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St Lucie I Steam Generator Allowable Tube Wall Degradation.

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ST.LUCIEISTEAMGENERATORALLOWABLETUBEWALLDEGRADATIONCENC-1747October19868612~503+50003358gg212pgpggQCK05pgRp TABLEOFCONTENTSPAGESUMMARYANDCONCLUSIONSII.INTRODUCTION......III.GEOMETRY.......IV.DEVELOPMENTOFHYDRAULICLOADS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~123A~IntloductlOn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B.Loss-of-CoolantAccident1~Thermal-HydraulicModel2.Assumptions.......3.OperatingConditions.........Results............................................C.MainSteamLineBreak5781.Thermal-HydraulicModel............................92.Assumptions........................................93.OperatingConditions.....................~~~t]OV.4.ResultsDEVELOPMENTOFMECHANICALLOADSA.SafeShutdownEarthquake......B.LOCAandMSLBImpulseResponseC.Piessure......~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~10~~~~~~~~~11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~12VI.ALLOMABLESTRESSDETERMINATIONA.AllowableStressesforTubes...........................13VII.LOCAPLUSSSESTRUCTURALANALYSISA.FiniteElementModelB.LOCAAnalysis....VIII.MSLBPLUSSSESTRUCTURALANALYSISA.Loadings~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14~~~~~~~~~~~~~t~~~151.HydraulicFlowLoads...............................172.SSELoads.....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~173.PressureLoads.....................................17 PAGEB.FiniteElementModelC.StressResults1.HydraulicFlow2.SSE..3.Pressure..D.ResultantStressesIX.NRCSTAFFCRITERIAFORMINIMUMACCEPTABLETUBEWALLTHICKNESSX.ALLOWABLETUBEWALLDEGRADATION............................XI.REFERENCES1718181819202122APPENDICESA.STRUCTURALGEOMETRYANDFINITEELEMENTMODEL....-....'..A,O8THERMALHYDRAULICMODELANDRESULTS...-B.OC.LOCA+SSESTRUCTURALANALYSISRESULTS...-.............C;0D.RESULTSFROMEPRI/CEPROJECTS144.E.EVALUATIONPERNRCSTAFFCRITERIA..~~~~~~oD~P~~~~~~~E~OF.FATIGUEEVALUATION..............................F.O11

I.SUMMARYANDCONCLUSIONSThisanalysisestablishestheallowabletubewalldegradationfortheSt.LucieIsteamgeneratorbasedontherequirementsofReg.Guide1.121(Reference1).Theanalysisconsidersthetubeloadingsduetonormaloperation,LossofCoolantAccident(LOCA),MainSteamLineBreak(MSLB)andSafeShutdownEarthquake(SSE).AllowabletubewalldegradationisestablishedinaccordancewiththeASMECodeSectionIIIallowables(ormargins)consistentwiththeprovisionsofReg.Guide1.121.Thefollowingsummarizestheresultsofthisanalysis:A.ThecriteriaonnormaloperatingdifferentialpressureofReg.Guide1.121controlstheallowabletubewalldegradationforallregionsofthetubebundlewiththeexceptionoftheupperre-gions(abovetheuppermostsupportplate)ofTubeRows117through120which.aregovernedbyLOCA+SSEloads.B.Theallowabletubewalldegradationis63KforallregionsexceptfortheregionsabovetheuppermostsupportplateforfollowingTubeRows:a)TubeRow117-59%b)TubeRow118-60Kc)TubeRow119-61%d)TubeRow120-62%C.TheallowabletubewalldegradationdeterminedfromconsiderationofNSLBandSSEisaminimumof66Kandisnotcontrolling.

II.INTRODUCTIONTheanalysispresentedhereinisperformedtoestablishthemaximumallowabletubewalldegradationfortheSt.Lucie1SteamGeneratortubespertherequirementsofNRCReg.Guide1.121.Theresultsofthisstudywillbeusedasthebasesforasteamgeneratortechnicalspecificationchangetothetubepluggingcriteria.ThisreportaddressestherequirementsofNRCReg.Guide1.121formaximumallowabledifferentialpressuresduringnormaloperationandaccidentconditionsaswellastheASMECodeSectionIIIAppendixFrequirementsforfaultedloadconditionsofLossofCoolantAccidents(LOCA)plusSafeShutdownEarthquake(SSE)loadsandMainSteamLineBreak(MSLB)plusSSEloads.Duringtheperformanceofthisanalysis,considerationisgiventothetubesupportplatemodificationswhereintheouterrimsandlugsoftheuppertubesupportplateswereremoved.Thisallowstheupperportionofthetubebundletomovelaterallythroughagapandcon-tacttheshroudduringaLOCAevent.Tuberows87through140areevaluatedinthisanalysiswiththeshorterrowsconsideredtobenon-controllingduetodecreasingLOCAforcesresultingfromshorterhorizontalspansanddecreasingmomentarmlengthsbetweenthepointofloadapplicationandthesupportlocations.

III.'GEOMETRYTheSt.LucieIsteamgeneratortubebundleisconstructedfrom0.75inchO.D.X0.048inchwalltubesandissupportedbygridtype(eggcrate)tubesupportsintheaxialflowregion.(SeeFigureA.1.).Thetubebundleisrestrainedinthecross-flowregionbyseveraldifferenttypesoftubesupports.Theverticalstraightlegportionofthetubesisrestrainedbytwopartialeggcratesandtwodrillplates.Thehorizontaltubespaninsidethe90arc10inchradiibendsissupportedbyslottedverticalstripscontaining.horizontalstripsweldedintoalignedslots.Thissupportarrangementprovidesverticalin-planeandout-of-planemotionrestraintandisaninte-gralpartofthediagonalsupportswhichextendacrossthe10inchradiusbendofalltubes.ThissupportassemblyisuniquetotheCEdesignand,duetoitsfirmattachmenttotherestrainingI-beams,providesexcellentlateralaswellasverticalsupporttothetubes.Pastmodificationstothetwodrillplatesupportsconsistedofre-movingtheirouterrimsandpartoftheattachinglugsleavingagapwherebylateralmotioncanoccur.Theplateswere"staked"byexpandingatubesleeveintothetubeattheplatejunctionatninelocationsonthelowerplateandfiveplacesontheupperplate.

IV.DEVELOPMENTOFHYDRAULICLOADSA.IntroductionALoss-of-CoolantAccident(LOCA)producesararefactionwavewhichpropagatesatthespeedofsoundawayfromthebreaklocation.Astherarefactionwavepassesthroughthetubesinthebendregionofthesteamgenerator,itimpartsalateralpressureloadingonthetubebundle.Thepressureloadingonaparticulartubeispropor-tionaltothepressuredifferenceactingbetweenthemidpointsofthebends.Fluidfrictionandthecentrifugalforcesgeneratedasthefluidnegotiatesthebendsalsocontributetothelateralloadingonrthetubebundle.Thenetforceonaparticulartubeisthealgebraicsumofthepressure,friction,andcentrifugalforces.AMainSteamLineBreak(MSLB)producesatransientpressureloadingonsteamgeneratorinternals.Thepressureloadingresultsfromtherelativeratesatwhichthesecondaryfluidleavesadjacentregions.Ingeneral,theblowdownratefollowingamainsteamlinebreakde-pendsuponthesteamgeneratorgeometry,thesecondarypressure,the.secondarymass,andthenozzlearea.Thethermal-hydraulicresponseoftheprimary(LOCA)andsecondary(MSLB)systemsduringthepostulatedaccidentsisanalyzedusingCombustionEngineering'sCEFLASH-4Acomputercode(Reference4).CEFLASH-4Aisaone-dimensional,two-phase,thermal-hydrauliccodewhichcalculatesthetime-dependentbehaviorofthefluidstatere-sultingfromaflowlineruptureoranoperationaltransient.Thesolutionproceedsbynumericallyintegratingthemomentumequationappliedtotheflowpathswhilemaintainingmassandenergybalancesinthenodes.Heattransferbetweentheprimaryandsecondaryfluidsiscalculated.

Thecodecontainsitsownwaterpropertytablesand'numberofuser-selectedoptions.CriticalflowmodelsincludetheMoody,theHenry-Fauske,andthemodifiedHenry-Fauske/Moodycorrelations.Frictionfactorsmaybeuser-specifiedorcode-calculatedtoconformtoinitialconditions.ThefrictionfactorsmaybeconstantorRey-noldsNumberdependentduringthetransient.Availabletwo-phasemultipliersincludethoseofMartinelli-NelsonandThorn.Themomen-tumfluxterm,whichaccountsforthepressuredropresultingfromspatialchangesindensityandvelocity,maybeselectivelyincludedinthemomentumequation.Finally,bothhomogeneous(mixedphase)andheterogeneous(separatedphase)nodesmaybechosen.In1982,anexperimentalprogram,sponsoredinpartbytheElectricPowerResearchInstitute,wascompletedinwhichthehydraulicload-ingpredictedbytheCEFLASH-4AcodewascomparedwithexperimentalmeasurementsforafivetubemodelofasteamgeneratorexperiencingaLOCA.Thisanalytical/experimentalcomparisonprovidedvalidationofthecode'sthermal-hydraulicmodelingandrecommendedthat-forLOCAeventswhichfocusonthesteamgeneratorinternals-thebreakbemodeledasclosetothesteamgeneratorasisphysicallypossible(Reference5).B.Loss-of-CoolantAccident1.Thermal-HdraulicModelIthasbeenestablishedthatmaximumhydraulicloadingonasteamgeneratortubeinthebendregionisrealizedduringadouble-endedguillotinebreakinthecoldlegpipe.Inthepresentanalysis,thebreakismodeledatasteamgeneratorprimaryoutletnozzle(Refer-ence5).Foracoldlegbreak,thehydraulicforcesonasteamgen-eratortubeinthebendregionareillustratedinFigureB.l.The pressureforceresultingfromtherarefactionwaveisdefinedbythepressuredifferencebetweenthemidpointsofthebends(atthe45positions)actingoverthe-cross-sectionalflowareaofthetube.Thetime-varyingaveragefluidfrictionforceisbasedonthemassflowrateinthecenterofthehorizontalspanandisdefinedby:2fWvL'2~0gwhere,fisthefrictionfactor,dimensionlessMistheflowrateinthetube,ibm/secvisthespecificvolume,ft/ibmDisthetubeinsidediameter,ft.Listhelengthbetweenthemidpointsofthebends,ft.gistheuniversalgravitationalconstant,32.17ft-ibm/lb-sec2fTheresultanthorizontalcomponentofthecentrifugalforcesexertedbythefluidinnegotiatingthebendsisneglectedinthepresentanalysis.Ouringaloss-of-coolantaccident,thesecondarysystemremainsin-tactexceptforheattransferbetweentheprimaryandthesecondaryfluids.Thusrepresentationofthesecondarysystems(twosteamgenerators)intheLOCAthermal-hydraulicmodelisremote.However,thefinitespeedofpropagationandmultiplereflectionsoftherare-factionwavewhichtravelsthroughtheprimarysystemrequireanaccurateandcompleterepresentationoftheprimarysystem.Theentireprimaryflowsystemisdividedintoanetworkofnodesand flowpathsasisshowninFiguresB.2.Inaddition,itisnecessarytoprovidemorerefinedmodelingforthesteamgeneratorthatistheclosesttothebreaklocation(FigureB.3).Thethermal-hydraulicdetailshowninFigure8.3pertainstoeachofthreetuberowsmodeled(tuberows8140,114and88).NodeandflowpathnumbersnotincludedinFigures8.2andB.3arenotutilizedintheLOCAthermal-hydraulicmodel.Thefollowingassumptionsareutilized:a.Allnodesarehomogeneous.b.ThepropertiesofwaterandsteamforestablishinginitialandboundaryconditionsaretakenfromReference6;c.Adouble-endedguillotinebreakopeningtimeof0.020secondsisassumedfortheruptureofone30-inchcoldlegpipeatonepri-maryoutletnozzle.Thisbreakopeningtimeisbasedonareac-torcoolantsystemasymmetricloadanalysis(Reference7).d.Thetwo-phasepressuredropiscalculatedbyfirstspecifyingconstantliquidphasefrictionfactorsbasedontheMoodydiagram(Reference8).ThesefrictionfactorsarethenmultipliedbytheThorntwo-phaseflowfactor(Reference9)storedwithinthecode.e.Themomentumfluxtermisincludedforallinternalflowpaths.f.FlowthroughthebreakismodeledusingthemodifiedHenry-Fauske/Moodycriticalflowcorrelation.

g.Adischargecoefficientof0.7isassumed(Reference10).h.Itisassumedthat15%ofthesteamgeneratortubesareplugged.3.0eratinConditionsTheLOCAeventoccursatfullpowerwiththefollowingplantoperatingconditions(Reference11):~Pr1marPrimaryTemperatureIn,FPrimaryTemperatureOut,FPrimaryFlowRate,ibm/sec.PrimaryPressure,.psia598548193672250~SeconderSaturationPressure,psiaFeedwaterTemperature,FFeedwaterFlowRate,ibm/sec.886430.916414.ResultsThenetforceonatubeineachofthethreetuberowsmodeled(tuberows8140,114and88)asafunctionoftimeispresentedinFigures8.4,8.5and8.6,respectively.Itcanbeseenthat,foreachofthesetuberows,themaximumhydraulicloadingisrealizedatapprox-imately0.015seconds.Thenetforceasafunctionoftimeforeachtuberowisinputintothelineardynamictransientanalysis.ThepressureinthemiddleofthebendsasafunctionoftimeforeachtuberowispresentedinFigures8.7through8.12.TheaverageflowrateinFlowPath42asafunctionoftimeforeachtuberowispresentedinFigures8.13through8.15.

C.MainSteamLineBreak1.Thermal-HdraulicModelPreviousanalysesofamainsteamlinebreakforawiderangeofoperatingconditionsanddifferentsteamgeneratorgeometriesindi-catethatpeakpressureloadsonsteamgeneratorinternalsarereal-izedateitherzeroorlowpoweroperation.Peakpressureloadacrossthetubebendregionisrealizedatzeropercentpower.Our-ingthemainsteamlinebreak,therapiddepressurizationofthesecondaryfluidanditsaccelerationtowardthebreaklocationareunaffectedbytheprimarysystem.Therefore,theMSLBthermal-hydraulicmodelfeaturesonlydetailthatpertainstothesecondarysystem,asisshowninFigure8.16.NodeandflowpathnumbersnotincludedinFigureB.16arenotutilizedintheMSLBthermal-hydraulicmodel.Thefollowingassumptionsareutilized:a.Allcalculationsaremadeassumingnoslipbetweenthesteamandthewater.*b.Propertiesofwaterandsteamforestablishinginitialandbound-aryconditionsaretakenfromReference6.c.Adouble-endedguillotinebreakopeningtimeof0.001secondsisassumedfortheruptureofthe34-inchsteamlineatthesteamoutletnozzle.

d.Thetwo-phasepressuredropiscalculatedbyfirstspecifyingconstantliquidphasefrictionfactorsbasedontheMoodydiagramReference8).ThesefrictionfactorsarethenmultipliedbytheThorntwo-phaseflowfactor(Reference9)storedwithinthecode.e.FlowthroughthebreakismodeledusingtheMoodycriticalflowcorrelation(Reference12).f.Themomentumfluxtermisincludedforallinternalflowpaths.g.Adischargecoefficientof1.0isassumed.3.0eratinConditionsTheMSLBeventoccursatzeropowerwiththefollowingplantoperat-ingconditions(Reference11):~SeconderSaturationPressure,psiaFeedwaterTemperature,FFeedwaterFlowRate,ibm/sec.0%Power37509004.ResultsThepressuredifferenceacrossthetubebendregion(P9-P6)asafunctionoftimeispresentedinFigureB.17.Themaximumpressureloadof28.6psiisrealizedatapproximately0.075seconds.ThepressureinNodes9and6asafunctionoftimeispresentedinFig-uressB.18andB.19.TheflowrateinFlowPath7(inthemiddleofthetubebendregion)asafunctionoftimeispresentedinFigureB.20.10

V.DEVELOPMENTOFMECHANICALLOADSA.SafeShutdownEarthuakeTheprojectspecificationforSt.LucieI,Reference3,statesthatthesteamgeneratorassemblyshallbecapableofwithstandingamaxi-mumseismicloadingequivalentto0.5g'sinbothhorizontalandver-ticaldirectionsappliedsimultaneouslythroughthesteamgeneratorsupports.TheevaluationofthisloadingconditionisaccomplishedwithanANSYS(Reference13)two-dimensionalfiniteelementmodelwhichisdescribedinSectionVIIandisutilizedforbothSSEandLOCAevaluations.SSEstressesareobtainedbytheapplicationofastaticloadequivalenttoa+0.5gaccelerationinthehorizontalandverticaldirectionssimultaneously.TwoverticalloadcasesareconsideredsinceSSE+deadweightloadingsareanalyzedtodeterminetheworstcondition.HoweverLOCAstressesarenormallycontrolling,therefore,SSEstresslocationsareevaluatedattheworstLOCAstresslocation.B.LOCAandMSLBImulseResonseTheLOCAorMSLBaccidentproducesanexternallyappliedimpulsetothesteamgeneratorcausedbythefluidescapingfromitsrespectiveloop.LOCAimpulsestresseshavebeencalculatedforaunitofsimi-lardesignandhavebeenfoundtobeonly+2.0ksi.(Reference14).However,duetoremovalofthedrillsupportplates,lugsandouterrim,gapsarepresentwhichallowimpactingbetweenthedrillplatetubeassemblyandthebafflewhichincreasestubebendingstresses.Avalueof+4.0ksiisusedinthisanalysisbasedontheparametricevaluationofagapconditionpresentedinAppendixC.Mainsteamlinebreakimpulseloadingsareconservativelyestimatedat+6.0ksiforuseinthisanalysisbasedonaworstcaselocation11 inthecrossflowregionforaunitofsimilardesignand0.75"0.0.X0.008"walltubes.C.PressureOuringtheLOCAeventatubeissubjectedtoanetpressureforcewhichproducesanaxialforceintheverticalstraightportionofthetube.WiththesecondarypressureremainingapproximatelyconstantduringtheLOCAeventat815psia,a"blow-off"differentialpressurestressisdetermined-basedonthispressureandtheprimarypressureatthetimeofmaximumLOCAstresses.Theprimarypressure,isob-tainedfromthe"CE-FLASH"programresultsandis1336psiaatthetimeandlocationofmaximumtubestress.ThepressuredifferentialforMSLBisconservativelytakentobe2250ps'hisisbasedontheoperatingprimarypressurewiththeas-sumptionthatthesecondarypressurehasdecayedtozero.12 VI.ALLOWABLESTRESSDETERMINATIONThe'basisfortheallowablestressesusedinthisanalysisisSectionIIIoftheASMECodeforNuclearPowerPlantComponents.ValuesforS,yieldstrengthandultimatestrengthatoperatingtemperaturesaretakendirectlyfromtheappropriatetablesintheCode.A.AllowableStressesforTubesTheultimatestrengthfortheSB-163InconeltubingisS=80.0ksi0u,atthemaximumoperatingtemperatureof600F.AppendixFofSectionIIIgivesthemembranestressallowableforthefaultedconditionsconsideredinthisreportas:orSb=0.7SS=56.0ks>ThemembraneplusbendingallowableisSbf.0.7S+bendMherefisafunctionofcross-sectionalshapeaswellastheratioofmembraneandbendingstressestoyieldstress.Aninteractioncurve,FigureE.4isshowninAppendixEfora63percentdegradedtubeandahealthytube.TheratioofmembranetoyieldstressfortheLOCAanalysisisap-proximately0.2~Therefore,fisequalto1.44andtheallowablestressintensityis:S.I.=S+b=1.44(56)=80.6ksi13

VII.LOCAPLUSSSESTRUCTURALANALYSISA.FiniteElementModelAnANSYSfiniteelementmodelisdevelopedforthetubebundlegeome-trydescribedinSectionIII.FigureA.2givesaschematicoftheportionofthetubebundlethatis-modeledforthisanalysis.Themodelisatwo-dimensionalrepresentationofthetubebundledevel-opedbycombiningthetubesinRows87through140into19lumpedparametricrowsasgiveninTableA.l.Themodelincludesthepor-tionofthetubebundleabovetheuppermostfulleggcratesupportwithallthetubesthatarecapturedbythe.lowerdrillplateplusthefirstthreetuberowsthatareinsidethelowerdrillplate.ThefiniteelementmodelisshowninFigureA.3.Thetubesaremodeledastwo-dimensionalbeam,ANSYSStif3,elements.Themassdistribu-tionofthedrillplatesisrepresentedbylumpedmass,ANSYSStif21,elementsatthenodeswhichareatthedrillplatelocations.Theeffectofthedrillplatesismodeledbycouplingthenodesinthe"x"horizontaldirectionatthedrillplatelocations.Thehori-zontalportionofthetubesarecoupledtotheverticalsupportswithonedimensionalspring,ANSYSStif14,elements.Theverticalsup-portandbatwingareasandmomentsofinertiaareweightedforeachrowbasedonthenumberofverticalsupportsandbatwingsinthatrow.Thefiniteelementmodelhas723elementsofthetypeslistedabove.)Themodelboundary"conditionsareasfollows:Thetubesatthefulleggcratearefixedinthe"x"and"Y"direction.Thetubesarefixedinthe"x"directionatthepartialeggcratelocations.The.7inchgapwhichisdescribedinAppendixCismodeledusingtheANSYSgapmoduledescribedinSection3.2.14ofReference13.

TheanalysisisperformedforhealthyInconeltubes-.75inchO.D.X.048inchwallthickness.Thetubeelementsareattributedanequiv-alentdensity,p,formulatedfrom:P=(1/AT)(PTAT+PSAS+CPfAf)wherep=Densityoftubematerial=.305lbs/inp=Density-offluidintube=.0261lbs/inpf=Density-ofdisplacedfluid=.0045lbs/inAT=Areaoftubematerial=.106inAS=Insideareaoftube=.336inAf=Outsideareaoftube=.442inC=VirtualmasscoefficientAvirtualmasscoefficientofCm=1.7isappliedtothetubes.Theresultingdensitybecomes.4157lbs/inandthecorrespondingmassdensityis.001077,lbs-sec/in.Astructuraldampingof2Xofcriti-caldampingisusedforthesmalldiameterpipinginaccordancewithAECRegulatoryGuide1.61.(Reference14).Themodulusofelasticityis28.8X10psiforthetubesand26.3X10psifortheverticalsupportsandbatwings.ThefluiddynamicloadsversustimeforTubeRows140,114and88aregiveninFiguresB.4,B.5,andB.6.ThesecorrespondwithModelRows19,10,and1.Theloadsgivenintheabovefiguresareforasingletubeineachrow.Therefore,theseloadsmustbescaledandcombined15 forthefiniteelementmodel.Thisisdonebyassumingthattheloadsvarylinearlybetweenthethreerowssothatthetotalloadonanymodelrowisthetotaloftheinterpolatedsingletubeloadmul-tipliedbythenumberoflumpedtubesinthatmodelrow.Themodeltuberowloadsareappliedasconcentratedforcesasafunctionoftimeinthehorizontaldirectionactingatthecenternodesoftherespectivehorizontaltubespans.TheanalysisistheANSYSReducedLinearDynamicAnalysis.Theresultsofthisanalysisaretheele-mentstressesandloadsasafunctionof.time.ThemaximumstressinthestresstimehistoryforeachmodeltuberowisshowninTableC.l.Thelocationofthemaximumstressforeachtuberowisindi-catedinFigureC.l.Atimehistoryplotofthemaximumbendingstressformodelrowsllthrough15isgiveninFigureC.2.ThesestressesareatNodes259,284,309,334and359ofelements184,183,185,187and189,respectivelyasshowninFigureC.3.FigureC.4givesapl'otofthedisplacedgeometryatthetimeofthemaximumLOCAstresses.FigureC.5givesatimehistoryplotofthedis-placementsofNodes19,469and259.ThelocationofNodes19and469areshowninFigureC.1,whileNode259isgiveninFigureC.3.FigureC.6givesatimehistoryplotofthedisplacementsofNodes457and459.ThelocationofNode959isgiveninFigureC.l,while459isshowninFigureC.3..TheSSEseismicloadingisevaluatedusingthesamemodelasfortheLOCAanalysis.TheSSEloadsareappliedasaccelerationsof-1.5Gverticallyand+.5Ghorizontally.TheresultingSSEstressesatthelocationsofmaximumLOCAstressarealsoshowninTableC.l.16 VIII.MSLBPLUS-SSESTRUCTURALANALYSISA.~Loadina1.HdraulicFlowLoadsThetubesinthecross-flowregionaresubjectedtoanexternalflowinducedpressuredropduringtheMSLBevent.DetailsoftheanalysisprocedureandresultsarepresentedinSectionIVandAppendix8,respectively.Themaximumpressuredropacrossthebendregionofthetubebundleis28.6psi.ThispressureloadisfromFigureB.17andisappliedasaconstantloadingwhichisconservative.Theloadingimposedonthehorizontalspanofeachtubeisbasedontheassumptionthattheforceactingisproportionaltotheratioofanindividualtubeprojectedareatothetotalcross-flowtubeareaofthebundle.2.'SELoadsAsdefinedinSectionV.A,0.5gloadswereappliedsimultaneouslyinthehorizontalandverticaldirectionswithdeadweightloadsconsid-eredintheverticaldirection.3.PressureLoadsThetubedifferentialpressureisassumedtobe2250psiandisbasedontheassumptionthatthesecondarypressurehasdecayedtozero.B.FiniteElementModelTheFEMisdescribedinSectionVIIwithdetailedgeometryplotspresentedinAppendixA.Briefly,themodelisplanarwithRows87through140modeledin19lumpedparameterrows.Mostofthemodel17 rowshave-threeactualtuberowswithcombinedmass,stiffness,andloadings.Selectionofverticalstripareasandmomentofinertiasareweightedsothatthedynamiccharacteristicsofthetubebundlearenotaltered.C.StressResultsThemaximumbendingstressesduetoMSLBflowloadsare9.77and9.95ksiatnodelocations212and217,respectively.ThiscorrespondstoTubeRows110,111and112whicharetheshortestrowsattachedtoallthreeverticalstrips(seeFigureA.2).Node217islocatedattheleftverticalstrip/tubepositionwhile212isinthe90degreebendregion.2.SSETheseismicstressesatNodes212and217occurringatthetimeofmaximumNSLBstressesare7.6'and6.3ksi,respectively.Thevalueof7.6ksiisalsothehighestSSEstressforanylocationinthebundle.TabulatedvaluesareincludedinTableC.lforallmodeltuberows.3.PressureThestressesduetoadifferentialpressureof2250psiintheaxial,hoop,andradialdirectionsare:i=7.7ksiPR.2t18 PR.~hoop=i=15.3ksitoradial=P=02D.ResultantStressesTheresultantstressintensityisdeterminedbycombiningNSLBandSSEstressesusingthesquarerootofthesumofthesquares(SRSS)methodplustheadditionofpressurestresses.01[(9.77)+(7.6)]=12.4ksi8Node212<2=[(9.95)+(6.3)]=11.8ksi8Node217Theworstcasestress,a1,isusedtodetermineamaximumallowableTWDof66percent.Theprocedurefordeterminingthisvalueispre-sentedinArticleE.lofAppendixE.1oaxialradial=12.4+7.7-0=20.1<1.44(.7)Su=80.6ksi19 IX.NRCSTAFF.CRITERIAFORMINIMUMACCEPTABLETUBEWALLTHICKNESS1.Tubeswithdetectedacceptabledefectswillnotbestresseddur-ingthefullrangeofnormalreactoroperationbeyondtheelasticrangeoftubematerial.2.Thefactorofsafetyagainstfailurebyburstingundernormaloperatingconditionsisnotlessthanthreeatanytubelocationwheredefectshavebeendetected.3.Crack-typedefects,thatcouldleadtotuberuptureeitherduringnormaloperationorunderpostulatedaccidentconditionswouldnotbeacceptable.ThesecriteriaarefromReference1andareinadditiontothefault-edallowablesofSectionIII.FigureE.lpresentstheminimumre-quiredthicknessesfortubesbasedontheabovecriteria.'20

X.ALLOWABLETUBEWALLDEGRADATIONAstructural-thermalhydraulicanalysisoftheSt.Lucie1SteamGeneratortubebundleindicatesthattheallowableTWDiscontrolled,foramajorityoftuberowsbyNRCReg.Guide1.121criteria.AmaximumallowableTWDof63percentisfoundtobeacceptableforalltuberowswiththeexceptionsof117through120abovethetopdrillplate.ThemaximumallowableTWDfortheserowsiscontrolledbythefaultedcondition,LOCA+SSE,andis59,60,61,and62percent,respectively.TheprocedureforfaultedloadsevaluationispresentedinAppendixE.AtabulationofLOCAandSSEstressesisgiveninTableC.lofAppendixC.Itshouldbenotedthat97.9percentofalltubesmeettherequirementsofReg.Guide1.121for63percentTWDwithonly178tubesor2.1percenthavingallowableTMD'sof59-62percent.AfatigueanalysisofadegradedtubeispresentedinAppendixFwiththemaximumusagefactor,U,fora63percentdegradedtubedeter-mined*tobezero.'21 XI.REFERENCES1.NuclearRegulatoryGuide1.121,"BasesforPluggingDegradedPHRSteamGeneratorTubes".2.ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCode,SectionIIIforNuclearVessels,1986Edition.3.EngineeringSpecificationforSteamGeneratorAssembliesforSaintLucieNo.1,SpecificationNo.19367-31-2,Revision13.4."CEFLASH-4A,AFortranIVDigitalComputerProgramforReactorBlowdownAnalysis",SA-78-223,J.M.Betancourt,CombustionEngi-neering,Inc.,Department489,June1973.5.EPRINP-2652,"LoadsonSteamGeneratorTubesduringSimulatedLoss-of-CoolantAccidentConditions",ProjectS144-1,FinalRe-port,November1982.6.1977ASMESteamTables,C.A.Meyer,etal.,ThirdEdition,ASME,NewYork,N.Y.,1977.7."ReactorCoolantSystemsAsymmetricLoadEvaluationProgram-FinalReportforCalvertCliffs1and2,Millstone2,PalisadesandFortCalhoun",June30,1980.8.Moody,L.F.,"FrictionFactorsforPipeFlow",Transactions,ASME,Vol.66,1944.9.Thorn,J.R.S.,"PredictionofPressureDropDuringForcedCircu-lationBoilingofMater",Int.J.Heat&MassTransfer,Vol.7,1964.22 10.CombustionEngineeringReportCENPD-252-P-A,"BlowdownAnalysisMethod",July1979.11.FloridaPower5LightCompany,JNS-MCI-86-161,LetterfromJ.E.NoabatoJ.N.Mesthoven,October3,1986.12.Moody,F.J.,"MaximumFlowRateofaSingleComponent,Two-PhaseMixture",ASMETransactions,February1965.13.ANSYSEngineeringAnalysisSystem,FiniteElementComputerPro-gram,Revision4;1,March1,1983,JohnA.Swanson,Ph.D.14.AECRegulatoryGuide1.61..15.CombustionEngineering,Inc.,CENC-1264(Revision2),"AnalysistoDetermineAllowableTubeMallDegradationforPalisadesSteamGenerators",March30,1976.16.CombustionEngineering,Inc.,CENC-1170,"AnalyticalReportforFloridaPower5LightCompanySteamGenerator",December,1971.17.DesininbPhotoelasticit,R.B.Heywood,1952.23 APPENDIXASTRUCTURALGEOMETRYANDFINITEELEMENTMODELFIGUREA.1STEAMGENERATORELEVATIONVIEWFIGUREA.2UPPERTUBEBUNDLEGEOMETRYFIGUREA.3ANSYSFINITEELEMENTMODELTABLEA.1FINITEELEMENTMODELTUBEDATAA.O JQhQj,FIGUREA.1STEAMGENERATOR-ELEVATIONVIEWA.l

BAFFLE.BATWING317510"RADIUS(TYPICAL)ROW14022DRILLPLATETYPICALSLOTS-ROW116ROI1110-tOW9022DRILLPLATEROW66P.EC26.5P.E.C.ROW56OW2825.5TOPFULLEGGCRAITESUPPORTFIGUREA.2UPPERTUBEBUNDLEGEOMETRYA.2 TABLEA.lFINITEELEMENTMODELTUBEDATAMODELROWTUBEROWSROWNO.TOTALNO.OFTUBESMOMENTSOFINERTIA(IN)AREA(IN)687888990919293949596979899100101102103104666564636460~6261626160596059585756571951871851801771701.27731.22491.21181.17901.15941.113520.6719.82219.6119.0818.76218.0210556106.10754165..1.080817.4910108109110ill112113114115116535251505150494847105152194.6878.99561.270711.1316.11220.564A.4 MODELROMROWNO.TUBEROWSTOTALNO.OFTUBESMOMENTSOFINERTIA(IN)AREA(IN)1213141516171819117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140464544434241403938373635343330292827282920171291129120102877449~--=-~9.5960.8450.7860.7271.6681.5699.4847.3210.058959.64613.67412.7211.76610.8129.2227.8445.194.954A.5 APPENDIXBTHERMAL-HYDRAULICMODELSANDRESULTSFIGUREB.1HYDRAULICFORCESONATUBEFIGUREB.2LOCATHERMAL-HYDRAULICMODELFIGUREB.3FIGUREB.4FIGUREB.5LOCATHECAL-HYDRAULICMODEL(STEAMGENERATORDETAIL)CLOCANETFORCEVSTIME(TUBEROW8140)LOCANETFORCEVSTIME(TUBEROW8114)FIGUREB.6LOCANETFORCEVSTIVE(TUBEROW888)FIGUREB.7AVERAGEPRESSUREBETWEENNODES39AND40VSTIME(TUBEROlllj140)FIGUREB.8AVERAGEPRESSUREBETWEENNODES44AND45VS.TDK(TUBEROM8140)FIGUREB.9AVERAGEPRESSUREBETtJEENNODES39AND40VSTIVE(TUBEROW8114)FIGUREB.10AVERAGEPRESSUREBETWEENNODES44AND45VS.TIME(TUBEROWf114)FIGUREB.11AVERAGEPRESSUREBETWEENNODES39AND40VSTIME(TUBEROWII88)FIGUREB.12AVERAGEPRESSUREBETWEENNODES44AND45VSTIME(TUBEROWPP88)B.O

APPENDIXB-(CONTINUED)THERMAL-HYDRAULICYODELSANDRESULTSFIGUREB.13FLOWRATEINFLOtlPATH42VSTIME(TUBERONt'!140)FIGUREB.14FLOWRATEINFLOWPATH42VSTIYE(TUBEROW//114)FIGUREB.15FLONRATEINFLOWPATH42VSTIME(TUBEROWf88)FIGUREB.16Y~LBTHERYAL-HYDRAULICYODELFIGUREB.17PRESSUREDIFFERENCEVSTIME(Pg-P6)FIGUREB.18PRESSUREINNODE9VSTIYEFIGUREB.19PRESSUREINNODE6VSTIYENFIGUREB.20FLOWRATEINFLOt'/PATH7VSTIYE FIGUREB.1HYDRAULICFORCESONATUBEHorizontaFNt=F<<Ff(F-F)epcx1cx2'NeF=hP~APFfncx1BreakLocationB.2 FIGU8.2LOCATHERMAL-HYDRAULICMODEL21222023251917D35Secondary)2D34Secondaryf11261627301533-3433ll12131ll910131215353131262930S.1.TankflS.1.Tankf2S.1.Tankl3FillSystoa5636NHode323229FlerPath 1

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40NODE9643025tA~CAcnC920MCQNODE25915NODE959,101.0GAP(IN)FIGUREC.8PARAMETRICEVALUATIONOFBENDINGSTRESSVS,GAPWIDTH1.5 L APPENDIXD'IMPORTANTFINDINGSFROMEPRI/CEPROJECTS144Abriefdiscussionregardingtheabovetestprogramispresentedinthissection.Theobjectivesoftheprogramare(i)toverifytheCEFLASHCodemodelingofthefluid-dynamicloadsinasteamgeneratortubeduringaLOCAand(ii)toverifythepredictedstructuralresponses.Thetestloopsimulatedtheprimarysidethermal-hydraulicconditionsinanoperationalnuclearsteamgenerator.Theloopconsistedoffivefullsizedouble90bendtubesandsteamgeneratorplena,apressurizer,a0reactorresistancesimulator,aheater,apump,andassociatedpipesandvalvestocompletethesystem.ThetubesusedwereoftypicallengthandthesameoutsidediameterasthoseusedinCfsteamgenerators.Prototypicalsupportswereprovidedforthebundleoffivetubes.SeeFigureD.1whichisaphotographoftheteststand.Coldlegguillotinebreaksweresimulatedusingquickopeningvalveandrupturedisks.Breakopeningtimesrangedfromlessthan1msectoasmuchas67milliseconds.TheloopinstrumentationwasdesignedtomeasurethetransientpressurehistoryatvariouslocationsandmonitorthestructuralresponseofthetubetotheLOCAhydrodynamicloading.Aseriesofblowdowntestswereperformedfordifferentoperatingandboundaryconditions.Theparametervariationsincludedfluidtemperature,pre-blowdownflowrate,breakopeningtime,breakopeningarea,andbreaklocation.Bothuniformandmixedlengthtubebundleswereused.Analyticallypredictedtransientpressurehistoriesandthedifferentialpressurehistoryacrossthetubespanwerecomparedwiththeexperimentaldata.SeeFigureG.2.Predictedstructuralresponsesinthebendregionwerealsocomparedwiththetestdata.ThetransientpressurehistoriesaspredictedbyCEFLASMwereinexcellentagreementwiththetestdata.Thecalculatedstructural'responsesofthetubealsohadgoodoverallagreementwiththetestdata.0.0

Duringthecourseofthetestprogram,mechanicaltestswereconductedtomeasurethestructuraldampingofthehorizontaltubespan.Itwasfoundtobe8Xofthecriticaldamping.Itwasalsoobservedthatthefrictionaland"binding"forcesintheverticalsupportreducedthepredictedbendingstressesanaverage34.3X.SeeTableD,l.AsshowninTableD.1,theanalyticallypredictedbendingstressesinthisreportwerelowered25.1X(34.3X-1standarddeviation9.2X=25.1%)totakeaccountofthefrictionandbinding. 44,~j~Pr,~I4((/~~~~~~~i~~FIGURE0,1EPRI/CEPROGRNIS144-1LOCABLOLJDONNSIMULATIONTESTSTAND0.2 ~I~Ett.A5ltCXPKRIMEHSAI.~!CSiCC:SC.C.S.CIA~VASS.CI~ISO~0C>FOROSV'-tttIKlN5KC00IIIIIII'ACCELERATjONA001CtOitI~9aoCH~IOINIISs0Ctl.tart<iO,ttvSSC,IjIIII~BaselineMeasuredandPredictedPressureDifferentialsBetweenTubeBendsIZ000O.OOO.OV0.00O.CO0.IO0.IZ0.IV0.IOtt~ISCC.IAccelerationatTubeMidspanTestA34I5IOSTRESSSGQQCIIiIOwltSICSICg.tRtingv0SC.35v555IOl5Nlbwgret~CIIUSILM0.0.00O.OV0.000.00O.IOC.llO.IVO.ISll+ISSC.IBendingStressesinTubeNearSupportPlate-TestA34FIGURE0.2COMPARISONBETWEENPREOICTEOANDMEASUREDFLUIDDYNAMICLOADINGANDSTRUCTURALRESPONSE-0.3 TABLED.tPALISADESSTEAMGENERATOR1.0CAANALYSISBATWINCiFRICTION-EPRITESTEPRITESTANSYSANALTestIDDescriptionBreakOpenT(Sec)Reports(ksi)Corrects(ksi)WithFPs(ksi)ReportNoFPs(ksi)XDueFrictA-28SmallerBreakArea(DownstreamOrifice).0175.55.710.712.246.7A-31A-37A-37ShortBreakLengthMixedHeightBundle(L'ongTube)MixedlleightBundle(ShortTube).016.014.0146.45.810.36.66.010.79.89.014.211.210.316.332~733.324.6AverageValueStandardDeviationSelectedValue(Avg-S)34.39.225.1 C APPENDIXEEVALUATIONOFNRCSTAFFCRITERIAARTICLEE.lPROCEDUREFORDETERMININGALLOWABLE,TWDTABLEE.lRELATEDDATAFORALLOWABLETWDDETERMINATIONFIGUREE.lEVALUATIONPERNRCREG.GUIDE1.121FIGUREE~2ALLOWABLETUBEWALLDEGRADATIONBASEDONLOCA+SSESTRESSESFORTUBEROWS117-123FIGUREE.3ALLOWABLETUBEWALLDEGRADATIONFORTOTALTUBEBNUNDLEFIGUREE.4MEMBRANEANDBENDINGINTERACTIONDIAGRAMFORCYLINDRICALTUBEE,O C ARTICLEE.1PROCEDUREFORDETERMININGALLOMABLETMDLOCA+SSEThemaximumallowablestressintensityforadegradedtubeforLOCA+SSEstressisdeterminedfromthefollowingequation:S.I.22.21/2LOCASSELOCAXA+a-e=f(0.7)SuRAREIMPi.'XP'rP=(EquationE.l)TheLOCArarefaction,impulse,andsafeshutdownearthquakestressesareevaluatedbytheSRSSprocedureforahealthytubeandthenamplifiedbythefactorA.whichistheratioofthesectionmodulusofadegradedtubetoahealthyone.Tubestressesduetoadeltapressure,primaryminussecondary,areincludedandcomparedtoanallowable,f(0.7S)wherefisuafunctionofcross-sectionalgeometryandtheratioofmembraneandbend-ingstressestoyieldstress.AninteractiongraphisshowninFigureE.4.Thiswasdevelopedforacylindricaltubecross-sectionformembraneandbendingstresses.TableE.lpresentsdatacalculatedforuseintheaboveequationforS.I.ThethreemodelrowswithmaximumLOCArarefactionstressesarell,12,and13correspondingtosteamgeneratortuberows117-118,119-121and122-124,respectively.ThesevaluesareshowninTableC.l.ModelRow11Evaluation:(UseTMD59%Input)S.I.=[(28.3)+(7.1)+(4)](2.559)+4.3+.82=80.5<Allow.=80.6ksi ModelRow12Evaluation:(UseTWD62%Input)S.I.=[(26)+(5.3)+(4))(2.776)+4.7+.82=79.9<Allow.=80.6ksi2221/2ModelRow13Evaluation:(UseTWD68%Input)S.I.=[(21.5)+(4)+(4)](3.305)+5.2+.82=79.6<Allow.=80.6ksiFiguresE:2andE.3showtheallowableTWDforthelocalizedregionandtheentiretubebundle.NSLB+SSEAllowableTWDisdeterminednormallybyconsideringstressesfromfoursources.1)MSLBflowloads,2)MSLBimpulseloads,3)Safeshutdownearthquakeand4)differentialpressure.Stressesresultingfrom1),3),and4)havebeendetermined.NSLBimpulserelatedmaximumstressisas-sumedtobe+6ksi,basedonananalysisofasteamgeneratorofsimilardesign,andisusedinthisportionoftheevaluation.ItshouldbenotedthatNSLBimpulserelatedstressesaregenerallysmallerthanMSLBflowstressesandwiththecombiningofstressesutilizingtheSRSSprocedure,theeffectofMSLBimpulsestressesontheresultantvalueisfurtherde-creased.TheworstcaseNSLB+SSEstressesaretakenfromSectionVIIIandusedtoevaluatetheallowableTWD.NSLBFlowStress=9.77ksiSSEStress7.6ksiMSLBImpulseStress=6.0ksiResultant=(9.77+7.6+6.0)=13.7ksiE.2

Solvingequation.E.lusinganallowableTWOestimateof66percent,thestressintensity,S.I.forMSLB+SSEis65.3ksi.TheallowableS.I.isf(.7)S=66ksibasedonavalueoff=1.18ob-utainedfromFigureE.4.TheratioofmembranestresstoyieldforInconeltubingis0.81asshownbelowandisrequiredtodeterminef.a=-='22.6ksii2.25.327m2tr=0.81.'.f=1.18fromFigureE.4m22.6Hence,themaximumallowableTWDforMSLB+SSEstressesis66percentwhichisnon-controlling.E.3 TABLEE.lRELATEDDATAFORALLOWABLETWDDETERMINATIONTWD585960616266686970t(IN).0201.0197.0192.0187.0182.0178.0163.0154.0149.0144R(IN).3471.3467.3462.3457.3452.3448.3433.3424.3419.3414ZDIN.006972.006828.006649.006471.006293.006151.005618.005286.005124.004948HIN.017470.017470.017470.017470.017470.017470.017470.017470.017470.017470A.ZH/ZD2.5062.5592.6272.7002.7762.8403.1103.3053.4093.531xP(KSI)4.34.34.44.64.74.85.25.65.75.84PRixP~trP>=1336psiP2=815psiWherehP=Pq-P2=0.521ksicr=0.815ksi((rremb)=g7g=0.18..f=1.44(FigureE.4)5SSE=2.2ksi(HealthyTubeatTimeandLocationofMaximumLOCAStress)0LOCA40ksi(HealthyTube)IMPE.4 4 1.NORMALOPERATION2.NORMALOPERATION3.STEAMLINEBREAKa<S=27.9KSI,600F3a<S=80.0KSI,600Fa<.7S=56.0ksi,600FNORNLOPERATINGPRESSURESrS-.P+P36PR'S+U~PRi07S-.P+PP>=2250psiaPz=815psiahP=1435psiSTEANLINEBREAKPg=0Pi=2250psia1.435.3273.65t=0.0178in.XAllow.Degradation(.048-.0178)X100.0483(1.435.327r8tr=0.0179in,XAllow.Degradation0100.048-,0179=632.25.327rtr=0.0134in.XAllow.Degradation0100='72FIGUREE.1EVALUATIONPERNRCREG.GUIDE1.121 CI I,!eIII'I1aIaa70III~a;aI..I{e~IIaa,I.I{,IIe~~~~I~\IaalII~I~II~~I~aIaIjr~I~eIaI~tI~I{.LOCA+SSE~I~I*~I':{~EIVALUAl'ION1j,I'il~."'IIj'"~IelII~IaIIIIIl~-~IIIj"IIIIIIII~~II~Ia-'--".66.MlC)~ic)6258IaI.I-i".I{I'IjI..~NRC']a~I.IIIIII,j~ACCEPTABLEREGIONSTAFF{leI-~4~-~Ia~~aROWi..NUMBER!I>>7.>>8>>9120'aiI~'{ICRITERIA',',I..I..j{'UBESPERROW46454443.V~a~I~IaIIII-Q5'6IIIALLOWABLETUBEIa1III140Ia'E'ROWS>>73123~"'EI~II1t7';-118,;j{119,120:121122:123aTUBEROMNUMBERII'r'IIli~I',.'FIGUREE.2.lI"WALLDEGRADATIONBASEDON'LOCA+SSEST!{ESSES.FORTUBt-eIIIaI~ el II,~jI~IIIIII',-801,',70-60'~rIIjIr~-II,II~Ii~IiII,iII)~'IIiIHRCSTAFFCRITERIA~~l'i'~"~~IIItrt".rIr'rIlj~II,i1~II~..LOCA+SSE;EVALUATIONh:/Ii-~1ICDI-C)CYC9C)IJJCOCDcC.50=4030I-'.2010I~IIIACCEPTABLEREGIONit.'I.II~!.III!IItIr.)I00~20.";-40ljrIi..=1'~IIl'I~~"ALLOWABLETUBEWALLi,FIGUREE.'3I-DEGRADATIONFORTOTjALTUBPBUNDLE'IIII6080'100ITUBEROMNUMBER120II~Irl~IiI140I r cP"M5-"CAVl,UJs~CY-li4UJCAUJCLI-1.3COC)LVCXl'-'4--:l2.~t~~~~s~~I,.(~63KDEGRADEDTUBE'IIHEALTHYTUBE~1~."'-..-.:-.j'I":00.20.40.60.81.0MEMBRANE"MEMBRANESTRESS/YIELDSTRESSFIGUREE,4ANDBENDINGINTERACTIONDIAGRAMFORCYLINDRICALTUBEI~>~~~IE.8

APPENDIXFFATIGUEANALYSISOFDEGRADEDTUBESThefatigueevaluationofadegradedtubeisbasedupontheconservativeassumptionof15,000cyclesfromambientconditionsto1005power.Theresultingalternatingstressintensityis(Ref.16,PageA-465)Slt=16.8ksiAstressconcentrationfactorforatubethatisdegraded63$isdeterminedbyconsideringastriponthetensionsideofthetubeandtreatingitasashoulderedplateintension.(Ref.17,Page178).DegradedZoneTransitionAreaAfullfilletradiusisassumed0.018"pdTR=.03h=.03d=.036D=.096d=D/dh0.65~h-Y0~6s=1.33Applying.thisstressconcentrationfactoryieldsSalt=(1.33)(16.8)=22.4ksi.Thisalternatingstressisgoodforcyclesinexcessof106(seeFigureI-9.2,Reference2).f/ence,theusagefactorisE.O 4r' ATTACHMENTEDETERMINATIONOFNOSIGNIFICANTHAZARDSCONSIDERATIONThestandardsusedtoarriveatadeterminationthatarequestforamendmentinvolvesnosignificanthazardsconsiderationareincludedintheCommission'sregulations,10CFR50.92,whichstatesthatnosignificanthazardsconsiderationsareinvolvediftheoperationofthefacilityinaccordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnot(I)involveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated;or(2)createthepossiblityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluatedor(3)involveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.Eachstandardisdiscussedasfollows:(I)Operationofthefacilityinaccordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnotinvolveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated.TheproposedsteamgeneratortubewallacceptancecriteriahasbeendeterminedinaccordancewithRegulatoryGuidel.l2I.TheacceptancecriteriaisbasedonmarginsofsafetyconsistentwiththemarginsprovidedinSectionIIIoftheASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCode.Thedemonstratedmarginsofsafetyprovidereasonableassurancethattubefailurewillnotoccurduringoperatingoraccidentconditions.Therefore,theproposedchangewillnotresultinasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated.(2)Useofthemodifiedspecificationwouldnotcreatethepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluated.Theproposedchangedoesnotchangetheconfigurationoftheplantorthewayinwhichitisoperated.Therefore,thechangedoesnotcreatethepossibilityforanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanypreviouslyevaluated.(3)'Useofthemodifiedspecificationwouldnotinvolveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.ThesupportingsteamgeneratortubestressanalysismeetsthecriteriaofRegulator'yGuideI.I2I.Theproposedacceptancecriteriaisbasedonsafetyfactorsof3fornormaloperatingconditionsandI.Sforaccidentconditions.TheassociatedmarginsofsafetyareequivalenttothemarginsdeterminedbythestresslimitsofSectionIIIoftheASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCode.Thesemarginsofsafetyassurealowprobabilityfortubefailureduringoperatingoraccidentconditions.Therefore,theproposedchangedoesnotresultinasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.Basedontheabove,wehavedeterminedthattheamendmentrequestdoesnot(I)involveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated,(2)createtheprobabilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluated,or(3)involveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety;andthereforedoesnotinvolveasignificanthazardsconsideration.EJW2/024/5 Vcrl~hvhv+f>>urv(~vv1-~l~4~I,cr'wr44$JI>>riv4>>54th'-4vr'4>>rril,~4ItI>>WW.l4Ili~41I4IvI"~..4vc,l,".>>A4"444Ii~i>>8441~*~4vlt.4~i'l,IIIJ"Ill')MIHltil'.1hvtI11'-/[IIII,4~h1~4bil~'uvlt"II4*Vi,Vuhc"IlhI1v1"II~>>"I,llti44h4t'Jkvlt-lt'hclv*"'1>>llIII4'I'.WII>>vI,4'fv'W~~~t4P,4ItI~I44-II,~4...I,'ll,44ILWIlh>>MI14il4.I,IIIJlIih'llIVWI'>>I'I,,4,IqlI-'I',h."A').;IHl14.,44lttvvc4JW1lrV'WCIVhcl1JVC44~li'h.,I~i'1'1IvhI1til.H<'Itf"i<,.ll'~viIIIIllih~4*~,ukill4Ill;4~1-J'ilHWW(flicI~4444t:~~,ihv,'I>>v".$ttgvuhhiff4IiH'lilhivlhhilvWW41It14~.Ii.~IvHw4I'tvr\IiHCH"I'IiilWI4atilwli,4vvuIHAut,c.>>44~44JIIJ44W4".~4Irc,>>4ilHl,III4I'IllI1VW.~I,j'4*14A~.IIHtlijl'1hl,WtjVC',rI>>441441IIlt4,It~(11>>J44,Illl-4"ICInJl.~1I.I444~4li44hitIhi'I4~I'.~il4}}