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Summary of 860806 Meeting W/Util,State of Vt,Harmon & Weiss & Vermont Pirg in Bethesda,Md Re Status of Facility Mark I Containment Safety Study.Attendee List & Viewgraphs Encl
ML20209F004
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 09/09/1986
From: Rooney V
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,i.. Stptember 9, 1986 Docket No. 50-271 LICENSEE: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation FACILITY: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

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AUGUST 6, 1986 MEETING WITH THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION (VYNPC)

Re: Containment safety study status On August 6, 1986, a meeting was held at the NRC headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss the status of the Vermont Yankee Mark I containment safety study. Enclosure 1 is a list of individuals that attended the meeting.

Enclosure 2 is a handout of the slides presented by VPNPC at the meeting.

VYNPC reported that the Vermont Yankee plant had been compared to !! ark I containment design assumed for generic studies with respect to: hydrogen control, drywell sprays, containment pressure control, core debris control, and training and procedures.

These comparisons were almost complete, and at the time of the meeting, inputs by consultants were being condensed and integrated into a single report. The report should be complete at the beginning of September, as scheduled.

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Vernon L. Rooney, Project Manager BWR Project Directorate #2 Division of BWR Licensing

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Mr. J. G. Weigand W. P. Murphy, Vice President &

President & Chief Executive Officer Manager of Operations Vemont Yankee Niclear Power Corp. Vemont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.

R. D. 5, Pox 169 R. D. 5. Box 169 Ferry Road Ferry Road Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Mr. Donald Hunter, Vice President Mr. Gerald Tarrant . Comissioner Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.. Vermont Department of Public, Service

- 1671 Worcester Road 120 State Street Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 Montpelier, Vermont 05602 New England Coalition en Nuclear Pollution Hill and Dale Fam Public Service Board R. D. 2, Box 223 State of Vermont Putney, Vemont 05346 120 State Street Montpelier Vemont 05602 Mr. Walter Zaluzny Chaiman, Board of Selectman Vemont Yankee Decommissionirg Post Office Box 116 Alliance Vernon, Vermont 05345 Box 53 Montpelier, Vemont 05602-0053 J. P. Pelletier, Plant Maneger Vemont Yankee fluclear Power Corp.

Post Office Box 157 Resident Inspector Vernon, Vemont 05354 U. 5. Nuclear Regulatory Corrission Post Office Box 176 Raymond N. McCandless Vernon, Verront 05354 Vermont Division of Occupationti A Radiological Health Vermont Public Interest Administration Building Research Group, Inc.

10 Baldwin Street 43 State Street Montpelier Vemont 05602 Montpelier, Yemont 05602 Honorable liohn J. Easton Thomas A. Murley Attorney General Regional Adninistrator State of Vermont Region I office 109 State Street U. 5. tuclear Regulatory Corrission Montpelier, Vemont 05602 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 John A. P.itscher, Esquire Ropes & Gray 225 Franklin Street .

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Enclosure 1 LIST OF MEETING ATTENDEES August 6, 1986 Name Organization H. Abelson NRC/ DBL /PD#P D. Muller NRC/ DBL /PD#2 J. Thayer Yankee Atomic Electric Co.

R. Lodwick VYNPC W. Murphy VYhPC S. Shultz Yankee Atomic Electric Co.

R. Auluck NRC/ DBL /PD#1 P. Paull State of Vermont G. Tarrant State of Vermont S. Kurphy NIRS D. Shum NRC/ DBL /F0B T. Elasser NRC/RI P. Leech NRC/ DBL /PD#1 M. Thadani NRC/ DBL /PDf2 R. Bachmann NRC/0GC J. Gray, Jr. New York Power Authority J. Kopeck NRC/PA J. Coates Vermont Public Interest Research Group D. Hew Harmon & Weiss R. Houston NRC/ DBL M. Hodges NRC/ DBL /RSB G. Lainas NRC/ DBL /BWAD R. Bernero NRC/ DBL

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Enclosure 2 VERMONT YANKEE CONTAINMENT SAFETY STUDY

1. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE OF EACH TASK INCLUDING PRELIMINARY RESULTS MARK 1 DESIGN REVIEW o WASH 1400 DESIGN COMPARIS0N o KEY DESIGN DIFFERENCES o VERMONT YANKEE DESIGN

SUMMARY

VERMONT YANKEE CONTAINMENT CAPABILITY o VERMONT YANKEE APPROACH o STUDIES AND RESOURCES USED

! o ACCIDENTS AND TRANSIENTS STUDIED l 0 RESULTS UTILIZING KEY DIFFERENCES AT VERMONT YANKEE o DEFINITION OF "90%"

o VY CONTAINMENT CONDITIONAL FAILURE PROBABILITY i CURRENT MARK I ISSUES o DEFINITION AND TECHNICAL STATUS OF 5 ISSUES o APPLICABILITY AND NEED FOR FURTHER STUDY o ACTIVE INDUSTRY AND NRC EFFORTS

1. STATUS

- RESULTS TO DATE

- SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION

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CONTAINMENT SAFETY STUDY DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL FEATURES COMPARISON

't Design / Operational Date Vermont Yankee (WASH-1400)

General Plant Data Plant Type CE BWR GE BWR C ntainment Type Mark 1 Pressure Suppression Mark I Pressure Suppression Rated Therwal Power, NWt 1,593 3,293 Rated Core Flow, Ib/hr 48.0 x 10E6 102.5 x 10E6 Rated Steam Flow, ib/hr 6.43 x 10E6 13.381 x 10E6 Reactor Data inside Height, ft-in 63 - 1.5 72 - 11 inside Diameter, in. 205 251

Containment Data Internal Design Pressure, psig 56 56 Derwell Data cylinder Diameter, ft. 33 38.5 ft. 62 67 Spherical Free Air Volume, ft Diameter,3 134,000 159,000 Torus Data Major Diameter, ft. 98 111.5
Minor Diameter, ft. 27.66 31 W;ter Volume, min / max., ft 3 68,000/70,000 123,000 Free Air Volume, ft3 114,200/112,200 119,000 Vent Pipes Data Number 8 8 I

Internal Diameter, ft. 6.75 6.75 Downcomer Pipe Data Number 96 96 Internal Diameter, ft. 2 2 Submergence, ft. (nominal) 4 4 Number of WW-DW Vacuum 10 12 Breakers 1

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Secondary Containment Data Fece Air Volume 2,120,000 2,400,000 Mitigation Systems DeslKn Data HPCI System Eu;ber of Trains or Subsystems 1 1 Number of Pumps / Train 1 1 Design Flow / Train 4,250 spm at 1,120 to 150 psid 5,000 gpm at 1,100 to 150 pcis Electrical Power DC only (turbine-driven) DC only (turbine-driven)

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Number of Trains or subsystems 1 1 Number of Pumps / Train 1 1 Design Flow / Train 400 600 spm Electrical Power DC only (turbine-driven) DC only (turbine-driven)

RHR System s Number of Trains or Subsystems 2 2' Number of Pumps / Train 2 2 Nu;ber of HXs/ Train 1 2 Design Flow / Train 14,400 gpm 20,000 spm Eltetrical Power Emergency ac and de Emergency ac and de Source of Water Torus Torus Service water (river) Service water Ultimate backup (Diesel fire pump.

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Emergency Diesel Generator Systess Nu;ber of Emergency Buses 2 4 per unit Number of Emergency Diesels 2* 4* - Shared between two units

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. RATIO DESIGN PARAMETER VERMONT YANKEE / WASH 1400

RATED THERMAL POWER .48 DRYWELL VOLUME / POWER 1.75 TORUS WATER VOLUME / POWER 1.19 TORUS AIR VOLUME / POWER 1.96

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VERMONT YANKEE DESIGN

SUMMARY

o SMALL REACTOR PLANT (NSSS) IN LARGE MARK 1 CONTAINMENT o ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES CAPACITY o RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL CAPABILITY o ELECTRIC DRIVEN MAIN FEED PUMPS

o DC SYSTEM CAPACITY & DIVERSITY

- 8 HOUR BATTERY RATING

- APPENDIX R BATTERIES

- SPECIAL PURPOSE BATTERIES

- UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES o AC SYSTEM RELIABILITY & DIVERSITY

- VERNON HYDRO IIE LINE NORTHEAST GRID RELIABILITY

- SEPARATE HIGH LINE RIGHT OF WAYS o DIESEL FIRE PUMP CROSSTIE TO RHR SYSTEM O

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STUDY APPROACH o IDENTIFY THE DOMINANT ACCIDENT SEQUENCES WHICH CAN LEAD TO SEVERE ACCIDENTS AT VERMONT YANKEE.

o QUANTIFY THE DOMINANT SEQUENCES USING A REFERENCE MARK I MODIFIED FOR THE UNIQUE VERMONT YANKEE FEATURES.

! o DEVELOP THE CONTAINMENT EVENT TREE TO DISPLAY THE PATHWAYS TO SAFE MITIGATION AND POTENTIAL RADIONUCLIDE RELEASE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

o QUANTIFY THE CONTAINMENT EVENT TREE USING AVAILABLE ESTIMATES OF MITIGATION RELIABILITY AND STANDARD MODELS.

o CALCULATE THE CONDITIONAL FAILURE PROBAB:LITY OF CONTAINMENT.

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STUDIES 8 RESOURCES STUDIES o WASH 1400 o IDCOR

- IPE METHODOLOGY

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REPORT

- TASK REPORT DOCUMENTS o DRAFT BWR MARK I PSA's o SEVERE ACCICENT SEQUENCE ANALYSIS PROGRAM RESOURCES o YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY o DELIAN CORPORATION o FAUSKE AND ASSOCIATES o RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES o GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY o PICKARD LOWE & GARRICK, INC.

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VERMONT YANKEE RESULTS

' DOMINANT SE0VENCES STATION BLACK 0UT KEY DIFFERENCES:

o DIESEL FIRE PUMP CROSSTIE o VERNON HYDRO TIE LINE o DC SYSTEM CAPABILITY o DIESEL GENERATOR RELIABILITY o NEW ENGLAND GRID STABILITY E

KEY DIFFERENCES:

o CONTAINMENT SIZE VS. POWER

, o EXISTING ATWS MODIFICATIONS AND COMMITMENTS o LARGE RHR SYSTEM HEAT REMOVAL CAPACITY o MSIV REOPEN CAPABILITY o EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES

DEFINITION OF "90%"

WASH-lq00 ASSUMPTIONS o ALL SEQUENCES GELT /NON-MELT) ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONTAIN'ENT FAILURE o CORE MELT RELEASE CATEGORIES

1. STEAM EXPLOSION
2. OVERPRESSURE FAILURE DIRECT TO ATMOSPHERE .
3. OVERPRESSURE FAILURE THROUGH REACTOR BUILDING
4. ISOLATION FAILURE o RELEASE CATEGORIES 2 & 3 DOMINATE RISK o SEQUENCES WHICH CONTRIBUTE COMPRISE 90%

ATWS LOSS OF RESIDUAL CORE HEAT REMOVAL CURRENT STUDY o DIFFERENT DOMINANT SEQUENCES IDENTIFIED o KNOWLEDGE OF CONTAINMENT FAILURE PHENOMENA AND CRITERIA HAS EVOLVED

CONTAINMENT CONDITIONAL FAILURE PROBABILITY o CALCULATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF EACH ACCIDENI CLASS 10 10TAL LIKELIHOOD OF CORE MELT o DEIERMINE THE CONDITIONAL FAILURE PROBABIL11Y OF CONIAINMENT FOR EACH ACCIDENT CLASS o CALCULATE THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF PRIMARY CONTAINMENI FAILURE PROBABILITY

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CONDITIONAL CON 1AINMENT FAILURE PROBABILITY QUANTIFICA110N DOMINANT FRACTIONAL CONTAINMENT CONTRIBUTION Acc! DENT CONTRIBUTION FAILURE TO WEIGHTED SEQUENCE (CORE MELT) PROBABILITY AVERAGE LOSS OF COOLANT MAKEUP A A AXA LOSS OF CONTAINMENT HEAT REMOVAL B B BxB LOCA c C cxC ATWS o D oxD n

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I CURRENT TECHNICAL ISSUES

1. HYDROGEN CONTROL
2. DRYWELL SPRAYS
3. CONTAINMENT PRESSURE CONTROL I4. CORE DEBRIS CONTROL
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HYDROGEN CONTROL OBJECTIVE: PREVENT HYDR 0 GEN COMBUSTION CAUSED FAILURE SUGGESTIONS:

OXYGEN CONTROL INERT TO START CONTROL INGRESS OF OXYGEN ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY NRC:

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WHEN AND HOW LONG NOT INERTED PRESENT VY CAPABILITY RELATIVE TO PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS

1. CONTAINMENT INERTED
2. ELECTRIC POWER NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN INERT
3. TECH. SPECS. CONTROL DEINERT TIME
4. PLANT SHUTDOWN IF TECH. SPEC. CANN01 BE MET 4

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DRYWELL SPRAYS OBJECTIVE: SPRAY WATER T0:

1. LOWER PRESSURE
2. COOL VULNERABLE EQUIPMENT
3. OVENCllDEBRIS
4. SCRUB AEROSOLS SUGGESTIONS:
1. SPRAY IN DRYWELL
2. INDEPENDENT BACKUP WATER SOURCES AND PUMPS H0SE CONNECTIONS USE OF FIREMAINS ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY NRC:
1. RISK OF IMPLOSION
2. RISK 0F HYDROGEN COMBUSTION AFTER STEAM CONDENSATION
3. MANUAL ACTIONS AND TIMING PRESENT VY CAPABILITY RELATIVE TO PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS:
1. EXISTING FLOW PATH FROM DIESEL FIRE PUMPS TO VESSEL OR DRYWELL SPRAYS (2500 GPM)
2. AVAILABLE FOLLOWING STATION BLACK 0UT
3. IF EMERG DIESEL AVAILABLE, SYSTEM OPERABLE FROM OUTSIDE REACTOR BUILDING ,

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CONTAINMENT - PRESSURE CONTROL OBJECTIVES: 1. AVERT UNCONTROLLED OVERPRESSURE FAILURE

2. CONTROL RELEASE PATH (SCRUBBING)

SUGGESTIONS:

1. SUBSTANTIAL CAPABILITY TO VENT WETWELL
2. REMOTE / RELIABLE CONTROL 0F VENT VALVE
3. ABILITY TO RECLOSE VENT ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY NRC:
1. DELIBERATE RELEASE OF RADI0 ACTIVITY
2. WHAT CONSTITUTES REMOTE / RELIABLE CONTROL?
3. IS VENTING 10 SECONDARY CONTAINMENT ACCEPTABLE?
4. WHAT IS APPROPRIATE ACTION PRESSURE?

PRESENT VY CAPABILITY RELATIVE TO PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS:

1. EIGHTEEN INCH ATMOSPHERIC CONTROL SYSTEM VENTS
2. THREE INCH ATMOSPHERIC CONTROL SYSTEM VENT
3. TWENTY AND EIGHTEEN INCH NITROGEN PURGE LINES
4. SIX INCH NITR0 GEN PURGE LINES
5. ONE INCH NITROGEN CAD LINE - EXISTING PROCEDURE i

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CORE DEBRIS CONTROL OBJECTIVE: REDUCE LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURE BY DIRECT CONTACT OF CORE DEBRIS WITH DRYWELL WALL.

SUGGESTIONS:

1. USE PRACTICAL DEBRIS RETARDING BARRIERS
2. CONSERVE SUPPRESSION P0OL WATER AS A OVENCHING POOL ISSUE IDENTIFIED BY NRC: WHAT IS PRACTICAL?

PRESENT VY CAPABILITY RELATIVE TO PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS:

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SMALL CORE DEBRIS VOLUME COMPARED TO PREVIOUS STUDIES

2. DRYWELL SUMPS COMBINED VOLUME APPR0XIMATELY 200 FT3
3. >1200 FT DRYWELL FLOOR SURFACE AREA
4. D0WNCOMERS APPR0XIMATELY ONE FOOT AB0VE DRYWELL FLOOR

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1. CLEAR SYMPTOM BASED STRATEGIES (INTEGRATED)
2. REMOVAL 0F UNNECESSARY INHIBITIONS
3. TRAINING ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY NRC:
1. COMPETING SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
2. DEGREE OF TRAINING PRESENT VY CAPABILITY RELATIVE TO PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS:
1. REV. 3 0F EMERGENCY PROCEDURE GUIDELINES (EPG's) IMPLEMENTED
2. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN REV. 4 DEVELOPMENT

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4. EXTENSIVE OPERATOR TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDES SEVERE ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND MITIGATION

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