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Summary of Operating Reactors Events Meeting 92-022 on 921223.Reactor Scram Statistics for Wk Ending 921230 Encl & List of Attendees Encl
ML20126K511
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Site: Peach Bottom Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 12/30/1992
From: Chaffee A
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Grimes B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
OREM-92-022, OREM-92-22, NUDOCS 9301070157
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Brian K. Grimes, Director Division of Operating Reactor Support FROM: Alfred E. Chaffee, Chief Events Assessment Branch Division of Operating Reactor Suppo,rt -

SUBJECT:

OPERATING REACTORS EVENTS BRIEFING DECEMBER 23, 1992 - BRIEFING 92-22 On December 23, 1992, we conducted an Operating Reactors Events Briefing (92-22) to inform senior managers from offices of the Commission, AEOD, ACRS, NRR, and regional offices of selected events that occurred since our last briefing on December 16, 1992. Attachment 1 lists the attendees. Attachment 2 presents the significant elements of the discussed events.

Attachment 3 contains reactor scram statistics for the week .

ending 12/20/92. No significant events were identified for input into the NRC performance indicator program.

Original signed by Alfred E. Chaffee, Chief Events Assessment Branch Division of Operating Reactor Support Attachments: As stated DISTRIBUTION:

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T. Murley, NRR (12G18) J. Shea, (PDI-2)

F. Miraglia, NRR (12G18) C. Miller, (PDI-2)

F. Gillespie, NRR (12G18)

J. Partlow, llRR (12G18)

S. Varga, llRR (14E4)

J. Calvo, NRR (14A4)

G. Lainas, NRR (14H3)

J. Roe, NRR (13E4)

J. Zwolinski, NRR (13H24)

. M. Virgilio, URR (13E4)

W. Russell, NRR (12G18)

J. Richardson, NRR (7D26)

A. Thadani, NPR (BE2)

S. Rosenberg, NRR (10E4)

C. Rossi, NRR (9A2)

B. Boger, NRR (10H3)

F. Congel, NRR (10E2)

D. Crutchfield, NRR (11H21)

W. Travers, NRR (11B19)

D. Coe, ACRS (P-315)

E. Jordan, AEOD (MN-3701)

T. Novak, AEOD (MN-9112)

L. Spessard, AEOD (MN-3701)

K. Brockman, AEOD (MN-3206)

S. Rubin, AEOD (MN-5219)

M. Harper, AEOD (MN-9112)

J. Grant, EDO (17G21)

R. Newlin, GPA (2GS)

E. Beckjord, RES (NLS-007)

A. Bates, SECY (16G15)

G. Rammling, OCM (16G15)

T. Martin, Region I W. Kane, Region I C. Hehl, Region I S. Ebneter, Region II E. Merschoff, Region II B. Davis, Region III E. Greenman, Region III J. Milhoan, Region IV B. Beach, Region IV J.B. Martin, Region V K. Perkins, Region V bcc: Mr. Sam Newton, Manager Events Analysis Department Institute of Nuclear Power Operations 1100 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1500 Atlanta, GA 30339-3064

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ATTACHMENT 1 LIST OF ATTENDEES.

OPERATING REACTORS EVENTS FULL BRIEFING'(92-22)

DECEMBER 23, 1992 l!NiE OFFICE FAME OFFICE R. DENNIG NRR C. MILLER NRR J. CARTER NRR G. MARCUS NRR K. GRAY NRR F..RINALDI NRR T. KOSHY NRR C. THOMAS NRR '

E. GOODWIN NRR S. LONG NRR J. TSAO NRR G. ~HUBBARD NRR C. BERLINGER NRR S. BAJWA NRR B. GRIMES riRR M. FLEISHMAN OCM/KR

.; S. VARGA NRR V. BENAROYA AEOD G. ZECH NRR D. COE ACRS C. ROSSI NRR TELEPHONE ATTENDANCE I

(AT ROLL CALL)

Reciong Resident Insoectors Region I Peach' Bottom (J. Lyash)

Region II '

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Region IV Region V AIT Team Leaders Misc.

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  • ATTACHMENT 2 OPERATING REACTORS EVENTS BRIEFING 92-22' EVENTS ASSESSMENT-BRANCH LOCATION: 10 B11, WHITE FLINT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1992, 11:00 A.M.

PEACH BOTTOM, UNIT 3 EXCEEDING BOTTOM HEAD PRESSURE / TEMPERATURE-LIMITS VARIOUS PLANTS ELECTRICAL CABLE DEFICIENCY

92-22 PEACH BOTTOM, UNIT 3 EXCEEDING BOTTOM HEAD PRESSURE / TEMPERATURE LIMITS OCTOBER 16, 1992 PRO.B1E14 DURING A C00LD0WN F0LLOWING A REACTOR SCRAM, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE REACTOR VESSEL BOTTOM HEAD WENT BELOW THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE / PRESSURE VALUES SPECIFIED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSURING REACTOR VESSEL INTEGRITY.

CAUSE INADEQUATE PROCEDURES AND OPERATOR AWARENESS OF REACTOR VESSEL BOTTOM HEAD PRESSURE / TEMPERATURE LIMITATIONS.

SAFETY-SIGNIFICANCE REDUCTION IN NDT MARGIN OF SAFETY.

DISCUSSION e REACTOR EXPERIENCED A CONTAINMENT ISOLATION CAUSED BY BUMPING A SWITCH MSIVs CLOSED AND REACTOR SCRAMMED e HPCI AhD RCIC AUTOMATICALLY INITIATED AND RECIRC PUMPS WERE STOPPED ON LOW LOW WATER LEVEL.

e SAFETY RELIEF VALVES LIFTED AND RESEATED.

CONTACTS: J. CARTER, NRR/ DORS 'AIT: EQ J. LYASH, SRI SIGEVENT: TBD

REFERENCES:

10 CFR 50.72 #24437 AND LER-92-008

92-22 f' PEACH BOTTOM e HPCI, RCIC, AND SAFETY VALVES USED TO CONTROL LEVEL AND PRESSURE.

  • CRD WATER CONTINUED TO FLOW INTO THE REACTOR BOTTOM HEAD AREA.
  • RESULTING THERMAL STRATIFICATION (>145 F) PREVENTED RESTARTING RECIRC PUMPS.

o SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION OF RECORDED DATA BY REACTOR INSPECTOR IDENTIFIED THAT THE BOTTOM HEAD TEMPERATURE DECREASED TO ABOUT 112 F WITH A SYSTEM PRESSURE OF 600 PSI THIS IS ABOUT 40 F LOWER THAN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMIT TEMPERATURE BELOW LIMIT CURVE FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS e NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED.

e LICENSEE ENGAGED GE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT ON REACTOR INTEGRITY PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE THAT ADEQUATE SAFETY MARGIN EXISTED FINAL REPORT DUE IN MARCH e OPERATORS LOGGED TEMPERATURES BUT DID NOT ASSOCIATE THEM WITH BOTTOM HEAD LIMITS; PROCEDURES DID NOT REQUIRE CHECKING LIMIT CURVE FOR ACCEPTABILITY.

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PEACH BOTTOM 92-22 e RECORDED DATA AVAILABLE IN CONTROL ROOM; COMMINGLED WITH OTHER DATA.

e INP0 EVALUATED EVENT AND ISSUED SEN 0N 12/15/1992

-- GE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SIL 251 IN 1977 AND SIL 430 IN 1985 e LICENSEE REVISING PROCEDURES AND ALERTING OPERATORS.

SIMILAR EVENTS e STRATIFICATION EVENTS OCCURRED AT HATCH AND SUSQUEHANNA.

FOLLOWUP e REGION IS EVALUATING EVENT PLANS TO ASSESS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS CRITICAL CRACK SIZE e NEED FOR INFORMATION NOTICE IS BEING EVALUATED.

  • NRR WILL ASSIST REGION IN EVALUATING GE ANALYSIS.

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OF ELECTRICAL 1 CABLES WITH BONDED JACKETS (Ref.10 CFR 50.49) ,

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RECENT SANDIA TEST RESULTS INDICATE THAT BONDED-JACKET CABLES.MAY Fall DURING A LOCA BEFORE 40 YEARS !F THESE. CABLES ARE USED AT TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 50' C (122 F) i .

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e THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING CABLE QUALIFICATION TO 60 YEARS FOR LICENSE RENEWAL.

e THE EFFECTS OF CABLE DAMAGE DURING INSTALLATIOPJ NOTE: TESTING BY SANDIA WAS CONSISTENT WITH IEEE 323-1974 REQUIREMENTS

I TEST RESULTS ALL OKONITE CABLES PASSED AT THESE TEST CONDITIONS:

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-*' 100 C/212 F FOR 3 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST (EQUIVALENT TO 40 YEARS AT 48 C/118 F)

.* 100 C FOR'6 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST

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FAILURES OCCURRED AT MORE SEVERE AGING CONDITIONS:

  • ONE OF FOUR SAMPLES. FAILED DURING LOCA TEST, AGED AT 100 C/212 F FOR 9 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST (EQUIVALENTTO 40 YEARS AT 56 C/133 F)
  • ALL SAMPLES FAILED DURING LOCA TEST, AGED AT 158 C/316 F FOR 336 HOURS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST

.(EQUIVALENT TO 40. YEARS AT 69 C/156 F)

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DEKORON DEKORAD CABLES:

  • ONE OF THREE SAMPLES FAILED DURING LOCA TEST, AGED AT 100 C/212 F FOR 3 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST (EQUIVALENT TO 40 YEARS AT 48 C/118 F)
  • ALL CABLES PASSED, AGED AT 100 C FOR 6 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST (EQUIVALENT TO 40 YEARS AT 52 C/126 F)
  • ONE OF FOUR CABLES FAILED DURING LOCA TEST, AGED AT 100 C FOR 9 MONTHS FOLLOWED BY LOCA TEST l (EQUIVALENT TO 40 YEARS AT 56 C/133 F) t

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SUMMARY

. QUALIFICATION PERFORMED ON 600-VOLT, #12, 30-Mil EPR SINGLE-1 CONDUCTOR. CONTROL' CABLE AND 2KV, #6, 55-Mll EPR POWER CABLE WITH '30-Mil BONDED JACKET .

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DEKORON QUALIFICATION

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  • JACKET APPLIED BEFORE RADIATION AGING
  • 25 MEGARADS ,
  • 121 C FOR 7 DAYS
  • 175 MEGARADS ACCIDENT DOSE

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QUALIFIED FOR 40 YEARS AT 52 C

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  • MOST SIGNIFICANT FOR CABLES IN CONTAINMENT  ;

e- FEW SAFETY-RELATED CABLES IN CONTAINMENT ARE AFFECTED e CABLES IN CONTAINMENT HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE FOR <40 YEARS

  • BWR DRYWELL TEMPERATURES TYPICALLY 57-66 C

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  • PROBABILITY OF A LARGE-BREAK LOCA IS APPROXIMATELY 10 PER i REACTOR YEAR
  • THERE ARE UNCERTAINTIES IN ESTIMATING CABLE LIFE USING THE ARRHENIUS EQUATION. '

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  • BASED ON EPRI DATA, OKONITE CABLE IS USED IN CONTAINMENT.

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.HOW.MUCH IS IN SAFETY APPLICATIONS LONG-TERM. SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE DEPENDS ON PLANT-SPECIFIC i APPLICATIONS.  :

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i INFORMATION NOTICE e SANDIA TEST PROGRAM e FAILURES OF OKONITE EPR/HYPALON CABLES e FAILURES OF DEKORON EPR/HYPALON CABLES CONCLUSION e BONDED JACKETS' MAY CAUSE CABLE FAILURES a

e SOME BONDED-JACKET CABLES HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED WITHOUT A JACKET e .QUALIFIC'ATION TESTS PERFORMEDLWITHOUT THE BONDED JACKET l t

ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF-ACTUAL CABLE PERFORMANCE e CONCERNS AT SERVICE TEMPERATURES > 50 C .

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j ACTIONS PLANNED LETTER DRAFTED ASKING NUMARC TO TAKE THE LEAD IN COORDINATING INDUSTRY'S RESPONSE e IDENTIFY.WHICH PLANTS ARE USING THIS CABLE

  • - IDENTIFY SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS e INSPECT TO DETERMINE MATERIAL CONDITION OF CABLES BASED ON INDUSTRY ACTIONS, THE STAFF WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ACTIONS
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REACTOR SCRAM

SUMMARY

WEEK ENDING 12/20/92

1. PLANT SPECIFIC DATA")

DATE SITE UNIT POWER SIGNAL CAUSE COMPL1-(3) YTD YTD YTD C ATIONS AB0VE BELOW TOTAL 15% 15%

2 100 A PERSONNEL NO 2 0 2 12/14/92 CATAWBA 2 0 2 1 70 A PERSONNEL NO - - - -

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!!. COMPARISON OF WEEKLY STATISTICS WITH INDUSTRY AVERAGES SCRAMS FOR WEEK ENDING 12/20/92 NUMBER 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 0F WEEKLY WEEKLY WEEKLY WEEKLY WEEKLY SCRAM CAUSE SCRAMS AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE (YTD)

POSER GREATER THAN 15%

EQUIPMENT RELATED 0 2.6 2.9 3.4 3.1 3.0 PERSONNEL RELATED (2) 2 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.0 OTHER (4) 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 Subtotal 2 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.4 POSER LESS THAN 15%

EQUIPMENT RELATED 0 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 PERSONNEL RELATED (2) 0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 OTHER (4) 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 Subtotal 0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 TOTAL 2 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.8 5.6 MANUAL VS AUTO SCRAMS 1992- 1991 1990 1989 1988 NO. OF WEEKLY WEEKLY WEEKLY WEEKLY WEEKLY TYPE- SCRAMS AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE (YTD)

MANUAL SCRAMS 0 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.1

AUTOMATIC SCRAMS 2 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.9 4.5 l

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1. PLANT SPECIFIC DATA BASED ON INITIAL REVIEW OF 50.72 REPORTS FOR THE WEEK OF INTEREST. PERIOD IS MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.

SCRAMS ARE DEFINED AS REACTOR PROTECTIVE ACTUATIONS WHICH RESULT IN ROD M0110N, AND EXCLUDE PLANNED TESTS OR SCRAMS AS PART OF PLANNED SHUTDOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLANT PROCEDURE. -THERE ARE 111 REACTORS HOLDING AN OPERATING LICENSE.

2. PERSONNEL RELATED PROBLEMS INCLUDE HUMAN ERROR, PROCEDURAL DEFICIENCIES, AND MANUAL STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL CONTROL PROBLEMS.
3. COMPLICATIONS: RECOVERY COMPLICATED BY EQUIPMENT FAILURES OR PERSONNEL ERRORS UNRELATED TO CAUSE OF SCRAM.
4. "0THER" INCLUDES AUTOMATIC SCRAMS ATTRIBUTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES (LIGHTNING), SYSTEM DESIGN, OR UNKNOWN CAUSE.

OEAB SCRAM DATA Manual and Automatic Scrams for 1987 ------------------ 435 Manual and Automatic Scrams for 1988 ------------------ 291 Manual and Automatic Scrams for 1989 ------------------ 252 Manual and Automatic Scrams for 1990 ------------------ 226 Manual and Automatic Scrams for 1991 ------------------ 206 Manual and Automatic _ Scrams for 1992 --(YTD 12/20/92)-- 207