent failures that are not detected by routine monitoring, and common cause failures or failures that could cascade into more significant functional failures.
17.4.7 Quality Assurance Applicable to RAP Activities The QA controls applicable to the D-RAP process during the standard plant design phase are included within the QAPD (Section 17.5). D-RAP SSC that are both safety-related and risk-significant are subject to the full 10 CFR 50 Appendix B QA program. QA controls for nonsafety-related risk-significant SSC are consistent with the controls described for nonsafey-related RAP SSC in NUREG-0800, Section 17.5.
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NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program COL Item 17.4-3: A COL applicant that references the NuScale Power Plant design certification will identify the quality assurance controls for the Reliability Assurance Program structures, systems, and components during site-specific design, procurement, fabrication, construction, and preoperational testing activities.
17.4.8 ITAAC for Design Reliability Assurance Program The determination and selection of inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) for SSC is described in Section 14.3.
17.4.9 Reference 17.4-1 NuScale Power Licensing Topical Report, LLC Risk Significance Determination, TR-0515-13952, Revision 0.
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Tier 2 NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis Function SSC Required to Perform System Function Basis for Function System Function Category Categorization (A1 & B1)
Containment System (CNTS)
- Supports reactor building by providing a barrier to contain mass, A1 All CNTS SSC with the exception of the following: Determination by probabilistic energy, and fission product release from a degradation of the reactor
- CIV close and open position sensors: risk assessment (PRA) and coolant pressure boundary (RCPB) - Containment evacuation system (CES), inboard and concurrence by the expert panel
- Supports reactor building by providing a barrier to contain mass, outboard as being needed for maintaining energy, and fission product release by closure of the containment containment and RCPB integrity,
- Containment flooding and drain system (CFDS),
isolation valves (CIVs) upon containment isolation signal removing fuel assembly heat, inboard and outboard
- Supports emergency core cooling system (ECCS) operations by reactivity control, and
- Chemical and volume control system (CVCS) inboard providing a sealed containment and thermal conduction for the emergency response and outboard pressurizer spray line condensation of steam that provides makeup water to the reactor
- CVCS, inboard and outboard RCS discharge coolant system (RCS)
- CVCS, inboard and outboard RCS injection
- Supports control rod drive system (CRDS) by providing structural
- CVCS, inboard and outboard reactor pressure vessel support for the control rod drive mechanisms (RPV) high-point degasification
- Supports RCS by providing structural support for the reactor
- Feedwater system (FWS), supply to steam 17.4-8 pressure vessel (RPV) generators and decay heat removal (DHR) heat
- Supports RCS by transferring core heat from reactor coolant in exchangers feedwater isolation valves containment to the ultimate heat sink (UHS)
- Reactor component cooling water system (RCCWS),
- Supports ECCS by providing structural support of the trip and reset inboard and outboard return and supply valves for the ECCS reactor vent and recirculation valves
- Steam generator system (SGS), steam supply CIV/
- Supports neutron monitoring system (NMS) by providing structural main steam isolation valves (MSIVs) and CIV/MSIV support for the ex-core detectors bypasses
- Supports ECCS by providing electrical penetration assemblies for
- CFDS piping inside containment reactor instrumentation cables through containment vessel (CNV)
- Containment air temperature detectors (RTDs)
- Piping from systems (CES, CFDS, CVCS, FWS, MSS, volume control (CVC) makeup, CVC letdown, and RPV high point RCCWS) CIVs to disconnect flange (outside degas when actuated by module protection system (MPS) for RCS Reliability Assurance Program containment)
Isolation
- Containment pressure transducers (wide range)
- Supports MPS by providing MPS actuation instrument information signals through CNV
- Hydraulic skid for valve reset
- Supports reactor building crane (RBC) by providing lifting B1
- NuScale Power Module lifting lugs and top auxiliary Determination by PRA and attachment points that the RBC can connect to, so that the module mechanical access structure diagonal lifting braces concurrence by the expert panel Revision 1 can be lifted
- Top auxiliary mechanical access structure as being needed for maintaining containment integrity
Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis (Continued)
Tier 2 NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Function SSC Required to Perform System Function Basis for Function System Function Category Categorization (A1 & B1)
Steam Generator System (SGS)
- Steam generator tubes Determination by PRA and
- Steam generator tube supports concurrence by the expert panel
- Feed plenums as being needed for maintaining
- Steam plenums RCPB integrity Reactor Core System (RXC)
- Supports control rod assembly (CRA) by providing control rod guide A1
- Fuel assembly Determination by PRA and tubes to receive and align the CRA concurrence by the expert panel
- Supports RCS by containing fission products and transuranics within as being needed for reactivity the fuel rods to minimize contamination of the reactor coolant control, radioactivity control,
- Supports RCS by maintaining a coolable geometry and removing fuel assembly heat Control Rod Drive System (CRDS)
- Supports CRA by releasing control rod during a reactor trip A1
- Control rod drive shafts Determination by PRA and 17.4-9
- Control rod drive latch mechanism concurrence by the expert panel as being needed for reactivity control Reactor Coolant System (RCS)
- Supports RXC by removing heat to ensure core thermal design limits A1 All RCS SSC with the exception of the following: Determination by PRA and are not exceeded
- Wide range RCS pressure element concurrence by the expert panel
- Supports CNT by supplying the RCPB and a fission product boundary
- Wide range RCS cold leg temperature element as being needed for removing via the RPV and other appurtenances fuel assembly heat, maintaining
- Reactor safety valve position indicator
- Supports MPS by providing instrument information signals for MPS containment and RCPB integrity,
- Pressurizer vapor temperature element actuation radioactivity control, and
- Pressurizer control cabinet reactivity control
- Supports CRDS by the RPV and the reactor vessel internals
- Pressurizer heater power cabling from MPS breaker to supporting and aligning the control rods pressurizer heaters Reliability Assurance Program
- Pressurizer liquid temperature element
- Supports in-core instrumentation (ICI) by providing structural
- Narrow range RCS cold leg temperature element support of the ICI guide tubes
- Pressurizer heater power cabling from low voltage AC
- Supports RXC by the reactor vessel internals providing mechanical electrical distribution system breaker to MPS breaker support to orient, position, and seat the fuel assemblies
- Supports SGS by providing physical support for the steam generator Revision 1 tube supports and for the integral steam and feed plenums
- Supports RXC by containing soluble neutron poison
Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis (Continued)
Tier 2 NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Function SSC Required to Perform System Function Basis for Function System Function Category Categorization (A1 & B1)
Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS)
- Reactor recirculation valve (RRV) concurrence by the expert panel
- Supports RCS by providing recirculated coolant from containment to
- RVV trip valve as being needed for maintaining RPV for the removal of core heat
- RRV trip valve containment and RCPB integrity,
- Supports CNTS by providing a portion of the containment boundary
- Reset valve and removing fuel assembly for maintaining containment integrity heat
- Supports RCS by opening ECCS reactor vent valves and reactor recirculation valves when their respective trip valve is actuated by MPS Decay Heat Removal System (DHRS)
- Supports by providing MPS actuation instrument information signals A1
- Steam generator steam pressure instrumentation (4 Determination by PRA and per side) concurrence by the expert panel as being needed for maintaining containment and RCPB integrity, 17.4-10 and reactivity control Ultimate Heat Sink (UHS)
- Supports CNTS by providing heat removal via direct water contact A1
- UHS Pool Determination by PRA and with the containment vessel for the removal of core heat concurrence by the expert panel
- Supports spent fuel storage system (SFSS) by providing the removal as being needed for removing of decay heat from spent fuel via direct water contact with spent fuel fuel assembly heat, radioactivity assemblies control, and reactivity control
- Supports SFSS by providing radiation shielding and iodine scrubbing for spent fuel via water surrounding the components
- Supports DHRS by accepting heat from DHR heat exchanger
- Supports RXC by direct water contact with fuel assemblies during Reliability Assurance Program refueling to remove decay heat
- Supports RXC by providing borated water for reactivity control during refueling
- Supports RXC by providing radiation shielding and iodine scrubbing for fuel assemblies via the water surrounding the components Revision 1
Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis (Continued)
Tier 2 NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Function SSC Required to Perform System Function Basis for Function System Function Category Categorization (A1 & B1)
Module Protection System (MPS)
- Supports low voltage AC electrical distribution system (ELVS) by A1 All MPS SSC with the exception of the following: Determination by PRA and removing electrical power to the pressurizer on a pressurizer heater
- Division I and Division II engineered safety features concurrence by the expert panel trip actuation signal actuation system (ESFAS) as being needed for
- Supports ECCS by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of - Equipment interface modues for secondary MSIVs, maintaining containment and the RVVs on an ECCS actuation signal secondary MSIV bypass isolation valves and RCPB integrity, removing fuel
- Supports ECCS by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of feedwater regulating valves for containment assembly heat, reactivity the RRVs on an ECCS actuation signal isolation and DHRS actuation control, and emergency
- Supports DHRS by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of response
- Division I and Division II manual low temperature the DHR actuation valves on a DHRS actuation signal overpressure protection (LTOP) actuation switch
- Supports CNT by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of
- Separation Groups A, B, C, and D:
the main steam isolation valves, main steam bypass isolation valves - Safety function module and associated maintenance and feedwater isolation valves on a DHRS actuation signal switch for LTOP function 17.4-11 Reliability Assurance Program Revision 1
Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis (Continued)
Tier 2 NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Function SSC Required to Perform System Function Basis for Function System Function Category Categorization (A1 & B1)
- Supports CNT by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of
- 24-hour timers for post-accident monitoring-only the following CIVs on a containment system isolation actuation mode signal:
- Division I and Division II:
- RCS injection CIVs - ESFAS - equipment interface module for loss of AC
- RCS discharge CIVs voltage function
- Pressurizer spray CIVs - ESFAS monitoring and indication bus -
- RPV high point degasification CIVs communication module
- Feedwater isolation valves - MPS gateway
- Main steam isolation valves - Reactor trip system monitoring and indication bus -
- Main steam bypass isolation valves communication module
- Containment evacuation isolation valves
- Separation Groups A, B, C, and D:
- Reactor component cooling water inlet and outlet CIVs - Monitoring and indication bus - communication
- Containment flooding and drain CIVs module
- Supports CNT by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of
- Separation Groups B and C - safety function modules for post-accident monitoring (PAM) indication 17.4-12 the following CIVs on a CVC isolation actuation signal:
- RCS injection CIVs functions
- Separation Group A - safety function module:
- Pressurizer spray CIVs - Feedwater indication and control
- RPV high point degasification CIVs - Leak detection into containment
- Supports CVC by removing electrical power to the trip solenoids of
- Separation Groups B and C - safety function module the demineralized water system isolation valves on a DWS isolation for PAM indication functions actuation signal
- Separation Group D - safety function module:
- Supports non-safety DC electrical and AC distribution system by - Leak detection into containment removing electrical power to the CRDS for a reactor trip
- Division I and II maintenance workstations
- Supports CNT by providing power to sensors
- Supports DHR by providing power to main steam pressure sensors Reliability Assurance Program
- Supports RCS by providing power to sensors Neutron Monitoring System (NMS)
- Supports MPS by providing neutron flux data for various reactor A1
- Ex-core neutron detectors Determination by PRA and trips, operating bypasses, and actuations
- Ex-core Signal conditioning and processing concurrence by the expert panel equipment as being needed for reactivity
- Ex-core Separation Groups A, B, C, and D - power control and emergency Revision 1 isolation, conversion and monitoring devices response
Table 17.4-1: D-RAP SSC Functions, Categorization, and Categorization Basis (Continued)
Tier 2 NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Function SSC Required to Perform System Function Basis for Function System Function Category Categorization (A1 & B1)
Reactor Building (RXB)
- Supports CNTS by housing and providing structural support A1
- Reactor Building Determination by PRA and
- Supports CVCS by housing, allowing access, and providing structural concurrence by the expert panel support as being needed for removing
- Supports UHS by housing and providing structural support fuel assembly heat, maintaining
- Supports MPS by housing and providing structural support containment and RCPB integrity,
- Supports NMS by housing and providing structural support reactivity control, and emergency response Reactor Building Crane (RBC)
- Supports NuScale Power Module by providing structural support and B1
- Reactor building crane Determination by PRA and mobility while moving from refueling, inspection and operating bay
- Module lifting adapter concurrence by the expert panel as being needed for containment integrity Control Building (CRB) 17.4-13
- Supports the MPS by housing and providing structural support A1
- CRB structure at elevation 120-0 and below Determination by PRA and concurrence by the expert panel as being needed for removing fuel assembly heat, maintaining containment and RCPB integrity, and reactivity control Reliability Assurance Program Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Reliability Assurance Program Figure 17.4-1: NuScale D-RAP Process for SSC Risk Significance Determination Tier 2 17.4-14 Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Quality Assurance Program Description 17.5 Quality Assurance Program Description The Quality Assurance Program Description (QAPD) for the standard design of the NuScale Power Plant is provided in the topical report, NuScale Topical Report: Quality Assurance Program Description for the NuScale Power Plant (Reference 17.5-1).
COL Item 17.5-1: A COL applicant that references the NuScale Power Plant design certification will describe the quality assurance program applicable to site-specific design activities and to the construction and operations phases.
17.5.1 References 17.5-1 NuScale Power, LLC, NuScale Topical Report: Quality Assurance Program Description for the NuScale Power Plant, NP-TR-1010-859-NP-A, Revision 3.
Tier 2 17.5-1 Revision 1
NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Maintenance Rule 17.6 Maintenance Rule COL Item 17.6-1: A COL applicant that references the NuScale Power Plant design certification will describe the program for monitoring the effectiveness of maintenance required by 10 CFR 50.65.
Tier 2 17.6-1 Revision 1