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LLC Supplemental Response to NRC Request for Additional Information No. 329 (Erai No. 9270) on the NuScale Design Certification Application
ML18323A288
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Site: NuScale
Issue date: 11/19/2018
From: Rad Z
NuScale
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Document Control Desk, Office of New Reactors
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RAIO-1118-62983
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RAIO-1118-62983 November 19, 2018 Docket No.52-048 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738

SUBJECT:

NuScale Power, LLC Supplemental Response to NRC Request for Additional Information No. 329 (eRAI No. 9270) on the NuScale Design Certification Application

REFERENCES:

1. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Request for Additional Information No. 329 (eRAI No. 9270)," dated January 08, 2018
2. NuScale Power, LLC Response to NRC "Request for Additional Information No. 329 (eRAI No.9270)," dated June 04, 2018
3. NuScale Power, LLC Supplemental Response to NRC "Request for Additional Information No. 329 (eRAI No. 9270)," dated September 05, 2018 The purpose of this letter is to provide the NuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) supplemental response to the referenced NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI).

The Enclosure to this letter contains NuScale's supplemental response to the following RAI Question from NRC eRAI No. 9270:

  • 12.02-20 This letter and the enclosed response make no new regulatory commitments and no revisions to any existing regulatory commitments.

If you have any questions on this response, please contact Carrie Fosaaen at 541-452-7126 or at cfosaaen@nuscalepower.com.

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/4~k~~y, W. Rad Director, Regulatory Affairs NuScale Power, LLC Distribution: Gregory Cranston, NRC, OWFN-8G9A Samuel Lee, NRC, OWFN-8G9A Getachew Tesfaye, NRC, OWFN-8H12 Enclosure 1: NuScale Supplemental Response to NRC Request for Additional Information eRAI No.9270 NuScale Power, LLC 1100 NE Circle Blvd. , Suite 200 Corvalis, Oregon 97330 , Office: 541.360.0500 , Fax: 541.207.3928 www.nuscalepower.com

RAIO-1118-62983 :

NuScale Supplemental Response to NRC Request for Additional Information eRAI No. 9270 NuScale Power, LLC 1100 NE Circle Blvd., Suite 200 Corvalis, Oregon 97330, Office: 541.360.0500, Fax: 541.207.3928 www.nuscalepower.com

Response to Request for Additional Information Docket No.52-048 eRAI No.: 9270 Date of RAI Issue: 01/08/2018 NRC Question No.: 12.02-20 The Regulatory Basis and Background are in RAI-9270 Quesiton 31001 Key Issue 2:

The methodology used by the applicant to calculate the tritium concentration in the RCS does not account for the buildup of tritium due to recycling of previously used RCS, therefore RCS tritium concentration appears to be underestimated. NuScale has proposed an alternative and potentially non-conservative design basis RCS tritium concentration value, which is used for determining airborne activity concentrations within the plant, without demonstrating that the health and safety of occupational workers is maintained and that the potential doses are ALARA for compliance with 10 CFR Part 20. Since airborne activity concentrations in equipment cubicles is more dependent on RCS activity concentrations, and less on ultimate heat sink (UHS) pool tritium concentration, the airborne tritium activity concentrations in equipment cells may be underestimated by over a factor of 3 Question 2:

To facilitate staff understanding of the application information sufficient to make appropriate regulatory conclusions with respect to the potential production of tritium in the RCS, the staff requests that the applicant:

Explain the use of an apparent non-conservative tritium value as discussed above, and Revise DCD Chapter 12.2 to use an RCS tritium concentration value of 1.3x10+5 Bq/gm (3.5 Ci/gm), or revise DCD Chapter 12.2 to use a calculated RCS tritium concentration supported by the associated, including methods, models and assumptions, for determining the RCS coolant concentration of tritium, consistent with the system NuScale Nonproprietary

description provided in DCD Tier 2 Revision 0, including sections in Chapters 9 and sections in Chapter 11, AND Revise DCD Section 12.2.2 Airborne Radioactive Material Sources, to reflect the changes to RCS tritium concentration and the associated bases, AND Revise DCD Table 12.2-32: Input Parameters for Determining Facility Airborne Concentrations, to reflect the revised methods, models and assumptions, AND Revised DCD Table 12.2-33: Reactor Building Airborne Concentrations, to reflect the changes to tritium concentrations, OR Provide the specific alternative approaches used and the associated justification.

NuScale Response:

The NuScale response to RAI 9270 (RAIO-0618-60288; dated June 4, 2018) included a revised Reactor Building airborne concentration, provided as FSAR Table 12.2-33. Some values in this table were found to be in error, as it pertains to the column listing the airborne concentrations in the air space above the reactor pool. These airborne concentrations have been corrected and are provided in this supplemental response.

Impact on DCA:

FSAR Table 12.2-33 has been revised as described in the response above and as shown in the markup provided in this response.

NuScale Nonproprietary

NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Radiation Sources RAI 12.02-4, RAI 12.02-20 Table 12.2-33: Reactor Building Airborne Concentrations Radionuclide CVCS Pump / Valve Room Degasifier Room Air Space above Reactor Pool (Ci/ml) (Ci/ml) (Ci/ml)

Noble Gases Kr83m 1.49E-09 1.49E-09 1.94E-141.07E-13 Kr85m 6.92E-09 6.92E-09 -

Kr85 2.21E-06 2.21E-06 -

Kr87 3.20E-09 3.20E-09 -

Kr88 1.06E-08 1.06E-08 -

Kr89 3.56E-11 3.56E-11 -

Xe131m 2.86E-08 2.86E-08 2.07E-091.52E-08 Xe133m 2.61E-08 2.61E-08 3.32E-092.36E-08 Xe133 1.95E-06 1.95E-06 4.71E-083.35E-07 Xe135m 1.07E-09 1.07E-09 9.39E-106.21E-09 Xe135 6.37E-08 6.37E-08 5.22E-103.45E-09 Xe137 1.35E-10 1.35E-10 -

Xe138 1.20E-09 1.20E-09 -

Halogens Br82 1.95E-13 1.95E-13 2.79E-172.01E-16 Br83 9.82E-13 9.82E-13 -

Br84 3.16E-13 3.16E-13 -

Br85 7.73E-15 7.73E-15 -

I129 4.86E-18 4.86E-18 -1.23E-20 I130 1.54E-12 1.54E-12 4.37E-173.04E-16 I131 4.07E-11 4.07E-11 1.19E-128.73E-12 I132 1.64E-11 1.64E-11 3.00E-152.19E-14 I133 6.05E-11 6.05E-11 1.41E-131.01E-12 I134 7.89E-12 7.89E-12 -

I135 3.68E-11 3.68E-11 1.16E-167.67E-16 Cs, Rb Rb86m 1.09E-18 1.09E-18 -

Rb86 1.39E-13 1.39E-13 1.66E-151.28E-14 Rb88 5.71E-09 5.71E-09 -

Rb89 2.11E-11 2.11E-11 -

Cs132 2.67E-15 2.67E-15 2.80E-172.16E-16 Cs134 2.40E-11 2.40E-11 3.06E-132.37E-12 Cs135m 1.30E-14 1.30E-14 -

Cs136 5.08E-12 5.08E-12 5.89E-144.56E-13 Cs137 1.47E-11 1.47E-11 1.88E-131.46E-12 Cs138 4.66E-10 4.66E-10 -

Other FP P32 3.97E-19 3.97E-19 -1.85E-20 Co57 2.96E-21 2.96E-21 -

Sr89 2.37E-14 2.37E-14 1.21E-168.94E-16 Sr90 3.98E-15 3.98E-15 2.77E-172.04E-16 Sr91 8.88E-15 8.88E-15 2.51E-181.72E-17 Sr92 4.35E-15 4.35E-15 -

Y90 9.82E-16 9.82E-16 1.48E-171.10E-16 Tier 2 12.2-66 Draft Revision 3

NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Radiation Sources Table 12.2-33: Reactor Building Airborne Concentrations (Continued)

Radionuclide CVCS Pump / Valve Room Degasifier Room Air Space above Reactor Pool (Ci/ml) (Ci/ml) (Ci/ml)

Y91m 5.00E-15 5.00E-15 1.60E-181.10E-17 Y91 2.57E-15 2.57E-15 1.77E-171.30E-16 Y92 4.19E-15 4.19E-15 1.92E-201.17E-19 Y93 1.90E-15 1.90E-15 6.39E-194.39E-18 Zr97 2.83E-15 2.83E-15 3.12E-182.20E-17 Nb95 4.20E-15 4.20E-15 1.17E-138.78E-14 Mo99 5.16E-12 5.16E-12 2.25E-141.64E-13 Mo101 8.08E-14 8.08E-14 -

Tc99m 4.79E-12 4.79E-12 2.17E-141.58E-13 Tc99 1.49E-16 1.49E-16 1.03E-187.60E-18 Ru103 4.96E-15 4.96E-15 3.34E-172.46E-16 Ru105 1.51E-15 1.51E-15 1.02E-206.42E-20 Ru106 3.22E-15 3.22E-15 2.23E-171.64E-16 Rh103m 4.90E-15 4.90E-15 3.30E-172.43E-16 Rh105 3.45E-15 3.45E-15 1.06E-177.69E-17 Rh106 3.22E-15 3.22E-15 2.23E-17 Ag110 2.16E-15 2.16E-15 1.47E-13 Sb124 7.31E-18 7.31E-18 4.97E-203.66E-19 Sb125 6.44E-17 6.44E-17 4.47E-193.29E-18 Sb127 2.78E-16 2.78E-16 1.39E-181.01E-17 Sb129 3.18E-16 3.18E-16 -1.27E-20 Te125m 9.46E-15 9.46E-15 6.43E-174.73E-16 Te127m 3.05E-14 3.05E-14 2.09E-161.54E-15 Te127 1.18E-13 1.18E-13 2.29E-161.67E-15 Te129m 8.73E-14 8.73E-14 5.84E-164.30E-15 Te129 1.08E-13 1.08E-13 3.68E-162.71E-15 Te131m 2.82E-13 2.82E-13 7.02E-165.05E-15 Te131 1.05E-13 1.05E-13 1.58E-161.14E-15 Te132 2.07E-12 2.07E-12 9.63E-157.03E-14 Te133m 1.29E-13 1.29E-13 -

Te134 1.68E-13 1.68E-13 -

Ba137m 1.39E-11 1.39E-11 1.77E-13 Ba139 3.75E-15 3.75E-15 -

Ba140 2.56E-14 2.56E-14 1.61E-161.18E-15 La140 7.58E-15 7.58E-15 1.14E-168.48E-16 La141 1.34E-15 1.34E-15 -2.22E-20 La142 5.66E-16 5.66E-16 -

Ce141 3.94E-15 3.94E-15 2.64E-171.94E-16 Ce143 2.95E-15 2.95E-15 8.07E-185.82E-17 Ce144 3.31E-15 3.31E-15 2.29E-171.69E-16 Pr143 3.50E-15 3.50E-15 2.34E-171.72E-16 Pr144 3.28E-15 3.28E-15 2.27E-171.67E-16 Np239 6.22E-14 6.22E-14 2.51E-161.82E-15 Crud Na24 6.42E-12 6.42E-12 5.69E-143.99E-14 Cr51 3.74E-13 3.74E-13 2.49E-111.83E-11 Tier 2 12.2-67 Draft Revision 3

NuScale Final Safety Analysis Report Radiation Sources Table 12.2-33: Reactor Building Airborne Concentrations (Continued)

Radionuclide CVCS Pump / Valve Room Degasifier Room Air Space above Reactor Pool (Ci/ml) (Ci/ml) (Ci/ml)

Mn54 1.93E-13 1.93E-13 1.33E-119.81E-12 Fe55 1.44E-13 1.44E-13 1.00E-117.37E-12 Fe59 3.61E-14 3.61E-14 2.44E-121.79E-12 Co58 5.54E-13 5.54E-13 3.78E-102.78E-10 Co60 6.37E-14 6.37E-14 4.43E-123.26E-12 Ni63 3.18E-14 3.18E-14 2.21E-121.63E-12 Zn65 6.13E-14 6.13E-14 4.24E-123.12E-12 Zr95 4.69E-14 4.69E-14 3.20E-122.35E-12 Ag110m 1.56E-13 1.56E-13 1.08E-117.97E-12 W187 3.30E-13 3.30E-13 6.27E-124.48E-12 Water Activation Products H3 4.04E-07 4.04E-07 1.61E-061.46E-06 C14 3.21E-11 3.21E-11 7.77E-126.34E-12 N16 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 -

Ar41 6.28E-08 6.28E-08 -

Note: Assumes the plant consists of 12 NPMs operating on a two-year refueling cycle.

Tier 2 12.2-68 Draft Revision 3