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Summary of 720930 ACRS Meeting W/Licensees in Washington DC Re Safety Review Monticello Full Term Operating License
ML20125B336
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Site: Monticello Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/30/1972
From: James Shea
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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NUDOCS 9212090317
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  • SAFETY R VIEW OF !ONTICELLO FULL-TERM OPERATING LICENSE - SECOND ACRS SUDCOMMITTEE HEETING Representatives of Northern States Power Company (WSP) and of the  ;

Directorate of Licensing (see Attachment 1) met in Washington, D. C. ,  !

on September 30, 1972, with ACRS Subcommittee members Mr. H. Etherington (Chairman), Dr.11. Isbin, and Professor W. Kerr to review the Monticello Nuc1 car Generating Station Unit No.1 in consideration of issining a full-term operating license (FTOL) for the facility.

AEC staf f met with the ACRS Subcommittee f or approximately 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> prior to the meeting with NSP to review in detail selected items of '

the AEC Saf ety Evaluation Report for the Monticello FTOL. Copies of the 4 separate petitions for 1 cave to intervene, all received within the last three days, were provided to each of the subcommittee members.

Dr. 1sbin noted that a draf t copy of a report prepared by the Directorato  ;

of Regulatory Operations, " Evaluation of Incidents of Primary Coolant Release f rom Operating Reactors", has been inade available to the

' intervenors and suggested that NSP cotmnents on the draf t be solicited.

He was advised by the Licensing staf f that the report is a draf t under--

going review by regulatory management and a decision regarding.its release is not yet available.

Dr. Isbin referred to Neil Thompson's paper delivered at the recent Air Cleaning Conf erence and asked if we have reviewed it. He was inf ormed that we were f amiliar with the contents.

Dr. Isbin requested clarification of the inf ant doce values discussed on page 6 of our Saf ety Evaluation, lie was advised that the calculations for the Final Environmental Statement, f rom which the numbers in our report were taken, have been revised; therefore, this portion of our Saf ety Evaluation will be revised before it is released : to the public.

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The staf f review of the Backfit Supplement to Saf ety Guide No. 11 was discussed emphasizing that additional flow restrictors and check valve position indicators in the 60 instrument line containment penetrations connected to the core coolant system are not required because open ended failure of one of the lines without closure of the check valve nr isolation valve does not result in excessive releases of radioactivity in relation to 10 CFR 100 limits.

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The Subcommittee noted that the depleted fuel shipping cask must be

. Iowered 150 feet for transportation to offolte facilities for fuel recovery and asked for details of this operation. We replied that we did not review fuel handling accidents in our current evaluation I because we were not aware of any new concern that had arisen in this l area since the AEC Safety Evaluation for the POL was issued in 1 March 1970. We agreed to look into the subject and to advise the i SubcommitLee of our findings. ]

The meeting with NSP was opened with remarks by W. W. Larkin, Vice .

President of NSP, who declared that NSP is dedicated to protecting

- the health and safety of the public while providing reliable-electric '

power for the customers. The meeting proceeded according to the agenda-i (Attachment 2) previously agreed upon by the ACRS Subcommittee and NSP.

Zero release of liquid ef fluents for the past-six months, as reported-in the January June 1972 semiannual report by NSP and in oral discussion during the meeting, led to questions relative. to the tritium buildup in primary coolant. NSP representatives stated that during this period of time when no radioactive liquid was released into the  ;

Mississippi River, it was necessary to add 20 - 30,000 gallons of makeup water per month. NSP indicated that this amount of water is -

lost in the evaporative process and will. limit the tritium concentration in the primary coolant to levels well below the tritium concentrations observed in PWRs, although they (NSP) have not projected to the future or attempted to observe the tritium buildup in the coolant as the effects of zero release of liquid effluents become more evident. It also was admitted by NSP that the new gaseous waste cleanup system to be placed in operation early in 1973 could significantly reduce the evaporative release route for tritium, assuming that zero release of liquid effluents is maintained and that, in time, the tritium concentration could be of some concern but not at the same icvel as PWRs because of the lower rate of producing tritiun in BWRs.

The Subcommittee commented that the 0.75 Ci/yr iodine release is excessive since it results in 67 mR thyroid dose to a child due to milk ingestion. NSP replied that a release of this magnitude would require continuous steam leaks in the turbine building in excess of 2400 lbs/hr,'a value that they believe is excessive. (2400 lbs/hr corresponds-to $7.500 lbs/ day, 1,73 x 10 6 lbs/mo or 210,000 gals /mo' . .

our' observation .that 210,000 gals /mo is far in excess of the evaporative losses that, as NSP noted earlier, have been measured over the last 6-month period with zero liquid effluent release - this rationale was not part of the dialogue _ between the Subcommittee and NSP1

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The Subcommittee was informed by the GE representative that one second

- closure of all MSIVs will result in a 37 psi pressure peak, a value  ;

that is 54 psi below the overpressure setting of the first safety. i valve. The transient does not cause heat flux to exceed 100%. The turbine stop valves, however, can close fast enough to cause heat flux in excess of 100% because the reactivity insertion due to pressurization exceeds the negative reactivity due to reactor. scram.

  • Discussion of containment pressurization incidents revealed that  ;

pressure switches have been added to the safety valves to more accurately- i determine which valves open in containment pressurization incidents.

Steam lines are to be instrumented to measure vibration and record events that may activate overpressure safety valves. This program is a f ollowup to incidents. that have already occurred and will. enable a +

more accurate determination of the cause of premature safety-valve i actuation, delayed operation of relief valves, or valves that stick open.

i Meteorology tower ef fectiveness during emergencies is being reevaluated.

The height of towers may be increased frum 140 f t to the height of the of f-gas stack (vm300 feet).

It was noted that the prairie Island Nuclear Power plant will monitor for primary system cracks using acoustic ; triangulation. Verification that the vent line vacuum breakers are closed and also containment .s inerting in relation to post-accident hydrogen generation due to radiolysis was discussed briefly. The Subcommittee restated their belief that Icak detection and location equipment can be improved.

Af ter a caucus, the Subcommittee Chairman announced that he would recommend a full ACRS committee review of the NSP application for a FIOL, but he stated that the date for such a meeting was not certain.

The licensee was advised that he need not preparc. formal presentations '

on any subjects for the full Committee meeting; .however, .it was noted that the ACRS may have questions in all the areas reviewed by the '

Subcommittee, but very likely on the following topics:

J ECCS State responsibility f or emergency procedures

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Enclosures:

1. List of attendees
2. Agenda cc w/encle:

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D. J. Skovholt, L:0R T. J. Carter, L:0R D. L. Ziemann, L 0RB #2 J. J. Shea, L 0RB #2 R. H. Diggs, L:0R3 #2 <

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4 Attendece - ACRS Subcommittee meeting on September 30, 1972 Northern States Power Company a

Elmont Charles Ward Leon Roy Eliason Dwayne Glenn Fitzgerald Marion Jonn Robinson '

Marcus Henry Voth

  • Morgan lienry Clarity Cerald llugo Neils Charles Edward Larson Martin Francis Dinville Gordon Herbert Jacobson Douglas Dean Antony Willard Enos Anderson James Robert Pasch Melford Thomas Opstad Jay Eliott Silberg Wade Wadsworth Larkin Peter Dean Arrowsmith GE - San Jose ,

John Lannean Benson Lowell Herman Frauenholz

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i AGENDA MONTICELLO ACRS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING (second day) a1P Street Offices - Saturday, September 30

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30 AM Convene - 5:00 PM Caucus - 5:30 PM Adjourn

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Management report of Monticello operations - Vade Larkin Monticello's ability to comply with State requirements - Wade Larkin

3. Operating experience at Monticello - Chuck Larson
4. Operating experience at other BWR's that will be applicable to Monticello - Morgan Clarity and Gerry Neils
5. Expected performance of improved radvaste system compared to proposed Appendix I - Mel Opstad
6. Main steam line isolation valve system - Chuck Larson and Marc Voth
7. Instrumentation and control systems performance - Chuck Larson and Gordy Jacobson
8. Provision to follow the course of an accident - Chuck Larson and Leon Diason
9. E::ergency plans and State participation - Al Ward and Leon Biason ,
10. In-service inspection results - Gerry Neils L1. Continuing Q. A. program and specific methods for ruhi4m .naintenance - Gerry Neil 1.2. Leak detection effectiveness - Chuck Larson and Jim Pasch
13. Protection against turbine generated missiles - Jack Benson
14. Vibration and loose parts monitoring - Gerry Neils
15. Compliance with AEC Safety Guide - Duane Fitzgerald and Paro Voth
16. Pipe whip protection - Jack Benson
17. Anticipated transients without scram - Marc Voth
18. Instrumentation to detect fuel failures - Gerry Neils & Leon Hiason
19. ECCS evaluation and observe performance - Parc Voth j 20. Calculated consequences of a rod drop accident - Maro Voth and Jack Benson
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Applicant Attendees  ;

W V Larkin, Group Vice President - Power Supply E C (A1) Vard, Director, Engineering Vice Presidential Staff Gerry Neils, General Superintendent - Nuclear Power Plant Operation Chuck Larcon, Monticollo Plant Manager Morgan Clarity, Superintendent - Monticello Plant Enginoering & Radiation Protection Leon Eliason, Monticello Radiation Protection Engineer ,

Marty Dinville, Monticello Plant Engineer - Operations Gordy Jacobson, Plant Engineer - Technical Doug Antony, Engineer - Operations Villard Anderson, Plant Superintendent - Operations & Faintenance Jim Pasch, Engineer - Operations Karc Voth, Administrator - Nuclear Support Services Mol Opstad, Nuclear Engineer IEGAL COUNSEL Jay Silberg, Shaw, Pittman, Potts, Trowbridge & Madden i GNERAL ELECTRIC Jack Benson, Manager of Safety and Licensing Operational Plants Frit Prauenholz, Specialist - Safety. and Licensing CONSULTANTS-Dr Duane Fitzgerald, Senior Staff Consultant - NUS Corporation 4 Dr John Robinson, Nuclear Engineering - Black & Veatch' Pete Arrowsmith, President - Suntac Nuclear Corporation 1 >

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