ML993250129
| ML993250129 | |
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| Site: | Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group |
| Issue date: | 11/10/1999 |
| From: | Pulsifer R NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3 |
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| Download: ML993250129 (25) | |
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NRC FORM 658 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (9-1999)
TRANSMITTAL OF MEETING HANDOUT MATERIALS FOR IMMEDIATE PLACEMENT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN This form is to be filled out (typed or hand-printed) by the person who announced the meeting (i.e., the person who issued the meeting notice). The completed form, and the attached copy of meeting handout materials, will be sent to the Document Control Desk on the same day of the meeting; under no circumstances will this be done later than the working day after the meeting.
Do not include proprietary materials.
DATE OF MEETING The attached document(s), which was/were handed out in this meeting, is/are to be placed in the public domain as soon as possible. The minutes of the meeting will be issued in the near future. Following are administrative details regarding this meeting:
Docket Number(s)
Project 691 Plant/Facility Name General Electric TAC Number(s) (if available)
Reference Meeting Notice
- j I2,/A Purpose of Meeting (copy from meeting notice)
To provide the staff a GE fuel experience and a nuclear methods qualification update, a discussion on GESTAR Am. 26 and Japanese joint venture.
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NAME OF PERSON WHO ISSUED MEETING NOTICE TITLE Robert M. Pulsifer Project Manager OFFICE Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation DIVISION Division of Licesning Project Management BRANCH Project Directorate III, Section 2 Distribution of this form and attachments:
Docket File/Central File PUBLIC i n d usin InForms nn was es g 9 9
PRINTED ON RECYCLED P-AP-ER NRC FORM 658 (9-
GE Nuclear Energy GE/NRC Technology Update 10 November 1999
Agenda
"* GE/Hitachi/Toshiba Fuel Joint Venture
"* GE Fuel Experience Update
"* Nuclear Methods Qualification Update
"* GESTAR Amendment 26
JV Update GENE - Wilmington October, 1999
GE Fuel Experience Update
Nuclear Methods Qualification Update
GE Nuclear Energy Application of TGBLA06/PANAC11 to Core Design and Monitoring UPDATE
Items for Discussion e Plant Tracking Statistical Update
- Statistics Breakdown TIPs
- Thermal Limits
- Eigenvalues
- Application of SLMCPR methodology for TGBLAO6IPANAC1 1 One European plant desigjned and operating with TGBL A 06/PA NA Cl11 basis
Methods Introduction and Evaluation
- New physics exposure burn-in
- Re-bum from cycle 1, or 3 cycles prior to cycle of interest
- Trending analysis
- Hot eigenvalue: o(khot) last two complete cycles only
- Cold eigen value: a(kcold) all cycles after bum-in
- TIP comparisons: RMSrad, RMSnod all cycles after bum-in
Plant Tracking Statistical Update
Plant Tracking Statistical Update, cont'd.
Plant Tracking Summary
"* BWR/2-BWR/6, ABWR, and others
"* GE6-GE14, ABB fuel, Siemens fuel, STEP-2
" HOT
- 31 Plants, 154 cycles
"* COLD
- 20 Plants, 81 cycles, 278 criticals
"* TIPs
- 5 Plants, 8 cycles (Neutron TIPs)
- 7 Plants, 30 cycles (Gamma TIPs)
An additional 1Oplants and 80 + cycles since Spring 1998.
Sample TIP Agreement PANAC1i0 Radial RMS:
Nodal RMS:
PANAC11 Radial RMS:
Nodal RMS:
Small BWRI4 Case Study - TIP Comparison to Process Computer
Summary of plant tracking database (P11 only)
"* Neutron TIP Plants
- Radial (Bundle)*%
Total (Nodal)
"* Gamma TIP Plants
- Radial (Bundle):%
Total (Nodal)
"* Afl Plants
- Radial (Bundle):%
Total (Nodal)
"* Case Study
- Radial (Bundle):%
Total (Nodal)
GE actively pursuing TIP comparisons across the fleet.
Thermal Limits Predictive Capability*
- Compared with Process Computer evaluated thermal limit values. Population of data selected includes 10 plants for 14 cycles for a total of 690 points.
No surprises in predictive capability.
Sample Cold Eigenvalue Statistics PANAC1i0 Standard T4/P1 0:
T6/P11:
Sample Definition 15 Plants, 55 Cycles 148 Cold Criticals PANAC11 Deviations
% Ak
% Ak
Sample Hot Eigenvalue Statistics PANAC10 (CY.
)
PANAC11 AVERAGE:
AVG. SLOPE:
ST. DEV:
r AVERAGE:
AVG. SLOPE:
)cm ST. DEV:
(CY.
1) pcm N -
19 (Cy.
Operational Trends Driving New Capabilities
Some challenges developing..
Plant C - Hot Eigenvalues for Cycles Enrichment:
Design:
Gadolinium:
Extension of Power Uncertainty to PANAC11
Infinite Lattice Pin Power Uncertainty 16
Summary
"* Implementation of TGBLAO6IPANAC1 1 proceeding
- Qualification and verification database is large and growing
"* Accuracy comparable to other advanced nuclear design systems
"* Full range of applications supported
- Licensing
- Stability
- Fuel cycle design
- Cold shutdown
- Core monitoring I Methods Accuracy Tracking is a Priority I
Amendment e
General GESTAR revision (Amendment 26)
- PANAC11
- PRDF (BWR/6)
- BWROG Stability Options
- Updated references (LOCA)
-Conversion to WORD/PDF format 26
Other Licensing Activities
- TRACG Application to Transients
- LTR submittals in 4Q99
- Replace FABLE model with ODYSY
- Stability analyses
-Submit in 2Q00
- PANAC11 Rod Drop Accident version
-Submit in 2Q00