ML20040H302
| ML20040H302 | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 02/12/1982 |
| From: | Matra J, Rinaldi F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8202180057 | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY, Docket Nos. 50-445 ET AL.
50-446 (Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units I and 2)
AFFIDAVIT OF FRANK RINALDI AND JOHN P. MATRA We, Frank Rinaldi and John P. Matra, being duly sworn, do depose and state:
Q.1. By whom are you employed, and what is the nature of the work you perform?
A.I. My name in Frank Rinaldi.
I am a Senior Structural Engineer in the Structural Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
My name is John Matra.
I am a Consultant to the Structural Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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i Our statements of professional qualification are attached to this affidavit.
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- Q.2. What is the nature of the responsibility you have regarding Comanche PeakSteamElectricStation("CPSES")?
A.2. I, Frank Rinaldi, have served since February 1980 as the technical monitor for the Comanche Peak portion of an interagency contractural agreement between NRC and the Naval Surface Weapons Center (here-afterNSWC)..By this contract the NSWC has been assisting the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff in the safety review of CPSES in the field of structural engineering.
In addition to, and as consequence of, my serving as contract technical monitor, I have become directly involved in assessing the adeq 9cy of Category I structures.
I, John Matra, have served since February 1980 as structural consul-tant to the NRC Structural Engineering Branch under a contractural agreement in which I and other NSWC technical personnel conducted the structural review and assisted in the audit of the Applicants' analyses and designs for the Category I structures for CPSES.
I also conducted independent analyses of two Category I structrures.
I have worked under the direction of Frank Rinaldi, NRC Senior Structural Engineer.
Q.3. Would you describe the scope of the subject matter addressed in your affidavit?
y A.3. We are addressing Contention 2, which alleges that:
One or more of the reports used in the construction of computer codes for the CPSES/FSAR have not been suitably verified and fomally accepted; thus conclusions based upon these computer codes arc invalid.
. In particular, we have baen asked to determine if the facts presented in paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Applicants' " Statement of Material Facts As To Which There Is No Genuine Issue Regarding Contention 2"
(" Statement of Material Facts") are correct,
.id if the NRC Staff supports the position of the Applicants.
Q.4. Have you read, and do you agree with paragraphs 8 and 9 of Applicants' Statement of Material Facts?
A.4. We have read paragraphs 8 and 9 of Applicants' Statement of Material Facts, and we agree with those paragraphs.
Q.5. Please list and describe the subject matter of each of the following computer codes:
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Report 19, MRI/STARDYNE b.
Report 20. SCONV c.
Report 21, SPECTRA A.5. a.
MRI/STARDYNE - STARDYNE is a general purpose digital computer program designed to analyze linear elastic structural models.
It was used to evaluate a wide variety of static and dynamic problems. The static capability includes computation of struc-tural deformation and member loads and stresses caused by an arbitrary set of thermal, applied loads or prescribed displace-ments, or both. Dynamic response analysis can be performed c
for a wide range of loading conditions using the normal mode technique. Transient, steady-state hamonic, random, and shock spectra excitation type inputs can be applied. Plotting capa-bilities are available.
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K0E - SCONV is an in-house (Gibbs and Hill) program, which
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uses convolution integration to solve general dynamic problems for linear elastic system with the support time history excita-tion R*S(t), where R is the scaling factor and S(t) is the time-dependent support acceleration, c.
SPECTRA - SPECTRA is a Gibbs and Hill post processor program which interpolates or extrapolates stored data, yielding spectral accelerations corresponding to a set'of specified pairs of frequencies and the associated model damping values.
- s Q.6. Are these codes the subject of any topical report review procedure?
A.6. No. The codes are not the subject of any topical repor,t review pro-cedure.
Q.7. Did the Staff evaluate the validity of MRI/STARDYNE, SCONY and SPECTRA?
A.7. The Staff evaluated the validity of MRI/STARDYNE, SCONV and SPECTRA at the CPSES Structural Audit at Gibbs and Hill Inc. on May 11 to 15, 1981.
The Staff evaluated the computer codes to determine if the codes were acceptable in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 3.'8.1 of the Standard Review Plan, as set forth below:
(1) The computer program is a recognized program in the public domain and has had sufficient history of use to justify its applicability and validity without further demonstration.
. (ii)Thecomputerprogramsolutiontoaseriesof test problems has been demonstrated to be sub-stantially identical to those obtained by a similar independently-written and recognized program in the public domain. The test pro-blems should be demonstrated to be similar to or within the range of applicability of the problems analyzed by the public domain computer program.
(iii) The computer program solution to a series of
, test problems has been demonstrated to be sub-stantially identical to those obtained from classical solutions or from accepted experimental tests, or to analytical results published in tech-nical literature. The test problems should be demonstrated to be similar to or within the range of applicability of the classical problems analyzed to justify acceptance of the program.
A sunnary comparision should b^ prcvided for the results obtained in the validation of each computer program.
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The Staff concluded that analyses based on these codes would be acceptable and reliable for the following reasons:
(1) MRI/STARDYNE - This program is a public doma'fn program and has sufficient history of use to justify 1,ts applicability and validity without further verification!
Y (ii) SCONY - This program was verified by comparing the results
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of a series of test problems which have been demonstrated
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the computer code CSMP which is a public domain pregram offered by IBM as part of their scientific subroutine package. The results of these comparisons are maintained by Gibbs and Hill.
6-f (iii) SPECTRA - Verification of this program was demonstrated by comparing the results of SPECTRA with results derived from Regulatory Guide 1.60 calculations. This verifica-tion has been completed and is maintaincil at Gibbs and Hill.
The above Statements are true and correct to the best of 6ur personal knowledge and belief.
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Subscribed and sworn before me, this /.2 Aday of February, 1982.
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My Comission expires:
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ATTACHMENT 1 Frank Rinaldi, P.E.
Structural Engineering Branch Division of Engineering 1
Office of Nuclear Reac%r Regulation t
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission l
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l I presently reside at 5506 Beech Ridge Drive.
l My name is Frank Rinaldi.
22030, and I am employed as a Senior Structural Engineer Fairfax, Virginia f
iit the Structural Engineering Bran-h, Division of Engineering, Office of l
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Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D.C.
Professional Qualification f
I received a B. S. degree in Civil Engineering from the City College of New York (1966) and a M. 5. degree in Civil Engineering from Maryland University (1974).
t I am a registered Professional Engineer in the Comonwealth of Virginia (1972).
l I am a member of the Mcin Ccaaittee of the ACI-ASME Comittee on Co Pressure Components for Nuclear Service (Concrete Reactor Vessels and i
Containments).
. I,.have been employed by the NRC Structural Engineering Branch since
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My duties include development of design criteria
. e Senior Structural Engineer.
for nuclear structures and participation in the formulation of safety criteria.
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l Duties also involve safety-related review of structural and seismic desigii criteria (Safety Analysis Reports & Tcpical Reports) for power systeras and the evaluation of nuclear containment structures, reactor vessels and other structures and cramponents.
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The following is a sumary of my previous professional experience:'
1971-1974 U. S. Atomic Energy Comission Fuel Fabrication and Transportation Branch 4
(Structural Engineer)
I Naval Facilities Engineering Comand - Division of,Research 1970-1971 Development and Testing and Evaluation (deneral Engineer)
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i Naval Facilities Engineering Comand - Electronics Facilities 1968-1971 Suppo.-t Branch (Structural Engineer)
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ATTACHMENT 2 JOHN P. MATRA, JR.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OFFICE NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER WHITE OAK SILVER SPRING, MD 20910 4
My name is John P. Matra, Jr. I presently reside at 14010 Jarrettsville Pike, 21131, and I am employed as a Structural Specialist in the Phoenix, MD S.tructural Analysis Office of the Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Education 1.
Bachelor Aerenautical Engineering 1953 i
Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute Troy, NY 2.
Master of Mechanical Engineering 1962 Drexel Institute of Technology Philadelphia, PA Experience Worked for the Martir. Co. in Baltimore, Maryland. My assign-1953 - 1967 ments have been in the fields of structural analysis and design, liaison engineering, thermal and heat transfer design in structures, advanced design and research.
I have served as a structural analysis specialist for the 1967 - Present G-Department, N.S.W.C.
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9 2-analyses of general applicability, developing advanced structural analysis techniques and providing consultations in structural design and evaluation in support of departments in NSWC responsible for engineering, involving structural Since February 1980 I have been assigned as a elements.
structural consultant to NRC Structural Engineering Branch to assist in conducting the structural review and audit of the applicants' analyses and designs of Category I structures,
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