ML17228B449

St Lucie Unit 2 Cycle 9 Startup Physics Testing Rept.

ML17228B449
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STARTUPPHYSICSTESTINGREPORT9604090i2196040iPDRADDCK05000389PPDR ST.IUCIEUNIT2,CYCLE9STARTUPPHYSICSTESTINGREPORT St.LucieUnit2,Cycle9StartupPhysicsTestingReportAuthorPatricia.WachtelReactorEngineering,St.LuciePlantDate~9/ReviewedayM.KeinReactorEngineering,St.LuciePlantDateReviewedLeoA.MartinNuclearFuel,JPN+~QApprovedWilliamL.ParksReactorEngineeringSupervisorSt.LuciePlantDate St.LucieUnit2,Cycle9StartupPhysicsTestingReportTablefntentsQecfjiig~aeIII.IIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIntroductionCycle9FuelDesignCEADropTimeTestingApproachtoCriticalityZeroPowerPhysicsTestingPowerAscensionProgramSummaryReferencesf'eieueTitle89910111213Cycle9CoreLoadingPatternInverseCountRatioPlot-Channel1InverseCountRatioPlot-Channel2PowerDistribution-25%PowerPowerDistribution-50%PowerPowerDistribution-80%PowerPowerDistribution-100%Power.itfTalesTablemerTitte141515Cycle9ReloadSub-BatchIDApproachtoCriticalityCEAGroupWorthSummary St.IucieUnit2,Cycle9StartupPhysicsTestingReportL~tdThepurposeofthisreportistoprovideadescriptionofthefueldesign,coreloadandtosummarizethestartupphysicstestingperformedatSt.LucieUnit2followingthecycle9refueling.Startupphysicstestingverifiesthatthemodelsusedinthesafetyanalysisadequatelypredicttheas-builtcoreandthatcertainTechnicalSpecificationsaremet.Themajorpartsofthistestingprograminclude:1)Initialcriticalityfollowingrefueling,2)Zeropowerphysicstestingand3)Powerascensiontesting.II.cleueleinThecycle9reloadconsistsentirelyoffuelmanufacturedbyABBCombustionEngineering(ABB/CE).The217assembliesofthecycle9corearecomprisedof84freshRegionLassemblies,80onceburnedRegionKassemblies,and53twiceburnedRegionJassemblies.Table1providesenrichmentinformationforthecycle9reloadsub-batches.ThemechanicaldesignforthefreshfuelRegionLassembliesdiffersfromRegionsJandKinthefollowingways:1)GadoliniaburnableabsorbersareusedinRegionLinlieuoftheAlumina-BoronCarbideburnableabsorbersusedinRegionsJandK.Themechanicaldesignfeaturesofthegadoliniumpoisonrodsareidenticaltothatofthefuelrods,and2)AchangefromtungsteninertgastolaserweldedzircaloyintermediatespacergridswasemployedforRegionL.Theentirecycle9fuelload,RegionsJ,K,andL,consistsofthedebrisresistantfuelassemblydesign.Thisdesignhaslongfuelrodlowerendcapswhichprovideprotectionagainstdebrisinducedfrettinginthelowerend-fittingregion.Thecycle9coremapisrepresentedinFigure1.Theassemblyserialnumbersandcontrolelementassembly(CEA)serialnumbersaregivenforeachcorelocation.Thefuelisarrangedinalowleakagepatternwithnosignificantdifferencesbetweenthecycle8loadingpattern.Twenty St.LucieVnit2,Cycle9StartupPhysicsTestingReportfourtwice-irradiatedRegionJassemblies,sixteenonce-irradiatedRegionKassemblies,andeightfreshRegionLassemblieswereplacedonthecoreperipheryandtheremainingirradiatedandfreshfuelwasloadedinboard.III.Er'meetinFollowingthecorereloadandpriortotheapproachtocriticality,CEAdroptimetestingwasperformed.Theobjectiveofthistestistomeasurethetimeofinsertionfromthefullywithdrawnposition(upperelectricallimit)tothe90%insertedpositionunderhot,fullflowconditions.TheaverageCEAdroptimewasfoundtobe2.69secondswithmaximumandminimumtimesof2.83secondsand2.53seconds,respectively.AlldroptimeswerewithintherequirementsofTechnicalSpecification3.1.3.4andthereloadPC/M112-295(Reference5).IV.rachtritialiTheapproachtocriticalityinvolveddilutingfromanon-criticalboronconcentrationof1749ppmtoapredictedcriticalboronconcentrationof1496ppm.Inversecountrateratio(ICRR)plotsweremaintainedduringthedilutionprocessusingstartupchannels1and2.RefertoFigures2and3forICRRinformation.Table2summarizesthedilutionratesandtimes,aswellasbeginningandendingboronconcentrations.InitialcriticalityforSt.LucieUnit2,Cycle9,wasachievedonJanuary1,1996at0328withCEAgroup5at61incheswithdrawnandallotherCEAsattheall-rods-out(ARO)position.Theactualcriticalconcentrationwasobservedtobe1506ppm.V.erwerPhicTetinToensurethattheoperatingcharacteristicsofthecycle9corewereconsistentwiththedesignmodels,thefollowingtestswereperformed:1)ReactivityComputerCheckout,2)AllRodsOutCriticalBoronConcentration,3)IsothermalTemperatureCoefficientMeasurementand4)CEAGroupRodWorthMeasurements.

St.LucieUnit2,Cycle9StartupPhysicsTestingReportProperoperationofthereactivitycomputerwasverifiedthroughtheperformanceoftwotests.Inthefirst,reactorpowerwaselevatedsuf5cientlyhightoensuremaximumsensitivityofthereactivitymeasuringsystemandatthesametimepreserveadequatemargintothepointofaddingheat.Thesecondtestascertainedtheresponsetoaknownvalueofpositiveornegativereactivitybymeasuringthevaluesofpositiveornegativereactorperiodsthatresult.TheresultsofthereactivitycomputercheckoutwerecomparedtotheappropriatepredictionssuppliedinthereloadPC/M112-295(Reference5).Satisfactoryagreementwasobtained.Themeasurementoftheall-rods-outcriticalboronconcentrationwasperformed.Themeasuredvaluewas1561ppmwhichcomparedfavorablywiththedesignvalueof1547ppm.Thiswaswithintheacceptancelimitsof+100ppm.Themeasurementoftheisothermaltemperaturecoefficientwasperformedandtheresultingmoderatortemperaturecoefficient(MTC)wasobtained.TheMTCwasdeterminedtobe0.56pcm/'Fwhichfellwellwithintheacceptancecriteriaof+2.0pcm/'FofthedesignMTCof-0.044pcm/'F(corrected).Additionally,thissatisfiestheUnit2TechnicalSpecificationwhichstatesthattheMTCshallbelesspositivethan5.0pcm/'F.ThefinalsectionofinterestforzeropowerphysicstestingisinthemeasurementofCEAgroupworths.Rodworthmeasurementswereperformedusingtherodswapmethodology.Thismethodinvolvesexchangingthereferencegroup,whichismeasuredbytheborationdilutiontechnique,witheachoftheremainingtestgroups.AcomparisonofthemeasuredanddesignCEAreactivityworthsisprovidedinTable3.Thefollowingacceptancecriteriaappliestothemeasurementsmade:1)Themeasuredvalueofeachtestgroupiswithin+15%or+100pcmofthedesignCEAworths,whicheverisgreater,and2)ThemeasureworthofthereferencegroupandthetotalworthforalltheCEAgroupsmeasurediswithin+10%ofthetotaldesignworth.Allacceptancecriteriaweremet.ecninProraDuringpowerascension,thefixedincoredetectorsystemisutilizedtoverifythatthecoreisloadedproperlyandthattherearenoabnormalitiesoccurringinvariouscoreparameters(corepeakingfactors,linearheatrate,andtilt)forpowerplateausat25%,50%,80%andgreaterthan98%

St.LucieUnit2,Cycle9StartupPhysicsTestingReportratedthermalpower.Additionally,calorimetric,nuclear,andhTpowercalibrationswereperformedateachoftheplateauspriortoadvancingreactorpowertothenexthigherlevel.AsummaryoftheresultsofthefluxmapsateachpowerlevelisprovidedinFigures4,5,6,and7.VII.$ummaigAllmeasurementtopredictionacceptancecriteriaweremetandcompliancewiththeapplicableUnit2TechnicalSpecificationswassatisfactory.I)"InitialCriticality,"Pre-OperationalProcedure2-3200088,Revision10.2)"ReloadStarlupPhysicsTesting,"Pre-OperationalProcedure3200091,Revision7.3)"ReactorEngineeringPowerAscensionProgram,"Pre-OperationalProcedure3200092,Revision9.4)St.LucieUnit2TechnicalSpecifications.5)St.LucieUnit2,Cycle9FuelReloadPC/M112-295.

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