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Summary of 880628 Meeting W/Util in Rockville,Md Re Facility Outage IGSCC Insp/Stress Improvement Plans
ML20150B327
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Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 07/06/1988
From: Dromerick A
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8807110487
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'Occket No. 50-219 LLICENSEE: GPU Nuclear Corporation Jersey Central Power und Light Company

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JUNE 28, 1988 MEETING WITH GPU NUCLEAR CORPORATION (GPUN) TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO THE OYSTER CREEK-12R OUTAGE IGSCC INSPECTION / STRESS IMPROVEMENT PLANS On Tuesday, June 28 ISE8, a meeting was held at NRC, One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland, with GPUN to discuss matters related to the Oyster Creek-12R Outage IGSrc Inspection / Stress Improvement Plans. Attachnent 1 is the list of individuals participating in the discussion Attachnent 2 is the lie.ensee's agenda. The folicwing is a suranary of the significant items discussed.

The licensee presented their plans and indicated that they propose to inspect 58 inspectable welds during the 12R outage. This would leave 102 welds (this includes 40 uninspectable welds) that will not be inspected after the 12R outage. This does not include most of the reactor water cleanup system welds outside of the drywell. The licensee also discussed GPUN's 1GSCC mitagition program in detail (see Attachment 2). GPUN also indicated that during the 13R outage they intend to replace all four isolation condenser penetrations including 4-8 welds inside the drywell ar.d all piping cutside drywell on 75' Elevation with IGSCC resistant naterial.

The licensee concluded that the inspection plan for the 12R outage was adequate to detertnine if n:ajor IGSCC problem exists at Oyster Creek. GPUN also concluded that (1) good water chemistry in cycles 10 and 11 and hydrogen water chemistry in cycle 12 significantly reduces potential f or new cracks and growth rate of existing non detected cracks, if any, (2) their plans minimizes and balances nan-rem exposures over three outages and (3) all welds will have been inspected at least once for IGSCC by the end of 13R except four recirculation safe ends (eight welds-to be inspected in 14R) and 13 RWCU welds cutside the drywell (to be inspected in 14R).

The staff advised the licensee that they shculd (1) provide a con >parison of GPUN's program with Generic Letter 88-01 at the end of 12R, 13R and 14R cutages. GPUN should also include previous inspection results and indicate sarrple size used in the inspection, (2) discuss ccrrpensating measures for welds thtt have not been inspected including the welds in the reactor water cleanup system outside the drywell, (3) discribe how Oyster Creek's leakage detection system meets the requirements of Generic letter 88-01 and (4) commit to a sampling expansion program in accordance with Generic Letter 88-01 for the 12R cutage inspection, yf0 8807110487 800706 O

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Alexander W. Dromerick, Project Manager.

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Ernest L. Blake, Jr. Resident Inspector Shaw, Pittu n, Potts and Trowbridge c/o U.S. NRC 2300 N Street, NW .

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Washington, D.C. 20037 Forked River, New Je,rsey 00731 J.B. Libennan, Esquire Comissioner Pishop, Libennan, Cook, et al. New Jersey Cepartment of Energy 1155 Avenue of the Arnericas 101 Comerce Street New York, New York 10036 Newark, New Jersey 07107 Mr. David M. Scott, Chief Regional Administrator, Region I Bureau of Nuclear Engineering

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P. O. Box 388 Forked River, New Jersey 08731

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. ATTACHMENT 1 015TER CREER DOCKET NO 50-219 HEETING JUNE 28, 1988 LIST OF ATTENDEES omerick ' gl*f ffj "

J.L.Sullivan cas;g R.F. Wilson GPUN C.Y.Cheng NRC/FMTB W.S.Hazelton NRC/FMTB W.Koo NRC/EMTB D.K.Croneberger GPUN J.E. Richardson NRC/NRR/EAD D.W.Covill spug J.F.Stolz NRC/NRR/ POI-4 R. A. Heman NRC/OSP i

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0YSTER 0 REEK i IGS00 INSPECTION /STRESSIMPROVEMENT PLANS JUNE 28,1988 l

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OYSTER OREEK IGS00 INSPECTION HISTORY HISTORY OFIGS00 REPAIRS GPUN'SIGS00 MITIGATION PROGRAM 12 RIGS 00lNSPECTl0N PLAN

  • CATEGORY"G"WELDS AFTER12R BASIS FORINSPECTION PLAN

' PERCENTAGES TECHNICAL INSPECTION AFTER STRESS IMPROVEMENT

SUMMARY

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P PURPOSE l DISCUSS GPUN'S PLANT SPECIFIC PLANS FOR IGS00 MIT;GATIONllNSPECTION DISCUSS GPUN'S RESOLUTION TO SEP TOPIC 111-5 B AND PIPE BREAKINSIDE PENETRATION LISOLATION CONDENSER PENETRATIONS AND PIPING OUTS DRYWELL;l

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  • BACKGROUND / HISTORY OF IGSCC INSPECTIONS UNINSPECTED TOTAL IIR INSPECTABLE UNINSPECTABLE 10R SYSTEM WELDS INSPECTIONS NELDS REMAINING WELDS (NOTE I) INSPECTIONS PI/NPI AFTER llR ,

, RECIRCULATION 89 25 31 29/33 0 j SHUTDOWN COOLING 11 0 0 0/4 7 CORE SPRAY 26 4 1 1/7 14 RWCU (NOTE 2) 51 5 8 2/8 30 ISOLATION CONDENSER INSIDE 2ND VALVE 58 18 18 0UTSIDE 2ND VALVE 6/6 16 131 2 112 58/0 17 CLOSURE HEAD 8 0 0

! 0/0 8 TOTAL 374 54 170 96/58 92 NOTE 1: RECIRCULATION: 5 CASTING-TO-CASTING WELDS, 20 SAFE END WELDS (5 SAFE END TO PIPE / FITTING WELDS INSPECTED FROM ONE SIDE ONLY) DUE TO SAFE END AS-WELDED OD CLADDING.

RWCU: 5 WELDS IN PENETRATIONS ISOLATION CONDENSER: 8 WELDS IN PENETRATIONS, 4 FLUED flEAD-TO-VALVE WELDS, 2 CASTING-TO-CASTING WELDS, 2 SADDLE WELDS (OUTSIDE), 4 SAFE END WELDS DUE TO AS-WELDED OD CIADDING CORE SPRAY: 4 SAFE END WELDS DUE TO AS-WELDED OD' CLADDING.

NOTE 2: RWCU: TOTAL WELDS INSIDE 2ND ISOLATION VALVE. 16 WELDS OUTSIDE DRYWELL OF WHICH 3 HAVE BEEN INSPECTED.

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HISTORY OFIGSCC REPAIRS CORESPRAY:  !

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' 1 CRACK IN SYSTEM 2 SPARGER ISOLATION CONDENSER:

OUTSIDEDRYWELL 10R 18 WELD OVERLAY REPAIRS

' 9 WELDS WITH IGS00 REPLACED WITH 17 NEW WELDS j 11R 1 WELD OVERLAY REPAIR RE0lR0VLATION 11R

' 2WELDOVERLAYREPAIRS 1 WELD LEFT AS"STRESSIMPROVED" l

NOTE: ALL RECIRCULATION SYSTEM IGS00 INDICATl0NS ON I

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IGS00 MITIGATION PROGRAM WATER 0VALITY HYDROGEN WATER CHEMISTRY STRESSIMPROVEMENT SELECTED REPLACEMENT OF SUSCEPTIBLE MATERIAL REDUCTION OF UNINSPECTABLE WELDS-PENETRATION INTERNALS AND CLADDING MACHINING SELECTIVE USE OF CORROSION RESISTANT CLAD

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GPUN'S IGS00 MITIGATION IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE i

CYCLE 10(1984 TO PRESENT) i

' IMPLEMENTED WATER QUALITY PROGRAM

' AVERAGE-11uSl0M.,FEWUPSETS CYCLE 11R(1986)

' 64 RECIR0VLATION WELDS STRESS IMPROVED (100% OF SYSTEM EXCLUDING 10 SAFE ENDS AND 5 CASTING-TO-CASTING WELDS?

CYCLE 12R(1988?

' STRESSIMPROVEMENT

' 2RECIR0VLATIONSAFEENDSLC-LOOPX4 WELDS?

2CORESPRAYSAFEENDS(4 WELDS?

' 21SOLATl0N CONDENSER SAFE ENDS (4 WELDS?

22 CORE SPRAY WELDS (100% OF SYSTEM > 200' F?

9 ISOLATION CONDENSER WELDS INSIDE DRYWELL CYCLE 12(JAN/FEB1989?

' IMPLEMENT HYDROGEN WATER CHEMISTRY (HWC?

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GPUN'S IGS00 MITIGATION IMPLEMENTAIl0N SCHEDULE LCONTINVED) 0YCLE13R(1990?

STRESSIMPROVEMENT

' 4 RECIRCULATION SAFE ENDS (VESSEL INLET? (8 WELDS) 10 ISOLATION CONDENSER WELDSINSIDE DRYWELL 11 SHVTDOWN COOLING WELDS (100% OF SYSTEM > 20 REPLACE WITH IGSCC RESISTANT MATERIAL ISOLATION CONDENSER ALLFOURPENETRATIONSINCLUDING4-8 WELDS INSIDE DRYWELL

' ALL PIPING 0VTSIDE DRYWELL ON 75' ELEVATION TO RESOLVE SEP TOPIC lll-5.B CLOSUREHEAD

' 5 WELDS RWCV 4 WELDS AT ELB0WS NEAR PENETRATIONS TO GAIN A00'SS FOR CRC 0F WELDS IN PENETRATIONS

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GPUN'S IGS00 MITIGATION IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE LOONTINUED)  !

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' 5RWOUWELDSINPENETRATIONS

  • 3CLOSUREHEADN0ZZLE-TO-FLANGEWELDS

' ALL ISOLATION CONDENSER CASTING WELDS ON 75' ELEVATION (VALVE-T0-VALVE, VALVE-T0-PENETR ATION AND VALVE-TO-PIPE?

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DE00N RECIR0VLATION(BEING EVALUATED? AND RWCU

' STRESSIMPROVEMENT 4 REMAINING RECIRCULATl0N SAFE ENDS (VESSEL l OUTLET?(8 WELDS?

17-21 REMAINING ISOLATION CONDENSER WELDS INSIDE DRYWELL l

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SUMMARY

OF IGS00 MITIGATION STRATEGY

' GPUN INTENDS TO HAVE ALL WELDS PROTECTED BY AT LEA ONE IGS00 MITIGATOR BY THE END OF THE 14R REFUELING OUTAGE.

  • RECIRCULATION: STRESSIMPROVEMENT AND HWC

' SHUTDOWN 000 LING: STRESSIMPROVEMENT

' CORESPRAY: STRESSIMPROVEMiNT RWOU PIPING: HWC

' RWOU PENEIRATION!: HWC AND CRC ISOLATION CONDENSER

' INSIDE DRYWELL: STRESSIMPROVEMENT INS!DE DRYWELL PENETRATIONS: REPLACE WITH RESISTANT MATERIAL, AND NO WELDS IN PENETRATIONS

' OUTS!DEDRYWELLON75' ELEVATION: REPLACEWITH RESISTANTMATERIAL

' CLOSUREHEAD: REPLACEWITHRESISTANTMATERIALS ANDOR0 i

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SUMMARY

OF IGS00 MITIGATION SIRATEGY (CONTINUED) i

' GPUNPROGRAMBALANCESMAN-REMEXPOSURES AND SCHEDULE OVER THE 12R,13R AND 14R OUTAGES

' GPUNPLANRESOLVESSEPTOPIClll-5.B ANDPIPEBREAK INSIDE PENETRATl0N CONCERNS

' REPLACE ALLISOLATION CONDENSER PENETRATIONS WITH 1G$00 RESISTANT MATERIALS AND NO WELDS IN PENETRATIONS

' CRC ALLVALVE-TO-PENETRATION, VALVE-TO-VALVE AND VALVE-T0-PIPE WELDS ON THE 75' ELEVATION

' REPLACE ALL PIPING ON 75' ELEVATION WITH IGS00 RESISTANTMATERIAL

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GPUN 12R IGSCC .

INSPECTION PLAN -

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INSPECTABLE IIR TOTAL UNINSPECTABLE 10R WELDS SYSTEM INSPECTIONS 12R INSPECTIONS WELDS WELDS (NOTE 1) REMAINING -

INSPECTIONS PI/NPI I / NPI /IGSCC P_I .AFTER 12R RECIRCULATION 89 25 31 29/33 7 0 3 0/0%

SHUTDOWN COOLING 11 0 0 0/4 0 2 0 5/45%

CORE SPRAY 26 4 1 1/7 0 $ 0 9/41%

RWCU (NOTE 2) 51 5 8 2/S 0 10 0 20/43%

ISOLATION T.ONDENSER INSIDE 21;D VALVE 58 18 18 6/6 3 7 0 9/22%

OUTSIDE 2ND VALVE 131 2 112 58/0 11 4 4 13/10%

i CLOSURE HEAD 8 0 0 0/0 0 2 0 6/75%

TOTAL 374 54 170 96/58 21 30 7 62/19%

NOTE 1:

RECIRCULATION: 5 CASTING-TO-CASTING WELDS, 20 SAFE END WELDS (5 SAFE END TO PIPE / FITTING WELDS INSPECTED FROM ONE SIDE ONLY) DUE TO SAFE END AS-WELDED OD CLADDING.

RWCU: 5 WELDS IN PENETRATIONS j

ISOLATION CONDENSER: 8 WELDS IN PENETRATIONS, 4 FLUED HEAD-TO-VALVE WELDS, 2 CASTING-TO-CASTING WELDS, 2 S4DDLE WELDS (OUTSIDE), 4 SAFE END WELDS DUE TO AS-WELDED OD CLADDING l CORE SPRAY: 4 SAFE END WELDS DUE TO AS-WELDED r.D CLADDING.

n NOTE 2: C RWCU: TOTAL WELDS INSIDE 2ND ISOLATION VALVE. 16 WELDS OUTSIDE DRYWELL OF WHICH 3 HAVE BEEN INSPECTED.

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RECIR0VLATION SYSTEM SAFE END IGS00 IMPROVEMENTllNSPECTION PLANS

' 20 RECIR0VLATION SYSTEM SAFE END WELDS

  • INSPECT AND STRESS IMPROVE 4 0-LOOP SAFE-END WELD DURING12R

' IF IGS00 DETECTED IN 0-LOOP SAFE ENDS DURING 12R, ALL REMAINING SAFE ENDS WILL BE STRESS IMPROVED AND INSPECTED

' SAFE ENDS HAVE OD CLAD REQUIRING MACHINING PRIOR INSPECTION

' SAFEENDS ALSOHAVEIDCLADOF"LOWCARBON-HIGH FERRITE", EXCEPT OVER ROOT PASS OF N0ZZLE-TO-SAFE END WELD (IN00NEL182?

' REMAINING SAFE-ENDS WILL BE PROTt!0TED BY HYDROGEN WATER CHEMISTRY HIGH RADIAT10N EXPOSURE M80 MAN-REM TO MACHINE OD CLAD,STRESSIMPROVE ANDINSPECT?

UTILIZE 12R EXPERIENCE TO REDUCE FUTURE RADIATION EXPOSURE

' 4VESSELINLETSAFEENDSWILLBESTRESSIMPROVED AND INSPECTED DURING 13R (N0 DE00N BENEFIT?

' 4 VESSEL OUTLET SAFE ENDS WILL BE STRESS IMPROVED A INSPECTED DU11NG 14R LDE00N REDUCES RADIATION EXPOSURE BY FACTOR OF TWO MINIMUM?

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BASIS FOR GPUN'S12RINSPECTION PLAN FOCUS ON WELDS NOT INSPECTED IN 10R (82-03? OR 11 PERCENTAGES ARE A COMBINAT10N OF 84-11 AND DRAFT REV.20F NUREG 0313 .

STRESS IMPROVED IN 11R LRE0lRC-61, ALL POST PROCESS .

INSPECTED): 10% OF TOTAL SYSTEM WELDS i REMAINDER OF SYSTEMS INSIDE 2ND VALVE: 20% OF TOTAL SYSTEM WELDS, MOSTLY UNINSPECTED IN 10R OR 11R ISOLAT10N 00NDENSER OUTSIDE 2ND VALVE: 10% OF TOTAL SYSTEMS WELDS LALL INSPECTABLE WELDS INSPECTED IN 10R,17 NEW WELDS INSTALLED IN 10R?

IGS00 FOUND IN 11R: FOUR WELDS L3 IN RECIRC., AND 1 IN ISOLATION CONDENSER OUTSIDE DRYWELL?

THREE OF THE OVERLAYS DEPOSITED IN 10R LISOLATION CONDENSER): 10% OF TOTAL SYSTEM WELDS ALL SAFE END WELDS WHICH ARE STRESS IMPROVED WILL BE POSTPROCESSINSPECTED SAMPLE EXPANSIONS, SHOULD IGS00 BE FOUND, IN l

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BASIS FOR GPUN'S 12R PLAN LCONTINVED)

' 84-11REQUIREDREINSPECTIONOFWELDSINSPECTEDTO82-03

' 84-111NSPECTl0NSPERFORMEDUNDERPERSONNEL REQUAllFICATION PR02 RAM

' VERIFIED ADE0VACY OF 82-03 INSPECTIONS

' HWC TO BE IMPLEMENTED START OF CYCLE 12

' NWC CONDUCIIVITY SINCE 82-03 !NSPECTIONS EXCELLENT

' AVERAGE ~0.11 uSl0M., FEW UPSETS

' CRACK GROWTH VERY SLOW VNDER THESE CONDITIONS

' GPUN'S PLAN, CONSISTENT WITH DRAFT REV. 2 0F NUREG-0313, DOES NOT REQUlRE SUCCESSIVE-0VTAGE INSPECTION OF CATEGORY D WELDS l

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INSPECTION AFTER STRESS IMPROVEMENT

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' 2RECIRCSAFEENDS(4 WELDS;t-INSPECT AFTERSI 2 CORE SPRAY SAFE ENDS (4 WELDS;t -INSPECT AFTER SI

' 2 iSOLAT10N 00NDENSER SAFE ENDS (4 WELDS;t - INSPECT AFTER SI

' 22 CORE SPRAY PIPE WELDS (8" NPS;'-INSPECT 5, AIM TO PERFORM AFTER SI

' 9 ISOLATION CONDENSER PIPE WELDS L10" NPS? -INSPECT 5, AIM TO PERFORM AFTER SI  !

' BASIS FOR INSPECTING < 100% OF SI'D WELDS

' GENERALPHILOSOPHY-BETTERTOSI ANDINSPECT<100% ,

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' ALARA-WELD Cl10WN REDUCTION ANDINSPECTION HAVE BIG IMPACT ON DOSE M8 MAN-REM FOR CURRENT PIPE SISCOPE?

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SUMMARY

AND CONCLUSIONS INSPECTION PLAN ADEQUATE TO DETERMINE IF MAJOR IGS PROBLEM EXISTS ATOYSTER OREEK GOOD WATER CHEMISTRY IN CYCLES 10 AND 11 AND HYDROGEN WATER CHEMISTRY IN CYCLE 12 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES POTENTIAL FOR NEW CRACKS AND GROWTH RATE OF EXISTING NON DETECTED ORACKS,lF ANY MINIMlZES AND BALANCES MAN-REM EXPOSURES OVER THREE OUTAGES ALL WELDS WILL HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AT LEAST ONCE FOR iGS00 BY THE END OF 13R EXCEPT 4 RECIRCULATION SAFE ENDS (8 WELDSX14R? AND 13 RWCU WELDS OUTSIDE DRYWE L14R? 1 RESOLVES ALL OPEN CONCERNS WITH SEP TOPIC lll-5.B AND PIPE BREAK INSIDE PENETRATION THEREFORE, GPUN WILL PROPOSE DEFERRING PENETRATION X-SA REPAlR TO 13R TO ALLOW PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF ALL ISSUES RATHER

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