ML20207P490
| ML20207P490 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 01/09/1987 |
| From: | Bailey J SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. |
| To: | Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| GN-1307, NUDOCS 8701160184 | |
| Download: ML20207P490 (4) | |
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Post Offce Boa 282 Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
. Telephone 404 7221543 404 722-8943 A
Vogtle Project January 9, 1987 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation File:
X7BC35 Attention: Mr. B.~J. Youngblood Log:
GN-1307 PWR Project Directorate #4 Division of PWR Licensing A U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D.C.
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Reference:
GN-1281, dated 1/2/87 NRC DOCKET NUMBERS 50-424 AND 50-425 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT NUMBERS CPPR-108 AND CPPR-109 V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT - UNITS 1 AND 2 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
STARTUP TEST PROGRAM:
R0D MISALIGNMENT DETECTION
Dear Mr. Denton:
In a discussion with your staff, Georgia Power Company committed to supplying information dealing with the training and experience of the operating staff in performing flux mapping, in support of GPC's position taking exception to the rod misalignment test.
Information dealing with that training and experience is contained in - the attachment to this letter.
This letter rescinds the above referenced letter.
If your staff requires any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
- Sincerly,
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J. A. Bailey Project Licensing Manager MSH:rbs Attachment xc:
R. E. Conway NRC Regional Administrator R. A. Thomas NRC Resident Inspector J. E. Joiner, Esquire D. Feig B. W. Churchill, Esquire R. W. McManus M. A. Miller (2)
L. T. Gucwa B. Jones Vogtle Project File G. Bockhold, Jr.
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' ATTACHMENT January 8, 1987
Subject:
V0GTLE' REACTOR. ENGINEER TRAINING APPLICABLE TO THE DETECTION: OF MISALIGNED CONTROL RODS Summary-Four of the reactor engineers are presently qualified by training and experience to analyze flux maps. The fifth reactor engineer may be qualified following experience gained during the power ascension testing program.
All five Vogtle reactor engineers have degrees in nuclear engineering. Four.
have ' Westinghouse training-in flux mapping techniques and -incore analysis
. codes, and two attended the 1986 Westinghouse Reactor Engineers Seminar where misalignment - was specifically discussed. Three of the four have taken and
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analyzed 'incore maps during prior Westinghouse plant startups and restarts, and the other has observed. The recaining member recently joined Georgia Power and has no commercial plant experience.
'The Staff Dr. Robert L. Florian, Reactor Engineering Supervisor The Reactor Engineering Supervisor is Robert L.
Florian, PhD Nuclear Science and -Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982.
Dr.
Florian was' lead engineer for development of low power and. at-power.
physics tests during startup of Wolf Creek, a Vogtle SNUPPS prototype. He performed and analyzed flux maps at various conditions during the power ascension test program.
Dr.
Florian also developed procedures at Wolf Creek for physics-related surveillances including measurement of quadrant power tilt ratio and calibration of excore/incore. detectors.
While at Wolf Creek, Dr.
Florian also installed and benchmarked the Westinghouse Operational Core Analysis Package of programs on an off-site IBM-370 facility. These programs are used for flux maps, and burnup and boron follow analysis.
Prior to obtaining his Doctorate, Dr.
Florian briefly.was a reactor engineer at ~ North Anna during Unit I commercial operation and Unit II power ascension testing.
'He participated in surveillance testing, flux mapping, and incore/excore calibration.
t Dr. Florian attended Westinghouse Operational Core Analysis Package (0 CAP)
- training in November 1985.
Dr.-Florian also attended the 1986 Westinghouse Reactor Engineers Seminar.
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- V0GTLE NUCLEAR ENGINEER TRAINING....... (Continued).... 01/08/87 Mr. M._ Wayne Davis y
Mr.. Davis holds-a Bachelor of Science'in Nuclear Engineering from-Georgia Institute of Technology,---1980. Mr.
Davis has participated in three restart testing programs at: Plant Farley, a Westinghouse three loop plant, in 1983 and 1985.
He : performed and analyzed. flux maps and incore/excore detector-calibrations.
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'Mr.
Davis' also participated in initial zero-power testing at Callaway, a SNUPPS plant, including taking and analyzing low power physics flux maps. At Callaway, these maps included unrodded, rodded, and misaligned configurations.
~ Mr.
Davis attanded the Station Reactor Engineer training course in 1984. He attended the 1985 Westinghouse Reactor -Engineers Seminar and is the Georgia M
Power.represenative to'the Westinghouse Owner's Group.
- Mr. Alan G. Rickman
)k. Rickman holds a Masters of Science, Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Iqkitute of Technology, 1981. From March _to July, 1986, Mr. Rickman participated in the startup from_ fuel load to 30% power of Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit ~ II, a Westinghouse four loop plant where he performed and analyzed flux maps. He
- also performed Catawba I monthly surveillances and quarterly incore/excore calibrations.
Mr. Rickman attended the. Station Reactor Engineer training course in 1984. He
.also attended the 1986 Westinghouse Reactor Engineers Seminar.
Mr. Michael Barker Mr.
Barker holds a Bachelor of Science, Nuclear Engineering, from Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983.- He has observed physics-testing during Plant Farley restart in January 1986.
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Barker attended the Westinghouse Station Reactor Engineer Course in April 1985, and the Operational Core Analysis Program (OCAP) in November 1985.
Mr. Don Sowsawat
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Mr.
Sowsawat holds a Masters of Science, Nuclear Engineering, from Texas A&M, 1983, and a Masters of Science, Nuclear Technology, from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1976. He is a recent Georgia Power employee.
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Westinghouse Courses Westinghouse courses discussed in this letter consist of two reactor engineer training programs, Operational Core Analysis Package, and the Station Reactor-Engineer. Training Course,.and annual Reactor Engineer Seminars. Each is detailed below.
' Operational Core Analysis Package The two week Operational Core Analysis Package (OCAP) course is conducted by.
the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Division. Its purpose is tc train reactor engineers in the following core analysis codes:
INCORE:
Theory and practice behind flux mapping and flux map analysis to determine core power distribution, hot channel factor analysis, incore/excore calibration, identification of misaligned control rods, and thermocouple analysis.
FOLLOW:
Methods for comparing measured and predicted reactivity behavior as a function of core burnup, confirm Technical Specification of boron follow, and prediction of end of cycle life.
TOTE:
Use of reaction rate data from INCORE analysis for performing burnup and isotopic calculations to provide periodic isotopic reports to the NRC and to predict end of cycle isotopes in fuel assemblis to be used in the subsequent cycle reload design.
EIGHT:
Economic analysis for fuel cycle cost determination.
Station Reactor Engineer Training Course The Westinghouse Station Reactor Engineer' Training Course requires eight weeks. Many topics were discussed when.Vogtle's engineers attended, including accident analysis of dropped rods, normal reactor engineer responsibility, Technical Specification core-related surveillances (excore/incore calibration, hot channel factors, quadrant power tilt, etc.),. initial core load and reload instrumentation, and reactor engineering aspects of startup (Regulatory Guideline 1.68).ests.
Core design methodology was also discussed, including reasons' for locating movable incore detectors and various enrichments of fuel and burnable poison pins. One week was spent on the four OCAP codes. Most of i
this time was spent on INCORE. Actual flux maps from various plants were used to show'different perturbations including dropped rodlets. Maps with erroneous data were provided so engineers could learn to recognize and correct erroneous results.
Reactor Engineers Seminar 1-The Reactor Engineers Seminar is held every September. Various topics of mutual interest among Westinghouse plants are discussed. Misaligned rod detection was discussed in the 1986 meeting.
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