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Summary of ACRS Subcommittee on ECCS 850531 Meeting in Washington,Dc Re Review of Selected Portions of NRC Thermal Hydraulic Research Program for Rept to Commission on FY87 Budget
ML20133J137
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Issue date: 05/31/1985
From:
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
To:
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
References
ACRS-2320, NUDOCS 8508090677
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Purpose:

The purpose of the meeting was to review selected portions of the NRC Thennal Hydraulic research Program for the Comittee's Report to the Comission en the FY 87 budget.

Attendees: Principal meeting attendees include:

ACRS NRC D. Ward, Chairman L. Shotkin, RES J. Ebersole, Member B. Sheron, NRR H. Etherington, Member W. Beckner, RES I. Catton, Consultant F. Odar, RES P. Boehnert, Staff D. Solberg, RES

0. Bessette, RES C. Troutman, RES Meeting Highlights. Agreements and Requests
1. Dr. L. Shotkin noted that the FY 87 budget is not yet fixed. He said that RES is limited by the budget restrictions in what it can e

do and seeks ACRS advice on what should or should not be done. The DESIGNATED ORIGINAL RS 850531 Certified By $4 =

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ECCS Meeting Minutes May 31, 1985 FY 87 RES budget will be cut by tw $13.7 M. RES has cut the T/H ,

budget by a#S6.8 M. NRR has requested that $4 M be restored for future integral testing. RES wants ACRS advise on: (1) the need

'for future integral system testing; (2) the need for future university research; and (3) the need for fast running codes or a fast-running desk top nuclear plant analyzer, RES is in disagree-ment with NRR on items 2 and 3. RES has also made a choice between TRAC and RELAP-5 for future code develorment as discussed below.

RES stated that the " final product" of the T/H Transients Program is user-friendly plant analyzers based on codes whose accuracy has been quantified by assessment against integral and separate effects

- tests. A Technical Integration Center will be set up at INEL to maintain thermal hydraulic expertise. Figure 1 shows a schematic of how the plant analyzers will be developed.

The current T/H budget for FY 87 was discussed (Fig. 2). RES has reduced the FY 87 budget by $6.8 M as shown in Figure 2. The largest single cut is $3.7 M out of $4.0 M for the proposed Advanced Test Facility leaving $0.3 M.

Regarding the choice between TRAC and RELAP-5 for future develop-ment, RES has chosen TRAC. RELAP-5 will have continued improvement and maintenance support; however, NRC will decrease its support and User support will increase to make up the difference.

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2. An overview of the separate effects program was given by W. Beckner. For FY 87 the University Program is being reduced by

$0.8 M ($2.0 M to $1.2 M - Fig. 3). Figures 4-6 detail the SE Program plans. In response to Mr. Ebersole, Dr. Beckner said one of the studies will address the issue of boron mixing in a BWR vessel, given an ATWS. Further discussion pointed out that some studies (Figure 5 - asterisked) will address modeling of radioactive release rates for SGTR accidents.

RES believes a stable funding level ofr# $4 M/ year for SE work is desirable. This would be broken down as follows: Universities (e# $2 M/yr), DOE Laboratories ( **'$1-1.5 M/yr). Others($0.5-1.0 i

M/yr). Given the budget cutback, it now looks impractical to maintain this level of support.

3. RES plans for continued integral testing capability were reviewed by D. Solberg (RES). Key points noted were:
  • Most US facilities are scheduled to be shut down by the end of FY 86 (Fig. 7), therefore there will be no domestic T/H integral testing capability in FY 87, or beyond for W. CE or GE geometry s reactors.
  • NRC must depend on foreign facilities, such as ROSA-IV, for testing on new safety issues, or on US industry.

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  • Foreign facilities, though cooperative, have their own agenda.
  • Industry testing could result in plant delays and greater costs.

1 Mr. Ward indicated that the last bullet appears to be an Industry, not a NRC, problem.

4 i A number of alternate approaches for future integral testing are being explored by RES (Figs. 8-9). Two ideas that look promising are: (1) move MIST and FIST to INEL to join Semiscale, and/or (2) buildanATF(atINEL?). RES noted that the Modular Test Facility, proposal of 1984 was dropped due to scaling and funding problems.

RES has established a number of criteria for the ATF study (Fig.

10). Results of a scaling study under way as part of the joint NRC/B&W IST program, as well as a ATF scaling study (Fig. 11), will i

be used to evaluate the most feasible ATF alternative. RES is

oliciting cooperative scpport for the ATF concept from DOE and the Industry.

Mr. Ward said RES should be looking for phenomena or " surprises" in their T/H programs in an attempt to preclude these surprises showing up in a power plant.

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ECCS Meeting Minutes May 31, 1985 4 F. Odar discussed the status of the code maintenance program. Key points noted were:

  • Goals of the program are: (1) to maintain capabilities for auditing vendor analyses, evaluating operator guidelines, and addressing safety and licensing issues for NRR; (2) provide User assistance to NRC; (3) improve physical models as requested by NRC (but with no major change in basic code

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structure or models); and (4) update documentation.

  • The end points of the program will come around 1990 when User .

convenience features and physical model improvements are deemed sufficient.

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' RES believes a minimum of three people will be needed for this Program. Dr. Catton cautioned that the same people maintaining the codes should be using the code as well. RES agreed.

  • TRAC PF1/M00-1, DB1/ MOD-1 and RELAP-5/M00-2 have been frozen for 2 years as part of the International Code Assessment Program (ICAP). The known/needed improvements for TRAC and RELAP were detailed (Figs. 12-18).

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5. D. Bessette overviewed the ICAP. The final goals include:

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  • Quantify uncertainties of TRAC-PF1/M00-1, TRAC-BF1 and RELAP-5/

4 MOD-2 for all transients.

  • Correct code errors.
  • Provide improved User guidelines.
  • Identify code limitations.
  • Identify remaining deficiencies.

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The key basis of the program is for foreign countries to assess the US codes (TRAC, RELAP, etc.) and provide the results to NRC. Code i

uncertainty is to be determined by a judicious selection of key  ;

parameters (Fig. 19). Figures 20-21 show the foreign countries

participating in ICAP and the codes these countries plan to use.

Validation matrices have been defined for PWR and BWR codes.

6. The nuclear plant analyzer (NPA) and plant data bank (PDB) was r discussed by C. Troutman. Figures 22-23 overview the NPDB status

. for FY 85-89. The NPA status for the same FYs is given in Figures

, 24-25. The expected Users for this program are: RES Staff (in-house),I&EOperationsCenter,DOEContractors,HumanFactors experts and others.

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) 7. B. Sheron (NRR) provided the following comments on the RES T/H 2 Program:

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  • NRR agrees that continued availability of an integral systems j test facility is desirable but they do not yet have results of 1

any studies which justify need for a new facility. Costs vs

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benefits should determine whether a new facility is built, old facilities maintained, modified, etc. NRR recommend a " Test i Advisory Group" (TAG) be set up, similar to that done on MIST Program, composed of government and industry representatives, to 1

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' 20/0D Program - NRR strongly urges UPI upper internals be reinstated and a suitable number of UPI experiments planned i h

l and scheduled for UPTF. The UPI plant ECCS model is not in con-

formance with Appendix K. Data is needed to bring data base 4

up to par with bottom core flood data.

  • For future code development, we agree only one code (TRAC) should be supported; however, until this transition is made, we will rely cn both TRAC and RELAP-5. Some reduction in FY 87 RELAP-5 support is justified.
  • For ROSA-IV - assessment of the test data by codes should be limited to use of TRAC.

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  • For the Separate Effects Program - university funding reduction from $2 M to $1.5 M is considered appropriate

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and funding for the visual loop could be reduced, since it i has low priority.

  • Code Assessment and Applications Program - RES has an extensive international code assessment and application program. We propose up to $0.5 M reduction in this area unless this program supports code improvement identified by assessment and agreed to by NRR.
  • Desk Top Analyzer- NRR sees no need for self-contained desk ,

top analyzers, therefore, $0.7 M would be saved since NRR does not support this program.

  • Nuclear Plant Data Bank (NPDB) - the NPDB still doesn't work; the NPDB is only useful if it has data in it. We would like to see a program in place to put 4-6 decks per year into the NPDB.
8. The meeting was adjourned at 1:05 pm. The Subcommittee Members then watched a presentation of the BNL BWR NPA.

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NOTE: Additional meeting details can be obtained from a transcript ,

a of this meeting available in the NRC Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., or can be purchased from Ann Riley & Associates, Ltd., 1625 I Street, N.W., Suite

921. Washington, DC 20006 (202/293-3950).

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2. OfE OR PUE EXISTIfE FACILITIES AT IEL *EED FOR GE, BsW AIO O *MINIMM OPERATING EXPENSES SEMISCALE EPRI C(NCURENCE
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DESCRIPTION IMPACT ON SAFETY CALC. SOURCE

  • STEADY STATE AUTOMATIC CALCULATIONS RUN T00 LONG WITil00T NRR INITIALi/ATION Auf0MATIC INITIAllZATION
  • NO CCFL MODEL ERRORS IN CALCULATIONS IN UPI TYPE 2Dg3D, ICAP, LANL PLANTS FOR LOCAS (NRR)
  • CONDENSATION MODEL ERRORS IN CALCULATIONS AT ECC INJECTION ICAP, CODE DEVELOPERS POINTS IF VAPOR FRACTION IS lilGil (NRR)

T00 MUCil STEAM CARRY 0VER IN STEAM CODE DEVELOPERS,

  • SEPARATOR MODEL LINE BREAK ACCIDENTS WORKSHOP MTGS, ICAP (100% SEPARATION) ,

EXCESSIVE WATER CARRY 0VER TO Il0T 2D&3D, LANL

  • DEENTRAINMENT MODEL FOR UPPER PLENUM LEGS - ERR 0NE0US STEAM BINDING EARLY REWET (SUCil AS IN LOFT) IS NOT RES, ICAP, LANL
  • POST CilF HEAT TRANSFER (INTERFACIAL DRAG) PREDICTED ACCURATELY. UNCERTAINTY CAN BE AS LARGE AS 400K.

STRATIFIED FLOW NOT ALWAYS PREDICTED ICAP, LANL

  • FLOW REGIME MAP WELL, IMPACT REFLUX COOLING AND ECCS ,i INJECTION x -

KNOWN NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS (TRAC-PWR) (CON'D)

DESCRIPTION IMPACT ON SAFETY CALC, SOURCE

  • Cil0CKING MODEL IN STRATIFIED SMALL BREAK LOCA CALCULATIONS IN RES, ICAP, LANL FLOW ERROR
  • VARIABLE GAS GAP REACTIVITY CALCULATIONS IN TRANSIENTS ICAP, USER WORKSHOP LANL ARE IN ERROR, FU[.L R0D TEMP,ERATURE PROFILE IS IN ERROR, 4
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DESCRIPTION IMPACT ON SAFETY CALCllLATIONS S0llRCE

  • STEADY STATE CALCULATIONS RUN T00 LONG WITil0llT NRR AUTOMATIC INITIALIZATION AUTOMATIC INITIALIZATION
  • EM VERSION PRESENT APPENDIX K TYPE CALCULATION CANNOT NRR BE PERFORMED
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  • VECTORIZATION SLOWINCOMPUTATIONSPEEDllENCElbNG INEL 8 NRR RUNNING TIME
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  • N0 FORMAL CCFL MODEL LARGE BREAKS, SMALL BREAKS, DOMESTIC ASSESS PARTICULARLY WITH UPI ,

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DESCRIPTION IMPACT ON SAFETY CALCULATIONS SOURCE

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  • CHOKING MODEL IN SMALL BREAK LOCA CALCULATIONS IN ERROR
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  • METAL / WATER REACTION ERR 0NE0US CLAD TEMPERATURE CALCULATION RES UNDER SEVERE ACCIDENT CONDITION STEAM GENERATOR HEAT TRANSFER, RES, DOMESTIC
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DESCRIPTint! IMPACT ON SAFETY CALCULATIONS S0llRCE

  • Cll0 KING MODEL IN SMALL BREAK / CRACKS LOCA CALCULATIONS NRR STRATIFIED FLOW IN ERROR

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  • POST-CliF HEAT OllENCH TEMPERATURE AND TIME DOMESTIC ASSESS ,

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  • -EM VERSION PRESENT APPENDIX K TYPE CALCULATION NRR CANNOT BE PERFORMED
  • BRITISH UNIS FOR USER CONVENIENCE UTILITIES INPUT /0UTPUT 9 .

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JAPAN JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE X X KOREA KOREA ADVANCED ENERGY RESEARCll INSTITUTE X ,

NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ENERGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION X '

1 SPAIN CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD NUCLEAR X X , ,

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COUNTRY ORGANIZATION RELAPS TRAC-PWR TRAC-BWR COBRA SWITZERLAND SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR X X X REACTOR RESEARCil TAIWAN TAIWAN POWER COMPANY (3) X X X UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY X X AUTHORITY-CEGB, NII, NCC, BNFL UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION X X X X CEC JOINT RESEARCH CENTER ISPRA X X ESTABLISHMENT (1) LIMITED ONLY TO USE OF CODE TO SUPPORT NRU TESTS (2) OPTION (3) RELAPS AND/0R TRAC-PWR a

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o TRANSFER SOFTWARE TO ENGINEERING t'0DELLER (LANL) o INDEPENDENT DATA ENTRY CONTRACTORS IDENTIFY ERRORS IN SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION FY 86 o ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED AT/BY LANL DATA ENTRY AND MINIMUM SET OF DATA DOCUMENTATION INTERFACE SOFTWARE TO TRAC E.G. BYPASS o DEMONSTRATION BY LANL OF RESAR-3S DATA ENTRY AND DECK CREATIONS AND REN0DALIZATIONS FY 87 o EXTEND NPDB TO WE.2L, WE.36, BaW, CE -

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o FY 88 o EXTEND NPDB TO BWR o FY 89 o COMPLETE NPDB TO BWR COSTS FY 1986 $ 450 (It!CLUDES $250K FY 85 CARPYOVER) + $50K TDC FY 1987 400 FY 1988 100 FY 1989 300 TOTAL $1250K ti

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  • 3 MORE PLANTS' NASKS
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  • TRAC-BWR SELF-INITIALIZE
  • COMPLETE SECONDARY
  • GENERIC 1-D COMPONENT

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  • PARALLELIZATION p
  • DEM0 ON CRAY XMP-48 f

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  • IMPLEMENT TRAC-NPA ON R FY87
  • BWR-4 MASK + 1 NPA-BWR DECK h
  • TWO STEP NUMERICS ON 3-D A PARALLEL PROCESSOR h

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  • CONSULTATION TO USERS
  • CONSULTATION TO USERS V
  • MAINTENANCE + CONSULTATION

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  • IMPLEMENT NPA EXEC AND TRAC-BWR N ON PARALLEL PROCESSOR
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  • MAINTENANCE
  • MAINTENANCE NPA FY86 $ 750K = 400 + 350 87 $1000K = 700 + 300 88 $ 500K = 400 + 100 89 $ 200K

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