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Summary of 980407 Meeting W/Vynp Re Plans & Activities Re Assurance of Adequate Net Positive Head for Certain safety- Related Pumps.List of Meeting Attendees & Copies of Meeting Handouts Encl
ML20216H575
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 04/16/1998
From: Croteau R
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:
NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
References
GL-97-04, GL-97-4, TAC-MA0987, TAC-MA987, NUDOCS 9804210196
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' April 16,1998

, LICENSEE: V rmont Ytnkee Nucbtr Pow r Corporttion (VYNPC)

FACILITY: Vermont Ycnk;o Nucirr Power St: tion

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF MEETING ON APRIL 7,1998, REGARDING ACTIVITIES AT VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (TAC NO. MA0987)

On April 7,1998, representatives of VYNPC, licensee for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Pcwer Station met with members of the staff to discuss plans and activities related to the assurance of adequate net positive suction head (NPSH) for certain safety-related pumps. Enclosure 1 is a list of attendees. Enclosure 2 contains copies of handouts distributed at the meeting.

The licensee stated that no credit for containrnent pressure is necessary in the analysis for adequate NPSH. The pump vendor has confirmed the pump curve NPSH data being used by the licensee, and a vendor report documenting this position is expected shortly. The NPSH margins are being improved by installation of new suction strainers during the current outage.

Regarding containment temperature analysis, the licensee indicated that the adequacy of a 90 degree Fahrenheit (F) initial torus temperature would be confirmed and a technical specification (TS) amendment will be submitted before restart from the current outage. The current TS limit is 100 degrees F, however, the licensee is currently controlling torus temperature to a more restrictive temperature based on its analysis. The licensee has conservatively calculated peak i torus temperature following events to be less than 185 degrees F based on the results of the large break loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) analysis (which results in a 182 degree F peak) and results of previous analyses indicating peak temperatures that were within 1 degree F of the large break LOCA peak or less. Confirmatory analyses of the additional events will be completed by the end of 1998. The licensee appears to be taking appropriate actions in this area.

The justification for pump curve extrapolation for the core spray pump at 4600 g.p.m. was discussed. The licensee agreed to pursue this with the pump vendor and provide the information to the NRC with a supplemental response to Generic Letter 97-04, Assurance of i Sufficient Net Positive Suction Head for Emergency Core Cooling and Containment Heat Removal Pumps, i Original signed by l Richard P, Croteau, Project Manager I Project Directorate 1-3 Division of Reactor Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271 3

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees cc w/encis: See next page
2. Handouts D!STRIBUTION (wtencl.11 E-Mail Hard Cy wiencts.182

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'o Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station ec:

Regional Administrator, Region i Jonathan M. Block, Esq.

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Main Street 475 Allendale Road P. O. Box 566 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Putney, VT 05346-0566 Mr. David R. Lewis Mr. Raymond N. McCandless Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Vermont Division of Occupational 2300 N Street, N.W. and Radiological Health Washington, DC 20037-1128 Administration Building Montpelier,VT 05602 Mr. Richard P. Sedano, Commissioner Vermont Department of Public Service Mr. Gautam Sen 120 State Street,3rd Floor Ucensing Manager Montpelier, VT 05602 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Public Service Board 185 Old Ferry Road State of Vermont Brattleboro, VT 05301 120 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 Resident inspector Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Chairman, Board of Selectmen U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Town of Vemon P.O. Box 176 P.O. Box 116 Vemon, VT 05354 Vemon, VT 05354-0116 Mr. Peter LaPorte Director Mr. Richard E. McCullough ATTN: James Muckerheide Operating Experience Coordinator Massachusetts Emergency Management Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Agency i P.O. Box 157 400 Worcester Rd.

Govemor Hunt Road P.O. Box 1496 Vemon, VT 05354 Framingham, MA 01701-0317 G. Dana Bisbee, Esq. Mr. Donald A. Reid Deputy Attomey General Senior Vice President, Operations 33 Capitol Street Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.

Concord, NH 03301-6937 185 Old Ferry Road Brattleboro,VT 05301 Chief, Safety Unit Office of the Attomey General One Ashburton Place,19th Floor Boston, MA 02108  ;

Ms. Deborah B. Katz Box 83 shellbume Falla, MA 01370 j

n LIST OF ATTENDEES NRCNYNPC Meeting April 7,1998 j NAME ORGANIZATION Cecil Thomas NRR Dick Wessman NRR/EMEB Richard Croteau NRR Bill Sherman Statt. JVermont Jack Kudrick NRR/SCSB Rich Lobel NRR/SCSB Kerri Kavanagh NRR/SRXB Joe Colaccino NRR/EMEB Don Leach Vermont Yankee '

George Morris NRC, Region I Greg Cranston NRC, Region i John Hoffman Vermont Yankee Bill Maher Sequoia Consulting Group Goutam Sen Vermont Yankee Thomas B. Silko Vermont Yankee Bruce Slifer Vermont Yankee Enclosure 1

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O VERMONT YANKEE NRC Meeting Agenda for 4/7/98 Introduction . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Leach Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) . . Bruce C. Slifer Licensing Basis 1

Base Case and Sensitivity Study Vendor Issues / Pump Performance Bulletin Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John R. Hoffman a Status of Analyses Supporting Proposed TS Change . . . . . . . . . . John R. Hoffman

  • BMO Status Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Leach
  • Open issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Enclosure 2 ,

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@ VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION I-LEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS Basis per response to GL 97-04 (dated 1/19/98)

No containment overpressure Debris effects per Regulatory Guide 1.82, Revision 1

. Evaluated effects of:

New strainers LOCA without LNP

  • Vendor confirmed pump curve NPSH data
  • NPSH margins improved

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O VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS The available NPSH is given as follows, I

NPSHA (ft)= h, + h,, - hyp, - h,,

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h=

a Absolute pressure (in feet) on the surface of I the liquid supply level h,,= Static height (in feet) that the liquid supply level is above or below the pump datum h,=

yp Head (in feet) corresponding to the vapor l pressure of the liquid at the temperature being pumped I h,, = All suction line losses (in feet) including entrance losses, friction losses, and strainer loss.

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VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS h, Pressure at surface of suppression pool Vermont Yankee does not currently credit containment pressure above atmospheric in the NPSH evaluation.

A nominal value of 14.7 psia for the containment pressure is used.

Hence, i

h, = (14.7.) (144) / p, I where p,is the liquid density at the temperature of the liquid being pumped.

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VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS h , Pool level relative to pump datum' Both the Vermont Yankee CS and RHR pumps are vertical, single stage pumps with in-line suction and discharge nozzles.

Thus, the datum of the CS and RHR pumps is taken as the elevation of the suction nozzle centerline.

The RHR and CS pump suction elevations are obtained from plant "as-built" drawings and are 215'-11" and 215'-9", respectively.

GL97-04 used the elevation of the suppression pool surface at minimum initial pool level of 227'-1 23/64" (FSAR Fig. 5.2-1).

This evaluation uses actualpool volume following a LOCA without an LNP.

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O VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS h,yp Vapor pressure of the pumped fluid The vapor pressure is a function of the bulk pool temperature. h,p is given by hyp, =P yo, (144) / p, where Pyo,is the vapor pressure.

Vermont Yankee uses the peak pool temperature for the limiting scenario to bound the NPSH calculation.

The peak pool temperatures used in the current NPSH calculations are 176 F for the long-term and 155 F for the short term.

This evaluation considers higher temperatures following a LOCA without an LNP.

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VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS h,, Pump suction line losses. I The key elements in this term are the debris, strainer, and suction piping losses.

In the GL 97-04 calculation, i i

the debris loss is based on Regulatory Guide 1.82, Revision 1, the strainer loss is conservatively assumed to be 1 ft, l

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the strainer entrance tee is included in the i suction piping loss calculation. l In the new strainer calculation, the debris loss based on Regulatory Guide 1.82, Revision 1 is nil, the strainerloss is based on the vendor guaranteed value and includes the transition fittings.

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VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS

Operator action, as described in FSAR, at 10 minutes ,

o RHR secured from LPCI mode and put in containment cooling / spray mode,7000 gpm.

o Core spray throttled to 3000 gpm.

o NPSH evaluated at peak pool temperature, which occurs at ~ 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />.

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VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS

  • Pump Performance Based on original pump witness test data.

Vendor reviewed bounding pump operating conditions and confirmed acceptable pump performance.

Vendor recommended 28 ft NPSH @ 4600 gpm for Core Spray pump.

Vendor recognizes that pump cavitation is expected for design basis post-LOCA conditions, but will not prevent pumps from performing their intended function.

c Original pump curves remain acceptable for determining pump performance.  !

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l kNET POSITIVE VERMONT YANKEE SUCTION HEAD l

EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS RHR, Short-Term (<10 minutes),

2 Pumps / Loop,7100 gpm per Pump i

NEW TERM GL 97-04 STRAINER .

1 h, 34.65 34.75

-h, yp - 9.91 -12.32 h,, 11.2 12.32

-ho3,i, -1.83 nil '

-h,1,,ine, -3.86 -1.22

-h nigin, -3.95 -3.95 NPSHA 26.3 29.6 NPSHR 22.7 22.7

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MARGIN 3.6 6.9 NPSH Margin improved by New Strainer I

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@ VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD l EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS CS, Short-Term (<10 minutes),4600 gpm NEW TERM GL 97-04 STRAINER h, 34.65 34.75

-h, yp l - 9.91 -12.32 I h et 11.36 12.49

-hoes,i, - 0.68 nil 1

-h st,,ine, -2.16 - 0.55

-h oinin, - 5.31 - 5.31 NPSHA 28.0 29.1 NPSHR 27.7 28.0 MARGIN 0.3 /. / 0.0 4 NPSH Margin improved by New Strainer 11 4/7/98

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@ VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS RHR, Long-Term,7000 gpm NEW TERM GL 97-04 STRAINER h,  ! 34.90 34.97

-h ypo - 16.31  : -18.68 h,s 11.2 12.42

-ha3,is -1.72 nil

-h st,,ine, -1.74 - 0.31

-h pipino - 2.33 -2.33 NPSHA 24.0 26.1 NPSHR 22.6 22.6 MARGIN 1.4 3.5 NPSH Margin improved by New Strainer 12 4/7/98

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M VERMONT YANKEE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD EFFECT OF NEW ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS l Core Spray, Long-Term,3000 gpm NEW TERM GL 97-04 STRAINER 1

h, 34.90 34.97

-h, yn - 16.31 -18.68 h,s 11.36 12.59

-hees,is -1.18 nil

-h st,,ine, -1.49 -0.24

-h pipin, -2.26 -2.26 NPSHA 25.0 26.4 NPSHR 24.1 24.1 MARGIN 0.9 2.3 NPSH Margin improved by New Strainer 13 4/7/98

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M VERMO:ST YANKEE Bulletin /GL Response Status

  • Bulletin 96-03 Response submitted March 18,1998 Final response and design basis change when debris methodology is finalized
  • GL 97-04 Response submitted January 19,1998 Information presented today updates that response 14 4/7/98 1

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k VERMONT YANKEE Status of Containment Temnerature Analvses

  • Prior to plant startup:

Complete licensing base case using new analysis methodology Establish margin adjustment for results to compensate for more limiting cases and confirm 90 F initial torus temperature Complete plant evaluations for increased torus temperature Implement any required procedure revisions and training Update BMO 96-05 (SE 96-008, BVY 97-60 concluded 166 F to 176 F not a USQ; new evaluation will be prepared to address increase above 176 F)

Submit Technical Specification Amendment to reduce the initial torus temperature to 90 F (this value is the input to the containment analysis  !

calculations) l i

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'@ VERMONT YANKEE Status of Containment Temperature Analyses (cont.)

  • After plant startup:

Complete confirmatory analyses for IBLOCA, SBLOCA, Appendix R, SRV transients (EOY 1998)

Update FSAR (EOY 1998)

Closecut BMO 96-05

  • Status of analyses:

Large break LOCA in review / approval cycle Conservatively calculated peak torus temperature less than 185 F Analyses incorporate instrument accuracy effects i

Analyses incorporate conservative treatment of feedwater addition  !

Analyses incorporate operating mode effects i

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i M VERMONT YANKEE I Basis for Maintaining Operation (BMOs) Related to Startup (update since 3/5/98 meeting)

Originally,13 scheduled for final resolution following the outage Two (2) closed BMO 97-03, off-site power TS (PC 194)

BMO 97-12, battery charger TS (PC 195)

Currently 12 scheduled for final resolution following the outage NRC inspection team for BMOs. Two (2) weeks ending April 24.

  • Vermont Yankee letter to the NRC, April 24.

Includes integrated assessment 17 4/7/98

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