ML20246F038

Forwards Annual Operating Rept of Texas A&M Univ AGN-201M Training Reactor for June 1988 - May 1989

ML20246F038
Person / Time
Site:	Texas A&M University
Issue date:	08/21/1989
From:	Schlapper G TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX
To:	Michaels T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COL 1EGE STATION TEXAS 77843-3133

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Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Projects Directorate Division of. Reactor Projects Ill,lV,V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mail Station P1-137 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

REFERENCE:

License R-23, Docket # 50-59

Dear Mr Michaels:

Please find enclosed five copies of the most recently completed -

annual operating report dated 1 June 1988 to 31 May 1989 for the j

AGN-201M, Docket #50-59. If you have any questions concerning this report j- please contact me at (409) 845-4198.-

Sincerely, Gerald A. Schlapper, Ph. .,P.E.

Reactor Supervisor, AGN-201M

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ANNUAL OPERATING REPORT of the TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AGN-201M TRAINING REACTOR NRC LICENSE R-23 JUNE 1,1988 - MAY 31,1989 DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY College Station, Texas 77743-3133

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Reviewed by Department Head DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY College Station, Texas 77743-3133

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SUMMARY

I This report details the pertinent activties related to the Texas A&M i

University AGN-201M training f acility operated by the Department of f Nuclear Engineering during the period of 1 June 1988 until 31 May 1989.

l The contents of this report are intended to comoly with requirements of 10CFR50 section 50.59(b), and Appendix A of the Technical Specifications for this facility under license P. 23.

The main function of this facility is to provio'e an operating nuclear system to be used as a research tool, to support the requirements of '

Nuclear Engineering courses and for operator training as well as preventive maintenance. The following Nuclear Engineering courses were supported during this reporting period:

NUEN 402 Radiation Counting Laboratory NUEN 405 Nuclear Engineering Reactor Experiments NUEN 685 Special Problems All of the components that were replaced as part of preventive and corrective maintenance are detailed in Section 4 of this report. All components replaced during this reporting period do not involve any

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- safe operation of ~ this facility. The latest results of all ~ major. parameter surveillance tests performed during this reporting period are shown in

Table 1.

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- TABLE 1 REACTOR PARAMETERS SURVEILLANCE MEASUREMENTS DATE REACTIVITY WORTH VALUE 11 JAN 89 SAFETY ROD #1 1.177 % Ak/k 11 JAN 89 SAFETY ROD #2 1.173 % Ak/k 11 JAN 89 COARSE CONTROL ROD 1.156 % Ak/k 11 JAN 89 FINE CONTROL ROD 0.355 % Ak/k ROD DROP TIMES 31 MAY 89 SAFETY ROD #1 120 msec 117 msec k 31 MAY 89 SAFETY ROD #2 i

31 MAY 89 COARSE CONTROL ROD 130 msec REACTIVITY INSERTION RATES 31 MAY 89 SAFETY ROD #1 0.0496 % Ak/k/sec 31 MAY 89 SAFETY ROD #2 0.0517 % Ak/k/sec 31 MAY 89 COARSE CONTROL ROD 0.0432 % Ak/k/sec  !

31 MAY 89 FINE CONTROL ROD 0.0129 % Ak/k/sec TOTAL EXCESS REACTIVITY 13 JAN 89 TOTAL EXCESS REACTIVITY

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1 (a) Support of Nuclear Engineering Courses 19.47 (b) Operator Training /Requalification 4.96 l

(c) Preventive / Corrective Maintenance 4.48 l J

(d) Reseach Projects 36.07 Total Ooeratino Hours: 64.98 Total Hours Critical: 52.07 Total Watt-Hours of _Oceratiorn 19.38 Averaae Power Level of Operation (Wattsk 00.70 Number of Reactor f!tartuos 76

3. UNSCHEDULED SHUTD(JWNS DATE IVE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION 7-14-88 High Level Operator error in Trainee counseled Channel #3 in switching scales 7-29-88 High Level Operator error in Operator counseled ,

Channel #3 in switching scales 9-20-88 Period Scram Personnel moved Personnel counseled detector cables i 9-29-88 Period Scrarn Personnel removed All cable connections monitoring equipment to remote equipment cabling. were checked and connected prior to next reactor startup.

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, (a) 11-1-88 Replaced the following tubes in Channe!#2 with identical replacements, V-4, V-5, V-6, V-11, V-14, V-17.

. (b) 5-12-89. Replaced the 1 A slow blow fuses F10,F11,F12 and F13. ,

The cause of their failure was improper operation of Saftey#2 Rod up limit switch.  !

(c) 5-31-89 Replaced Safety Rod #2 . Rod up limit switch with one identical to the original. When removed from Safety Rod l

1. 2, the switch was found to have a resistance of 400 ohms rather than the normal 0 ohm resistance of a  !

properly operating switch.

5. (a) FACILITY CHANGES No changes wer^ made to the facility during this reporting period.  ;

(b) CHANGES TO PLANS AND PROCEDURES All of the facility Emergency Procedures were changed to reflect the installation of a new emergency 911 system on the campus. The Reactor Emergency Procedure (RE-1) was also changed to reflect this new emergency system. All of these changes to procedures were approved by the Reactor Safety Board on 30 March 1989.

(c) NEW EXPERIMENTS OR TESTS No new experiments or tests were performed during this reporting period.

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OF SAFTEY EVALUATIONS No changes, tests or experiments were performed during this reporting period which meet the criteria of 10CFR50 paragraph 50.59 requiring a safety evaluation.

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SUMMARY

OF RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS RELEASED No liquid or solid radioactive waste was -released during this reporting period.

. 8. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS No environmental radiological surveys were performed outside this facility during this reporting period.

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9. RADIATION EXPOSURE 1 During calender . year 1988 one person's exposure was reported between 0.250 - 0.500 Rem. All 'of the other exposures were reported to be less than 0.100 Rem.

10. MISCELLANEOUS The following personnel participated satisfactorily in the AGN

". requalification program.

Robert Berry SOP - 43374 l Gerald Schlapper SOP - 4210 Luis Pocatterra OP - 42172 Dr. Gerald Schlapper assumed the position of Reactor Supervision as 1 of 1 August 1988.

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