ML20070H219
| ML20070H219 | |
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| Site: | Clinch River |
| Issue date: | 11/09/1982 |
| From: | Longenecker J ENERGY, DEPT. OF, CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR PLANT |
| To: | Check P Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8212230262 | |
| Download: ML20070H219 (11) | |
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Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20545 ket No. 50-537 iiQf:82:122 NOV 0 31982 Mr. Paul S. Check. Director C2BR Program Office Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comunission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Check:
MEETING
SUMMARY
POR CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR PLANT (CRBRP) NUCLEAR STEAM SUPPLY SYSTEM (NSSS) COMPONENT DEGRADATION MONITORING MEETING.
NOVEMBER 8, 1982 The CRBRP project and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff held discussions on the component degradation monitoring program. The project committed to a component degradation monitoring program, which includes a loose parts monitoring system. contains a listing of CRBRP project commitments on component degradation monitoring; Enclosure 2 is the meeting attendance list; and is the meeting agenda and the meeting handouts.
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ENC,.$ uke 1 AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS The Project agrees to provide a description of the NSSS Loose' Parts 1.
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. INCLOSURE 2 NOVEMBER 8.1982 CRSRP PRESDITATION OH 1AOSE PARTS MONITORING TO NRC ATTENDANCE CRBRP-Project Office V. Kelly CRBRP-Project Office
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- ACTION PLAN RESULTS AND W. O'BRYANT RECOMMENDATIONS W. O'BRYANT
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- AS A RESULT OF THE LPM DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NRC ON FEBRUARY 24,1982, THE PROJECT UNDERTOOK A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE PLANT C
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- THE REVIEW INDICATED THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR GENERATION OF LOOSE PARTS
- THE PROJECT DETERMINED IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO INCLUDE A COMPONENT DEGRADATION MONITORING PROGRAM IN THE CRBRP
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REQUIREMENTS FOR CRBRP NSSS.
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DEMONSTRATE IMPROBABILITY OF DEGRADATION EVENT OCCURRENCE BASED ON INHERENT DESIGN
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REGULATORY GUIDE 1.20 - COMPREHENSIVE VlBRATIO
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TEST PROGRAM REGULATORY GUIDE 1.133 - LOOSE PART DETECTION PROGRAM FOR THE PRIMARY SYSTEM OF LWR l
REGULATORY GUIDE 1.68 - INITIAL TEST PROGRAM FO WATER COOLED LWR LWR INCIDENT DATA - ALL LICENSE EVENTS ASSOC WITH LOOSE PARTS, CRUD AND VIBRATION DOE / RECON INFORMATION FILES FOR DATA ON F LMFBR INCIDENT DATA ADDRESSING LOOSE PARTS, CRUD AND VlBRATION FOR RAPSODIE, PHENIX, SNR-3OO AND JO NUREG 0800, SECTION 4.4 - THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC ' '
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INSTRUMENTATION TO MONITOR FOR DEGRADATION OF PLANT PERFORMANCE 1
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GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA i
- .l SENSOR LOCATIONS WILL INCLUDE AS A MINIMUM, RV, PHTS PUMP, IHX, IHTS PUMP, SG MODULES, RV HEAD AND/OR UPPER PLENUM.
SENSORS SHALL BE PROVEN STATE OF THE ART, CONSISTENT WITH r
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LWR TECHNOLOGY, MODIFIED AS NECESSARY FOR CRBRP ll ENVIRONMENT AND SHALL BE REDUNDANT.
SENSITIVITY (THRESHOLD ENERGY) SHALL BE ADEQUATE TO IDENTIFY ALL LOOSE PARTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RESU
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i SENSORS SHALL BE LOCATED TO DETECT LOOSE PARTS AT NATURAL COLLECTION POINTS FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE COMPONENTS.
METHODS OF MOUNTING OF SENSORS SHALL BE EITHER t
MOUNTING TO COMPONENTS / PIPING OR BY ATTACHMENT T SUITABLE STANDOFFS.
REGULATORY GUIDE 1.133 REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE UTILIZED,-
I ACKNOWLEDGING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LWR AND LMFBR TECHNOLOGY.
SUITABLE AUDIBLE INDICATIONS / MONITORING OF TH LOOSE PARTS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE CONTROL ROOM, AND A I
OTHER PLANT LOCATIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
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LOOSE PARTS MONITORING SYSTEM GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA (CONTINUED) l A BASELINE NOISE SIGNATURE WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE LOOSE o
PARTS MONITORING SYSTEM AND WILL BE MONITOREB EITHER ON A j
CONTINUING OR PERIODIC BASIS.
THE LOOSE PARTS MONITORING SYSTEM SHOULD MEET THE REQUIREM l
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