ML19282C677

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Summary of 790308 Meeting W/S&W to Discuss Pipe Stress Calculations Using Pipestress Code
ML19282C677
Person / Time
Site: Beaver Valley
Issue date: 03/15/1979
From: Wigginton D
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC-11431, NUDOCS 7903300535
Download: ML19282C677 (4)


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Docket No. 50-334 LICENSEE:

Duquesne Light Company FACILITY:

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No.1

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

- PIPE STRESS CALCULATIONS USING "PIPESTRESS" The licensee and Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation met with the staff on March 8,1979 to discuss the pipe stress calcu-lations and methods as reported by R. R. Keimig in a memo to E. L. Jordan dated January 18, 1979.

This memo and follow-up review had been transfered to the Division of Operating Reactors by E. L. Jordan in a memo to R. H. V,llmer dated February 23, 1979.

The attendance list is attached (Attachment 1).

The Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (S&W) discussed the PIPESTRESS code and selected runs to demonstrate features of the code. They also presented a comparison of a number of calculations on selected pipe systems to compare PIPESTRESS and NUPIPE.

PIPE-STRESS, a proprietary S&W code, was developed and used during the 1960's and early 1970's.

During the review of the PIPESTRESS code, S&W informed the staff that the seismic stresses were computed in the SH0CK2 subroutine using an algebraic intra-modal component summation. This summation, in effect, accounts for both positive and negative components but algebraically adds the two. The resultant component from which the seismic stresses are computed can be significantly less than is thought to be appropriate for that location. Regulatory Guide 1.92 published in 1974 lists the two acceptable methods as absolute summations or the square root of the sum of the squares method.

a The licensees and S&W were then advised that this matter deserves immediate NRR management attention due to the potential for over-stressed piping systems at Beaver Valley as well as other vintage pl ants.

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Meeting Summary for Duquesne Light Company March 15,1979 Following a break in the meeting at noon, at which time NRC t'anagement was first notified of the potential problem, the meeting continued with the licensee, S&W, and NRC management.

In view of not having any specific re-analyses of the Beaver Valley Unit No.1 piping, NRC management requested an immediate effort by the licensee and S&W to identify the piping systems involved and scope the inadequacies by Wednesday, March 14 and reanalyze the effected systems by Friday, March 16.

S&W committed to identify the other plants using PIPESTRESS - SHOCK 2 by Monday, March 12 and 'to notify those utilities as soon as possible. The licensee was directed to inform his Safety Review Committee as soon as possible to assure continued health and safety of the public.

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Dave Wigginton, Project Manager Operating Reactors Branch #1 Division of Operating Reactors Attachments:

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MEETING ON STONE AND WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION PIPE STRESS CALCULATIONS WITH DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY MARCH 8,19/9 Attendees Dave Wigginton NRC ORB 1 John Lynch DLC - ENG J. J. Carey DLC J. M. Cumiskey S&W BVPS1 Project Engineer Don King S&W Engineering Manager Dana Shave S&W Supervisor G. L. Harper S&W Lead Engineer R. G. LaGrange NRC D0R EB S. Hosford NRC D0R EB John Fair NRC 00R EB R. Vollmer*

NRC DOR AD S&P A. Schwencer NRC 00R ORB 1 V. Noonan NRC 00R EB K. Wichman NRC EB V. Stello NRC 00R and others

  • Attendance at the afternoon management meeting, some part time.

Meeting Summary for March 15,1979 Duquesne Light Company Docket File NRC PDR Local PDR ORB 1 Reading NRR Reading H. Denton E. Case V. Stello D. Eisenhut B. Grimes D. Davis D. Ziemann P. Check G. Lainas A. Schwencer R. Reid T. Ippolito V. Noonan J. McGough Project Manager OELD OI&E(3)

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C. Parrish NRC Participants TERA J. R. Buchanan Licensee