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| issue date = 10/26/2011
| issue date = 10/26/2011
| title = Licensee Handouts from November 1, 2011 Meeting with STP Nuclear Operating Company on GSI-191
| title = Licensee Handouts from November 1, 2011 Meeting with STP Nuclear Operating Company on GSI-191
| author name = Howe K J, Leavitt J J, Sande T D, Zigler G L
| author name = Howe K, Leavitt J, Sande T, Zigler G
| author affiliation = ALION Science & Technology Corp, Univ of New Mexico
| author affiliation = ALION Science & Technology Corp, Univ of New Mexico
| addressee name = Singal B K
| addressee name = Singal B
| addressee affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLIV
| addressee affiliation = NRC/NRR/DORL/LPLIV
| docket = 05000498, 05000499
| docket = 05000498, 05000499
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{{#Wiki_filter:Risk Informing STP GSI-191 Chemical EffectsRisk Informed GSI-191 Resolution Tuesday, November 1Public Meeting with STP Nuclear Operating Company 1Timothy D. SandeGilbert L. ZiglerDr. Kerry J. Howe Janet J. Leavitt11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting OutlineRisk Informed GSI-191*Meeting Objective*Purpose of Chemical Effects Program
{{#Wiki_filter:Risk Informing STP GSI-191 Chemical Effects Risk Informed GSI-191 Resolution Tuesday, November 1 Public Meeting with STP Nuclear Operating Company Timothy D. Sande                        Dr. Kerry J. Howe Gilbert L. Zigler                      Janet J. Leavitt 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting           1
*Significant/Insignificant Contributors
*STPParameters11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 2
*STP Parameters*Previous Tests Relevant to STP
*Preliminary Ideas for Testing
*Preliminary Ideas for Risk Informed Application
*Conclusions Meeting ObjectiveRisk Informed GSI-191*Present the STP risk informed chemical effects approach to the NRC*Obtain NRC comments prior to developing aninitialtestplan11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 3 an initial test plan Risk Informed GSI-191*Fully understand physical and chemical phenomenon related to chemical effects at STP


through research, testing, and modeling*Develop an anal y tical model for chemical Goals of Risk Informed Chemical Effects Program11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 4 yprecipitate formation that can be implemented in CASA Grande*Develop an algorithm for chemical effects head loss that can be implemented in CASA Grande*Validate models with prototypical testing Significant ContributorsRisk Informed GSI-191*Time*Buffer
Risk Informed GSI-191 Outline
*pH*Temperature*Concrete Area
* Meeting Objective
*Corrosion
* Purpose of Chemical Effects Program
*Dissolution
* Significant/Insignificant Contributors
*Inhibition11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 5
* STP Parameters
*Temperature*Pool Volume
* Previous Tests Relevant to STP
*Insulation Types
* Preliminary Ideas for Testing
*Insulation Quantities
* Preliminary Ideas for Risk Informed Application
*Aluminum Area
* Conclusions 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                     2
*Inhibition*Solubility Limits
*Kinetics
*Precipitate Types
*Precipitate Properties Significant ContributorsRisk Informed GSI-191*Copper Area*Lead Area
*Zinc Coatings
*AcidFormation*HX Temperature Drop
*Retrograde Solubility11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 6
*Acid Formation*Concrete Aging
*RCS Chemistry
*RWST Chemistry Insignificant ContributorsRisk Informed GSI-191*Carbon Steel*Galvanized Steel
*Nickel*OrganicMaterial11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 7
*Organic Material*RCS Crud
*Radiolysis Products
*Biological Effects STP ParametersRisk Informed GSI-191*Buffer: TSP*Nominal pH: ~7.6
*LBLOCA Containment Temperature: 260&deg;F max to120&deg;Fat30days11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 8 to 120 F at 30 days*LBLOCA Pool Temperature: 267&deg;F max to 126&deg;F at 30 days*Pool Volume: 31,431 ft 3 min, 89,350 ft 3 max*Nominal Spray Duration: 12 hr STP ParametersRisk Informed GSI-191*RCS Chemistry: 1,400 -0 ppm boron, 3.5 -0.4 ppm lithium, 1 -<0.1 ppm Silica*RWST Chemistry: 2,850 -2,975 ppm boron, 1 -6 ppm Silica11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 9*Pool Chemistry: 2,372 -2,878 ppm boron*Insulation: Nukon, Microtherm (penetrations), SS RMI (reactor cavity)*Coatings: Epoxy, IOZ, Polymide, Alkyd, Enamel
*Nominal Aluminum Area: 5,567 ft 2
STP Time Dependent pHRisk Informed GSI-19111/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 10 STP Time Dependent TemperatureRisk Informed GSI-191 150&deg;Fat35days11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 11 150 F at 3.5 days140&deg;F at 7 days Previous Tests Relevant to STPRisk Informed GSI-191*WCAP-16530 (single effects)*WCAP-16785 (partially integrated effects)
*ICET Test 2 (integrated effects)
*AlionVogtleVuezTests(integratedeffectswith11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 12
*Alion Vogtle Vuez Tests (integrated effects with head loss)*Alion Vogtle and Calvert Cliffs High Temperature Vertical Loop (HTVL) Tests (aluminum solubility)
STP WCAP-16530 PredictionRisk Informed GSI-191Material ReleasedQuantity (kg)Calcium*63.06Silicon208.85Aluminum82.9211/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 13PrecipitateQuantity (kg)
Sodium Aluminum Silicate649.5Aluminum Oxyhydroxide35.7Calcium Phosphate*162.7*Includes marinite source that is no longer in containment STP WCAP-16785 PredictionRisk Informed GSI-191RefinementAluminum (ppm)NaAlSi 3 O 8 (kg)AlOOH (kg)Ca 3 (PO 4)2 (kg)BaseCase82.9649.5 35.7162.7SiliconInhibition18.3177.40.0162.7PhosphateInhibition69.4649.55.6162.711/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 14 Solubilit yLimits82.90.00.0162.7 ICET Test OverviewRisk Informed GSI-191ICET Test Number Controlling pH buffer systemInsulation (%)Measured pHChemical byproductsVisible at test temperatureVisible upon coolingFiberglassCal-Sil1Borate (NaOH)10009.3 -9.5NoYes2Phosphate (TSP)10007.1 -7.4NoNo3Phosphate (TSP)20807.3 -8.1Yes, only during first few hours No11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 15hours4Borate (NaOH)20809.5 -9.9NoNo5Borate (Borax)10008.2 -8.5NoYesTest Duration: 30 daysTest Temperature: 140&deg;F Spray Duration: 4 hr Water Chemistry: Boron, lithium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid Comparison to ICET Test 2 InputsRisk Informed GSI-191Material TypeSTP Quantities*Ratio of STPQuantities to Max Pool Volume Ratio of ICET Test 2 Quantities to Tank Volume Ratio ICET/STPAluminum submerged700 ft 20.007834 ft 2/ft 30.179 ft 2/ft 322.8Aluminum exposed to spray6300 ft 20.070509 ft 2/ft 33.34 ft 2/ft 347.411/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 16Fiberglass insulation submerged2385.1 ft 30.026694 ft 3/ft 30.103 ft 3/ft 33.9Mariniteinsulation submerged15.2 ft 30.00017 ft 3/ft 3-0.0Microtherm insulation submerged1.8 ft 32.01E-05 ft 3/ft 3-0.0Concrete submerged5700 ft 20.063794 ft 2/ft 30.015 ft 3/ft 30.2*Quantities are taken from conservative inputs used in STP WCAP calculation, mariniteremoved, concrete only exposed to spray, etc.
ICET Test ResultsRisk Informed GSI-191 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 minum concentration (mg/L)Test 1 unfilteredTest 1 filtered 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 minum concentration (mg/L)Test 5 unfilteredTest 5 filtered11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 17 0 500102030Alu mTime (days)(a)0 100102030Alu mTime (days)(b)Aluminum concentration below detection limit for Tests 2, 3, 4Aluminum concentration leveled off over time for Tests 1, 5 Inverse trend between aluminum and silicon concentrations Alion Vogtle Vuez Test ResultsRisk Informed GSI-191*Minimal aluminum in solution*No precipitates observed
*Head loss increased ~15xover30days11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 18
~1.5x over 30 days , possibly due to effect of


fiber bed dissolution (NUREG/CR-6808)Increasing head loss due to Nukon dissolution (reproduced from NUREG/CR-6808 Figure 7-23)
Risk Informed GSI-191 Meeting Objective
Alion Vogtle and Calvert Cliffs HTVL TestsRisk Informed GSI-191 Vogtle*Buffer: TSP*Aluminum: 4 ppm
* Present the STP risk informed chemical effects approach to the NRC
*Silica: 26 pp m Calvert Cliffs*Buffer: NaTB
* Obtain NRC comments prior to developing an initial test plan 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                     3
*Aluminum: 10 ppm
*Silica: 60 pp m11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 19 pp*pH: 7.6 -7.8
*Results: No precipitation at temperatures as low as 128&deg;F pp*pH: 7.4*Results: No precipitation at temperatures as low as 60&deg;F Preliminary Ideas for TestingRisk Informed GSI-191*Perform integrated tests to determine material corrosion/dissolution/release rates and


characterize precipitates in order to develop
Risk Informed GSI-191 Goals of Risk Informed Chemical Effects Program
* Fully understand physical and chemical phenomenon related to chemical effects at STP through research, testing, and modeling y
* Develop an analytical      model for chemical precipitate formation that can be implemented in CASA Grande
* Develop an algorithm for chemical effects head loss that can be implemented in CASA Grande
* Validate models with prototypical testing 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                      4


thermodynamics and kinetics models11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 20*Perform benchtop or autoclave tests to further develop database for models*Perform HTVL tests with replicated precipitates and varying debris loads to develop a chemical effects head loss algorithm Test Characterization of PrecipitatesRisk Informed GSI-191*VUEZ tests indicate precipitates form as crystals, with nucleation
Risk Informed GSI-191 Significant Contributors
* Time
* Concrete Area
* Buffer
* Corrosion
* pH
* Dissolution
* Temperature
* Inhibition
* Pool Volume
* Solubility Limits
* Insulation Types
* Kinetics
* Insulation Quantities
* Precipitate Types
* Aluminum Area
* Precipitate Properties 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                       5


on fiberglass fibers, 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 21 rather than amorphous precipitates forming in
Risk Informed GSI-191 Significant Contributors
* Copper Area
* HX Temperature Drop
* Lead Area
* Retrograde Solubility
* Zinc Coatings
* Acid Formation
* Concrete Aging
* RCS Chemistry
* RWST Chemistry 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                     6


the pool as predicted by
Risk Informed GSI-191 Insignificant Contributors
* Carbon Steel
* Galvanized Steel
* Nickel
* Organic Material
* RCS Crud
* Radiolysis Products
* Biological Effects 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                      7


WCAP-16530 Preliminary Ideas for Application to Risk Informed AnalysisRisk Informed GSI-191*Use thermodynamics (and if possible) kinetics models to develop a chemical module for CASA
Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Parameters
* Buffer: TSP
* Nominal pH: ~7.6
* LBLOCA Containment Temperature: 260&deg;F max to 120 120&deg;FF at 30 days
* LBLOCA Pool Temperature: 267&deg;F max to 126&deg;F at 30 days
* Pool Volume: 31,431 ft3 min, 89,350 ft3 max
* Nominal Spray Duration: 12 hr 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                      8


Grande that can be used to calculate chemical
Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Parameters
* RCS Chemistry: 1,400 - 0 ppm boron, 3.5 - 0.4 ppm lithium, 1 - <0.1 ppm Silica
* RWST Chemistry: 2,850 - 2,975 ppm boron, 1 -
6 ppm Silica
* Pool Chemistry: 2,372 - 2,878 ppm boron
* Insulation: Nukon, Microtherm (penetrations), SS RMI (reactor cavity)
* Coatings: Epoxy, IOZ, Polymide, Alkyd, Enamel
* Nominal Aluminum Area: 5,567 ft2 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                      9


precipitate types and quantities for any 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 22combination of parameters applicable to STP*Develop a chemical effects head loss algorithm that can be incorporated in the head loss module for CASA Grande that is applicable to the ranges of chemical and non-chemical debris
Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Time Dependent pH 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                     10


loads at STP Thermodynamics ModelingRisk Informed GSI-19111/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 230.1 1 10 1001000406080100120140160180200220Solubility Limit forAluminum (mg/L)Temperature (F)pH = 7.0pH = 7.5 Risk Informed GSI-191*Particulate Chemical Precipitate:-NUREG/CR-6224 Head Loss Correlation-Chemical particulate modeled as other particulates, i.e., surface to volume ratio and densityChemical Head Loss Modeling11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 24*Amorphous Chemical Precipitate:-Develop a bump-up factor algorithm for low amorphous chemical precipitate to fiber loads-Interpolate WCAP-16530 head loss testing results Risk Informed GSI-191*Perform an Integrated 30 day test-Realistic simulation of STP conditions:*Temperature time history*Materials exposed to sprayValidation of Chemical Precipitate Model11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 25*Submerged material and debris
Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Time Dependent Temperature 150&deg;F 150  F at 3.5 3 5 days 140&deg;F at 7 days 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                          11
*Flow through a fiber bed-Fluid analysis-Weight loss measurements
 
-SEM of fiber bed Validation of Chemical Head Loss ModelRisk Informed GSI-191*Perform Vertical Head Loss tests with chemical particulate simulant-Compare Vertical Head Loss test results with NUREG/CR-6224 calculations11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 26-Wide range of eta (particulate to fiber weight ratio)-Wide range of debris bed thickness ConclusionsRisk Informed GSI-191*Currently available data indicates that chemical effects at STP is far less severe than predicted by the standard WCAP-16530 methodology
Risk Informed GSI-191 Previous Tests Relevant to STP
*A combination of testin g and modelin g can be 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 27 ggused to develop a realistic prediction of chemical effects for STP*A chemical module and modified head loss module will need to be implemented into CASA Grande for evaluation of full range of scenarios}}
* WCAP-16530 (single effects)
* WCAP-16785 (partially integrated effects)
* ICET Test 2 (integrated effects)
* Alion Vogtle Vuez Tests (integrated effects with head loss)
* Alion Vogtle and Calvert Cliffs High Temperature Vertical Loop (HTVL) Tests (aluminum solubility) 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    12
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 STP WCAP-16530 Prediction Material Released                        Quantity (kg)
Calcium*                                  63.06 Silicon                                  208.85 Aluminum                                  82.92 Precipitate                              Quantity (kg)
Sodium Aluminum Silicate                  649.5 Aluminum Oxyhydroxide                    35.7 Calcium Phosphate*                        162.7
  *Includes marinite source that is no longer in containment 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                           13
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 STP WCAP-16785 Prediction Refinement    Aluminum        NaAlSi3O8      AlOOH          Ca3(PO4)2 (ppm)              (kg)        (kg)              (kg)
Base Case              82.9            649.5        35.7            162.7 Silicon Inhibition      18.3            177.4          0.0            162.7 Phosphate Inhibition    69.4            649.5          5.6            162.7 Solubility Limits      82.9              0.0          0.0            162.7 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                          14
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 ICET Test Overview Insulation (%)                        Chemical byproducts ICET Test  Controlling pH Measured pH  Visible at test Visible upon Number    buffer system  Fiberglass        Cal-Sil temperature      cooling 1     Borate (NaOH)    100                0        9.3 - 9.5      No            Yes 2    Phosphate (TSP)    100                0      7.1 - 7.4      No            No Yes, only 3    Phosphate (TSP)    20                80      7.3 - 8.1 during first few    No hours 4      Borate (NaOH)      20                80      9.5 - 9.9      No            No 5      Borate (Borax)    100                0        8.2 - 8.5      No            Yes Test Duration: 30 days Test Temperature: 140&deg;F Spray Duration: 4 hr Water Chemistry: Boron, lithium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                                15
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Comparison to ICET Test 2 Inputs Ratio of STP  Ratio of ICET STP        Quantities to      Test 2        Ratio Material Type Quantities*      Max Pool      Quantities to    ICET/STP Volume      Tank Volume Aluminum submerged                  700 ft2    0.007834 ft2/ft3  0.179 ft2/ft3      22.8 Aluminum exposed to spray          6300 ft2    0.070509 ft2/ft3  3.34 ft2/ft3      47.4 Fiberglass insulation submerged    2385.1 ft3    0.026694 ft3/ft3  0.103 ft3/ft3      3.9 Marinite insulation submerged      15.2 ft3      0.00017 ft3/ft3      -              0.0 Microtherm insulation submerged      1.8 ft3    2.01E-05 ft3/ft3      -              0.0 Concrete submerged                  5700 ft2    0.063794 ft2/ft3  0.015 ft3/ft3      0.2
*Quantities are taken from conservative inputs used in STP WCAP calculation, marinite removed, concrete only exposed to spray, etc.
11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                              16
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 ICET Test Results 450                                                                            80 Test 1 unfiltered                                                                Test 5 unfiltered Alum minum concentration (mg/L)                                                  Alum minum concentration (mg/L) 400                                                                            70 Test 1 filtered                                                                  Test 5 filtered 350                                                                            60 300 50 250 40 200 30 150 100                                                                            20 50                                                                            10 0                                                                              0 0          10                20  30                                        0            10                20  30 (a)                        Time (days)                                            (b)                    Time (days)
Aluminum concentration below detection limit for Tests 2, 3, 4 Aluminum concentration leveled off over time for Tests 1, 5 Inverse trend between aluminum and silicon concentrations 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                            17
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Alion Vogtle Vuez Test Results
* Minimal aluminum in solution
* No precipitates observed
* Head loss increased
  ~1 5x over 30 days
  ~1.5x          days, possibly due to effect of fiber bed dissolution (NUREG/CR-6808)
Increasing head loss due to Nukon dissolution (reproduced from NUREG/CR-6808 Figure 7-23) 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                            18
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Alion Vogtle and Calvert Cliffs HTVL Tests Vogtle                          Calvert Cliffs
* Buffer: TSP
* Buffer: NaTB
* Aluminum: 4 ppm
* Aluminum: 10 ppm
* Silica: 26 pp ppm
* Silica: 60 pp ppm
* pH: 7.6 - 7.8
* pH: 7.4
* Results: No precipitation
* Results: No precipitation at temperatures as low            at temperatures as low as 128&deg;F                          as 60&deg;F 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                      19
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Preliminary Ideas for Testing
* Perform integrated tests to determine material corrosion/dissolution/release rates and characterize precipitates in order to develop thermodynamics and kinetics models
* Perform benchtop or autoclave tests to further develop database for models
* Perform HTVL tests with replicated precipitates and varying debris loads to develop a chemical effects head loss algorithm 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    20
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Test Characterization of Precipitates
* VUEZ tests indicate precipitates form as crystals, with nucleation on fiberglass fibers, rather than amorphous precipitates forming in the pool as predicted by WCAP-16530 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    21
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Preliminary Ideas for Application to Risk Informed Analysis
* Use thermodynamics (and if possible) kinetics models to develop a chemical module for CASA Grande that can be used to calculate chemical precipitate types and quantities for any combination of parameters applicable to STP
* Develop a chemical effects head loss algorithm that can be incorporated in the head loss module for CASA Grande that is applicable to the ranges of chemical and non-chemical debris loads at STP 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    22
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Thermodynamics Modeling 1000 pH = 7.0 pH = 7.5 100 Solubility Limit for 10 Aluminum (mg/L) 1 0.1 40  60    80        100    120    140      160  180  200  220 Temperature (F) 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                                                23
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Chemical Head Loss Modeling
* Particulate Chemical Precipitate:
  - NUREG/CR-6224 Head Loss Correlation
  - Chemical particulate modeled as other particulates, i.e., surface to volume ratio and density
* Amorphous Chemical Precipitate:
  - Develop a bump-up factor algorithm for low amorphous chemical precipitate to fiber loads
  - Interpolate WCAP-16530 head loss testing results 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    24
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Validation of Chemical Precipitate Model
* Perform an Integrated 30 day test
  - Realistic simulation of STP conditions:
* Temperature time history
* Materials exposed to spray
* Submerged material and debris
* Flow through a fiber bed
  - Fluid analysis
  - Weight loss measurements
  - SEM of fiber bed 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    25
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Validation of Chemical Head Loss Model
* Perform Vertical Head Loss tests with chemical particulate simulant
  - Compare Vertical Head Loss test results with NUREG/CR-6224 calculations
  - Wide range of eta (particulate to fiber weight ratio)
  - Wide range of debris bed thickness 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    26
 
Risk Informed GSI-191 Conclusions
* Currently available data indicates that chemical effects at STP is far less severe than predicted by the standard WCAP-16530 methodology
* A combination of testing    g and modeling    g can be used to develop a realistic prediction of chemical effects for STP
* A chemical module and modified head loss module will need to be implemented into CASA Grande for evaluation of full range of scenarios 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting                    27}}

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Licensee Handouts from November 1, 2011 Meeting with STP Nuclear Operating Company on GSI-191
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Issue date: 10/26/2011
From: Howe K, Leavitt J, Sande T, Zigler G
ALION Science & Technology Corp, Univ of New Mexico
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Risk Informing STP GSI-191 Chemical Effects Risk Informed GSI-191 Resolution Tuesday, November 1 Public Meeting with STP Nuclear Operating Company Timothy D. Sande Dr. Kerry J. Howe Gilbert L. Zigler Janet J. Leavitt 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 1

Risk Informed GSI-191 Outline

  • Meeting Objective
  • Purpose of Chemical Effects Program
  • Significant/Insignificant Contributors
  • Previous Tests Relevant to STP
  • Preliminary Ideas for Testing
  • Preliminary Ideas for Risk Informed Application
  • Conclusions 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 2

Risk Informed GSI-191 Meeting Objective

  • Present the STP risk informed chemical effects approach to the NRC
  • Obtain NRC comments prior to developing an initial test plan 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 3

Risk Informed GSI-191 Goals of Risk Informed Chemical Effects Program

  • Fully understand physical and chemical phenomenon related to chemical effects at STP through research, testing, and modeling y
  • Develop an analytical model for chemical precipitate formation that can be implemented in CASA Grande
  • Develop an algorithm for chemical effects head loss that can be implemented in CASA Grande
  • Validate models with prototypical testing 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 4

Risk Informed GSI-191 Significant Contributors

  • Time
  • Concrete Area
  • Buffer
  • Corrosion
  • pH
  • Dissolution
  • Temperature
  • Inhibition
  • Pool Volume
  • Solubility Limits
  • Insulation Types
  • Kinetics
  • Insulation Quantities
  • Precipitate Types
  • Precipitate Properties 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 5

Risk Informed GSI-191 Significant Contributors

  • HX Temperature Drop
  • Retrograde Solubility
  • Acid Formation
  • Concrete Aging
  • RWST Chemistry 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 6

Risk Informed GSI-191 Insignificant Contributors

  • Galvanized Steel
  • Organic Material
  • Radiolysis Products
  • Biological Effects 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 7

Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Parameters

  • Nominal pH: ~7.6
  • LBLOCA Containment Temperature: 260°F max to 120 120°FF at 30 days
  • LBLOCA Pool Temperature: 267°F max to 126°F at 30 days
  • Pool Volume: 31,431 ft3 min, 89,350 ft3 max
  • Nominal Spray Duration: 12 hr 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 8

Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Parameters

  • RCS Chemistry: 1,400 - 0 ppm boron, 3.5 - 0.4 ppm lithium, 1 - <0.1 ppm Silica

6 ppm Silica

  • Pool Chemistry: 2,372 - 2,878 ppm boron
  • Coatings: Epoxy, IOZ, Polymide, Alkyd, Enamel
  • Nominal Aluminum Area: 5,567 ft2 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 9

Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Time Dependent pH 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 10

Risk Informed GSI-191 STP Time Dependent Temperature 150°F 150 F at 3.5 3 5 days 140°F at 7 days 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 11

Risk Informed GSI-191 Previous Tests Relevant to STP

  • ICET Test 2 (integrated effects)
  • Alion Vogtle Vuez Tests (integrated effects with head loss)
  • Alion Vogtle and Calvert Cliffs High Temperature Vertical Loop (HTVL) Tests (aluminum solubility) 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 12

Risk Informed GSI-191 STP WCAP-16530 Prediction Material Released Quantity (kg)

Calcium* 63.06 Silicon 208.85 Aluminum 82.92 Precipitate Quantity (kg)

Sodium Aluminum Silicate 649.5 Aluminum Oxyhydroxide 35.7 Calcium Phosphate* 162.7

  • Includes marinite source that is no longer in containment 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 13

Risk Informed GSI-191 STP WCAP-16785 Prediction Refinement Aluminum NaAlSi3O8 AlOOH Ca3(PO4)2 (ppm) (kg) (kg) (kg)

Base Case 82.9 649.5 35.7 162.7 Silicon Inhibition 18.3 177.4 0.0 162.7 Phosphate Inhibition 69.4 649.5 5.6 162.7 Solubility Limits 82.9 0.0 0.0 162.7 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 14

Risk Informed GSI-191 ICET Test Overview Insulation (%) Chemical byproducts ICET Test Controlling pH Measured pH Visible at test Visible upon Number buffer system Fiberglass Cal-Sil temperature cooling 1 Borate (NaOH) 100 0 9.3 - 9.5 No Yes 2 Phosphate (TSP) 100 0 7.1 - 7.4 No No Yes, only 3 Phosphate (TSP) 20 80 7.3 - 8.1 during first few No hours 4 Borate (NaOH) 20 80 9.5 - 9.9 No No 5 Borate (Borax) 100 0 8.2 - 8.5 No Yes Test Duration: 30 days Test Temperature: 140°F Spray Duration: 4 hr Water Chemistry: Boron, lithium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 15

Risk Informed GSI-191 Comparison to ICET Test 2 Inputs Ratio of STP Ratio of ICET STP Quantities to Test 2 Ratio Material Type Quantities* Max Pool Quantities to ICET/STP Volume Tank Volume Aluminum submerged 700 ft2 0.007834 ft2/ft3 0.179 ft2/ft3 22.8 Aluminum exposed to spray 6300 ft2 0.070509 ft2/ft3 3.34 ft2/ft3 47.4 Fiberglass insulation submerged 2385.1 ft3 0.026694 ft3/ft3 0.103 ft3/ft3 3.9 Marinite insulation submerged 15.2 ft3 0.00017 ft3/ft3 - 0.0 Microtherm insulation submerged 1.8 ft3 2.01E-05 ft3/ft3 - 0.0 Concrete submerged 5700 ft2 0.063794 ft2/ft3 0.015 ft3/ft3 0.2

  • Quantities are taken from conservative inputs used in STP WCAP calculation, marinite removed, concrete only exposed to spray, etc.

11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 16

Risk Informed GSI-191 ICET Test Results 450 80 Test 1 unfiltered Test 5 unfiltered Alum minum concentration (mg/L) Alum minum concentration (mg/L) 400 70 Test 1 filtered Test 5 filtered 350 60 300 50 250 40 200 30 150 100 20 50 10 0 0 0 10 20 30 0 10 20 30 (a) Time (days) (b) Time (days)

Aluminum concentration below detection limit for Tests 2, 3, 4 Aluminum concentration leveled off over time for Tests 1, 5 Inverse trend between aluminum and silicon concentrations 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 17

Risk Informed GSI-191 Alion Vogtle Vuez Test Results

  • No precipitates observed
  • Head loss increased

~1 5x over 30 days

~1.5x days, possibly due to effect of fiber bed dissolution (NUREG/CR-6808)

Increasing head loss due to Nukon dissolution (reproduced from NUREG/CR-6808 Figure 7-23) 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 18

Risk Informed GSI-191 Alion Vogtle and Calvert Cliffs HTVL Tests Vogtle Calvert Cliffs

  • Buffer: NaTB
  • Aluminum: 4 ppm
  • Aluminum: 10 ppm
  • Silica: 26 pp ppm
  • Silica: 60 pp ppm
  • pH: 7.6 - 7.8
  • pH: 7.4
  • Results: No precipitation
  • Results: No precipitation at temperatures as low at temperatures as low as 128°F as 60°F 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 19

Risk Informed GSI-191 Preliminary Ideas for Testing

  • Perform integrated tests to determine material corrosion/dissolution/release rates and characterize precipitates in order to develop thermodynamics and kinetics models
  • Perform benchtop or autoclave tests to further develop database for models
  • Perform HTVL tests with replicated precipitates and varying debris loads to develop a chemical effects head loss algorithm 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 20

Risk Informed GSI-191 Test Characterization of Precipitates

  • VUEZ tests indicate precipitates form as crystals, with nucleation on fiberglass fibers, rather than amorphous precipitates forming in the pool as predicted by WCAP-16530 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 21

Risk Informed GSI-191 Preliminary Ideas for Application to Risk Informed Analysis

  • Use thermodynamics (and if possible) kinetics models to develop a chemical module for CASA Grande that can be used to calculate chemical precipitate types and quantities for any combination of parameters applicable to STP
  • Develop a chemical effects head loss algorithm that can be incorporated in the head loss module for CASA Grande that is applicable to the ranges of chemical and non-chemical debris loads at STP 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 22

Risk Informed GSI-191 Thermodynamics Modeling 1000 pH = 7.0 pH = 7.5 100 Solubility Limit for 10 Aluminum (mg/L) 1 0.1 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 Temperature (F) 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 23

Risk Informed GSI-191 Chemical Head Loss Modeling

  • Particulate Chemical Precipitate:

- NUREG/CR-6224 Head Loss Correlation

- Chemical particulate modeled as other particulates, i.e., surface to volume ratio and density

  • Amorphous Chemical Precipitate:

- Develop a bump-up factor algorithm for low amorphous chemical precipitate to fiber loads

- Interpolate WCAP-16530 head loss testing results 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 24

Risk Informed GSI-191 Validation of Chemical Precipitate Model

  • Perform an Integrated 30 day test

- Realistic simulation of STP conditions:

  • Temperature time history
  • Materials exposed to spray
  • Submerged material and debris
  • Flow through a fiber bed

- Fluid analysis

- Weight loss measurements

- SEM of fiber bed 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 25

Risk Informed GSI-191 Validation of Chemical Head Loss Model

  • Perform Vertical Head Loss tests with chemical particulate simulant

- Compare Vertical Head Loss test results with NUREG/CR-6224 calculations

- Wide range of eta (particulate to fiber weight ratio)

- Wide range of debris bed thickness 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 26

Risk Informed GSI-191 Conclusions

  • Currently available data indicates that chemical effects at STP is far less severe than predicted by the standard WCAP-16530 methodology
  • A combination of testing g and modeling g can be used to develop a realistic prediction of chemical effects for STP
  • A chemical module and modified head loss module will need to be implemented into CASA Grande for evaluation of full range of scenarios 11/1/11 Pre-Licensing Meeting 27