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Summary of 216th ACRS Meeting on 780406-07 Re Implementation of ACRS Recommendations from 770114 ACRS Rept Re Subj Facil
ML20148K961
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Site: Davis Besse Cleveland Electric icon.png
Issue date: 04/07/1978
From:
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
References
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. MINLTTES OF ME 2162 ACRS MEETING APRIL 6-7r 1978 V. Meeting with the NRC Staff on Recent Operating Experience, Licensing Actions, Generic Matters Relating to IMRs and Future Agenda (Open to Public)

[ Note Romas G. McCreless was the Designated Federal' Employee for.

this portion of the meeting.]

A. Davis-Besse-1: Implementation of ACRS Recommendations from the ACRS Report of January 14,-1977 i

L. B. Engle, NRC Staff, discussed the inglenentation of the '

l ACRS recommendations ircluded in the Committee'ai report of January

.14, 1977. (For background,'see Appendix XXVI.) He said that the purpose of this report is to update the Ccamittee to the current status. He noted that Supplement No.1 to the SER was issued on April 22,1977, the same date that an OL was issued for Davis-Besse, Unit 1. Although the OL was issued authorizing' full power, 960 MNe, the operetion of the facility was restricted to a sequence of operational modes . until preoperational test, startup test, and other items were completed to the satisfaction of the .

. .NRC Staff. h is OL stipulated 19 conditions that imposed limita '

tions on plant operations, and required special reports and/or modifications to be completed at specific times following the date of the issuance of the license. -Since the issuance of the' license, 6 conditions to the license have been removed by amendments, supported by SERs, and 2 conditions have been revised.

%e reactor attained criticality on August 12, 1977, initial i electricity was produced on August 23, and 75% of full power was attained on January 23, 1978. A reactor power of 90% was obtained for 2 days on February 15 and 16, 1977. However, condenser prob-

-lems required the Licensee to reduce operating power to 75%, until

-April 3, when power was increased. 100% of rated power was reached on April 4. Based on recommendations by Babcock and Wiloox (B&W),

the NSSS vendor, on April 5 the Licensee reduced plant operation to 3 pumps to reduce flow and is currently oprating at about 75%

of full rated power. Rwis-Besse has burnable poison rod assemb-lies, and is therefore affected by the failure of one of these assemblies in the Crystal River Plant. Se cumulative service factor has been about 75f and the unit forced-outage rate has been about 25%. ne shuviowns were required for repairing 'and servicing equipment primarily in the secondary system. The first scheduled refueling' outage is planned for late 1979.

In answer to a question, L. B. Engle said .that the condenser problems to which he referred involved some tube ' leaks. It has not yet been determined whether these leaks are from flow-induced vibration as a function of power. Tubes will.be inspected during a planned. outage.

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APRIL 6-7, 1978 L. B. Engle reviewed the items raised in the Committee's January 14, 1977 report e Increase of seismic design basis from 0.15g to 0.2g. The NRC Staff stipulated in the operating license that the Licen-see shall submit a seismic reanalysis and evaluation to the l NRC for its review in sufficient time to obtain Commission l approval of the adequacy of the plant systems needed to l accomplish safe shutdown of the plant and continued shutdown heat renoval prior to startup following the first regularly scheduled refueling outage. In performing the reanalysis, a safe shutdown earthquake of 0.2g shall be applied at the foundation level of the plant, and the response spectra shall be as specified in Reg. Guide 1.60. The NRC Staff is in the process of developing guidelines for this seismic reanalysis.

e ECCS. The NRC Staff has reviewed revised nucleate boilirg logic proposed by B&W, which does not allow return to nucle-ate boiling after critical heat flux conditions are reached.

The NRC Staff has determined that the revised logic was an appropriate change to be incorporated in the B&W evaluation model, that the overall effect of the change on peak clad c temperature was insignificant, and that it met the Acceptance Criteria. The Applicant has submitted additional analyses correcting for fuel pin pressure errors and erroneous flow resistance values for the reactor vessel inlet nozzle. The NRC Staff has determined that the ECCS analysis for Davis-Besse, Unit 1, is in accordance with Appendix K.

e Large Break Analysis. The operating license stipulated that, within six months from its issuance, the Licensee shall provide additional supporting analysis for the large break spectrum to document the exact margins, and should provide to the NRC Staff reactor coolant system flow data. The Licensee subnitted the large-break spectrum oni October 21, but, be-cause of delays in plant operation, the coolant system flow data were not available. The license condition was revised to require that within 30 days following 2 weeks of sustained reactor power operation at a power level of 90% or greater of rated thermal power, the Licensee provide operating reactor l system coolant flow data. However, during the 2 days that l the plant was at 90% rated thermal power, the Licensee was able to obtain the system flow data, and is getting ready to j subnit the information to the NRC Staff by mid-April.

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MINUTES OF THE 216TH ACRS MEL'rItG APRIb6-7,1978

- e Improved Radiation Surveillance in Ohio. The State of Ohio f has indicated to the NRC Staff that it is initiating a pro-gram which will eventually qualify for an NRC state contract for technical aid, e Iong Term Capability of Hermetic Seals. Environmental quali-fication of equipment is being pursued by the NRC Staff as part of a Category A generic activity, Task Action Plan A-24, Qualification of Class IE Safety-Related Equipment, to assure proper performance of seal materials during plant operation.

e Instrumentation to Folica the Course of an Accident. The NRC Staff has issued Regulatory Guide ~ 1.97 (Rev.1), and a technical activities steering committee was established on August 22, 1977. The NRC Staff has concluded that the instrumentation to monitor post-accident conditions met the NRC Staff criteria and was acceptable. However, Davis-Besse 1 does not meet Position C.3 of Regulatory Guide 1.97, Revision 1, and guidance is being developed in this area.

e AWS. This is a generic matter. The NRC Staff has prepared a draft generic technical report on AtiS which incorporatas the comments and concerns of the industry, including the ,

Babcock and Wilcox Company. This draft report is currently being reviewed by NRC management and the NRC Staff. An open meeting will be held on April 19, 1977, to discuss the stud-ies concerning ABiS.

e Fire Protection. The Licensee has submitted its fire hazard analysis report, and the NRC Staff has determined that the report was not adequate for determining the fire protec-tion program in accordance with Appendix A to the Branch Technical Position. Therefore, a condition was placed on the license, stipulating that within three years from the date of issuance of the license, the Licensee shall increase the level of fire protection in the facility to the levels recom-mended in Appendix A, or with alternatives acceptable to the NRC Staff. Prior to startup following a first regularly scheduled refueling outage, the Licensee shall implement Section B of Appendix A, Admiristrative Procedures, ' Controls, and F.4.re Brigade, and Section C of Appendix A, Quality Assuranco Program. Since the issuance of the OL, the reevalu-ation of the fire protection program has continued. The Licensee has presented additional information on the installa-tion of fire retardant seals for electric penetrations. The 26

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APRn,6-7,1978 NRC Staff has concluded that these seals through fire barri-ers as installed at Davis-Besse are conditionally acceptable.

However, the NRC Staff has required that the Licensee perform certain full-scale testing to verify the adequacy of the configuration and installation of the seals that represented the worst-case departure from sections originally tested under the ANSI E119 standard. The NRC Staff is scheduled to complete the Davis Besse Unit 1 fire protection review before the end of of calendar year 1978.

e Industrial Security. The NRC Staff has reviewed the Licen-see's amended security plan as required by NCFR 5073.55, and completed their Phase 1 review in September of 1977. The Licensee has subnitted a modified security plan. This plan is being evaluated.

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