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Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1418 (RG 1.212 Rev 2), Sizing Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries. (ACRS Copy)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE DG-1418 Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.212 Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration Issue Date: Month 20##

Technical Lead: Liliana Ramadan This RG is being issued in draft form to involve the public in the development of regulatory guidance in this area. It has not received final staff review or approval and does not represent an NRC final staff position. Public comments are being solicited on this DG and its associated regulatory analysis. Comments should be accompanied by appropriate supporting data. Comments may be submitted through the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching for draft regulatory guide DG-1418. Alternatively, comments may be submitted to the Office of Administration, Mailstop: TWFN 7 A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN:

Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. Comments must be submitted by the date indicated in the Federal Register notice.

Electronic copies of this DG, previous versions of DGs, and other recently issued guides are available through the NRCs public web site under the Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/index.html. The DG is also available through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under Accession No. ML22307A132. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22307A144.

SIZING LARGE LEAD-ACID STORAGE BATTERIES A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to meet regulatory requirements for sizing large lead-acid storage batteries for production and utilization facilities. It endorses, with clarifications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 485-2020, IEEE Recommended Practice for Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications (Ref. 1).

Applicability This RG applies to licensees and applicants subject to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities (Ref. 2), and 10 CFR Part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants (Ref. 3). Under 10 CFR Part 50, this RG applies to licensees of or applicants for production and utilization facilities.

Under 10 CFR Part 52, this RG applies to applicants and holders of combined licenses, standard design certifications, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses.

Applicable Regulations

• 10 CFR Part 50 provides regulations for licensing production and utilization facilities.

o 10 CFR 50.55a, Codes and standards, requires, in part, that structures, systems, and components be designed, fabricated, erected, constructed, tested, and inspected to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety function to be performed.

o 10 CFR 50.63(a)(2) requires, in part, that the reactor core and associated coolant, control, and protection systems, including station batteries and any other necessary support systems, provide sufficient capacity and capability to ensure that the core is cooled, and appropriate containment integrity is maintained in the event of a station blackout for the specified duration.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 2 o 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants, General Design Criterion (GDC) 1, Quality Standards and Records, requires, in part, that structures, systems, and components important to safety be designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the safety functions to be performed.

o GDC 17, Electric Power Systems, requires, in part, that an onsite electric power system and an offsite electric power system be provided to permit functioning of structures, systems, and components important to safety.

10 CFR Part 52 governs the issuance of early site permits, standard design certifications, combined licenses, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses for nuclear power facilities and specifies, among other things, that contents of some applications must satisfy the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A; 10 CFR 50.55(a); and 10 CFR 50.63, Loss of all alternating current power.

Related Guidance NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: Light-Water Reactor (LWR Edition) (Ref. 4), provides guidance to the NRC staff in performing safety reviews under 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 52. Specifically, Section 8.3.2, DC Power Systems (Onsite), contains review guidance related to direct current (dc) systems, including batteries.

RG 1.129, Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Nuclear Power Plants (Ref. 5), endorses, with clarifications, IEEE Std. 450, IEEE Recommended Practice for Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications (Ref. 6), as an acceptable method to meet the regulations concerning the maintenance, testing, and replacement of vented lead-acid storage batteries in nuclear power plants.

RG 1.128, Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Nuclear Power Plants (Ref. 7), endorses, with clarifications, IEEE Std. 484, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications (Ref. 8), as an acceptable method to meet the regulations concerning the installation design and installation of vented lead-acid storage batteries in nuclear power plants.

NUREG-1537, Parts 1 and 2, Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors, issued February 1996 (Ref. 9), contains format and content guidance for non-power reactor applicants and licensees, as well as a standard review plan and acceptance criteria for the NRC staff.

Final Interim Staff Guidance Augmenting NUREG-1537, Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors, Parts 1 and 2, for Licensing Radioisotope Production Facilities and Aqueous Homogeneous Reactors, issued October 2012 (Ref. 10), gives format and content guidance for non-power aqueous homogeneous reactor and radioisotope production facility applicants and licensees, as well as a standard review plan and acceptance criteria for the NRC staff.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 3 Endorsement of Appendix A to Oak Ridge National Laboratory Report, Proposed Guidance for Preparing and Reviewing a Molten Salt Non-Power Reactor Application, as Guidance for Preparing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Liquid Fueled Molten Salt Reactors, dated November 18, 2020 (Ref. 11), which endorses, with clarifications, Appendix A to ORNL/TM-2020/1478, Proposed Guidance for Preparing and Reviewing a Molten Salt Non-Power Reactor Application, issued July 2020 (Ref. 12), to support the review of non-power molten salt reactors.

Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues RGs to describe methods that are acceptable to the staff for implementing specific parts of the agencys regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory guides are not NRC regulations and compliance with them is not required.

Methods and solutions that differ from those set forth in RGs are acceptable if supported by a basis for the issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission.

Paperwork Reduction Act This RG provides voluntary guidance for implementing the mandatory information collections in 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), under control numbers 3150-0011 and 3150-0151, respectively. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (T6-A10M), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202 (3150-0011 and 3150-0151), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 4 B. DISCUSSION Reason for Revision This revision of the RG (Revision 2) endorses, with certain clarifications, IEEE Std. 485-2020 and includes production and utilization facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR Part 52 within the scope of this RG. The previous version of this RG endorsed, with certain clarifications, IEEE Std. 485-2010. In 2020, the IEEE revised IEEE Std. 485 to refine the methods for defining dc load guidance and sizing large lead-acid batteries to ensure consistent performance. The revised IEEE standard provides a succinct document for the sizing of batteries with informative annexes. The NRC staff determined that, based on the revised IEEE standard, a revision to this RG is needed to support applications for new reactor licenses, design certifications, and license amendments.

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This RG provides guidance to applicants and licensees for defining the dc load and size of lead-acid batteries needed to supply the defined load for full-float stationary battery applications. IEEE Std. 485-2020 describes the recommended methods for defining the dc load and for sizing lead-acid batteries to supply dc power to applications during the full range of operating and emergency conditions.

IEEE Std. 485-2020 is an updated national consensus standard that adds new recommendations and guidance, as well as informative annexes for both vented and valve-regulated lead-acid batteries for stationary applications. The standard was developed by the IEEE Power Engineering Society Stationary Batteries Committee and approved by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board on May 6, 2020.

The standard is applicable to vented and valve-regulated lead-acid batteries and also describes some factors relating to cell selection. However, consideration of battery types other than lead acid is beyond the scope of this RG. Additionally, installation, maintenance, qualification, testing procedures, and design of the dc system and sizing of the battery charger(s) are beyond the scope of the IEEE standard and this RG.

It is important to recognize that IEEE Std. 485-2020 states it can be used as a standalone document. However, the NRC staff has found that using IEEE Std. 485-2020 in conjunction with IEEE Std. 450 and IEEE Std. 484 provides the user with a general guide to the design, installation, and maintenance of vented lead-acid batteries. For the design, installation, and maintenance of valve-regulated lead-acid batteries, the NRC staff reviewed IEEE Std. 1187, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Stationary Applications (Ref. 13), and IEEE Std. 1188, IEEE Recommended Practice for Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) Batteries for Stationary Applications (Ref. 14), and found that the standards provide the additional information and criteria.

The sizing methodology in IEEE Std. 485-2020 is very similar to that in IEEE Std. 485-2010. The approach consists of defining the load that the batteries will be required to support and using the guidance in the IEEE standard to determine the best battery for the application. To this end, IEEE Std. 485-2020 provides guidance on general considerations that should be included in defining the duty cycle; load classifications, including continuous, noncontinuous, and momentary loads; and the construction of a duty cycle diagram. In calculating the number of cells and minimum voltage section, IEEE Std. 485-2020 cautions the user that the charging voltage needs to be recalculated and verified for adequacy if the numbers of cells are rounded off. It also discusses how to ensure all voltage drops are considered when calculating the allowable minimum voltage.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 5 IEEE Std. 485-2020 discusses defining loads and other considerations but notes that, for sizing purposes, the loads can be treated as constant power or constant current. The updated annexes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are informative, and applicants and licensees should review them to assist with the battery design.

IEEE Std. 485-2020, section 4.2.5, Duty Cycle Diagram, states that the total time span of the duty cycle is determined by the requirements of the installation. This duty cycle time depends on the type of production and utilization facility designactive or passive. The duty cycle time is typically discussed in a plant safety analysis report. For facilities that are active, the battery duty cycle should cover both design-basis accidents (DBAs) and station blackout (SBO) scenarios (with a permitted load shedding scheme). For DBAs, since an emergency diesel generator (EDG) or other onsite emergency power source is assumed to be available within approximately 10 seconds to recharge the battery, some facilities have sized the vital batteries considering a duty cycle of less than 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> duration. However, an EDG or onsite emergency power source may be out of service at the time of an accident concurrent with the loss of offsite power. It may take up to 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> to switch the associated battery charger to an alternate power source. Therefore, for active designs, the vital batteries should be sized for the worst-case duty cycle, consisting of either a minimum of 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> for the DBAs or the analyzed SBO duration (with a permitted dc load shedding scheme). This guidance does not apply to the EDGs or onsite emergency power sources own battery if provided separately (which is exclusively sized based on the starting requirement of the EDG or onsite emergency power source, such as field flash).

Consideration of International Standards The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works with member states and other partners to promote the safe, secure, and peaceful use of nuclear technologies. The IAEA develops Safety Requirements and Safety Guides for protecting people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation. This system of safety fundamentals, safety requirements, safety guides, and other relevant reports, reflects an international perspective on what constitutes a high level of safety. To inform its development of this RG, the NRC considered IAEA Safety Requirements and Safety Guides pursuant to the Commissions International Policy Statement (Ref. 15) and Management Directive and Handbook 6.6, Regulatory Guides, (Ref. 16). The following IAEA Safety Requirements and Guides were considered in the development of the RG:

IAEA Safety Guide NS-G-1.8, Design of Emergency Power Systems for Nuclear Power Plants, (Ref. 17)

IAEA Safety Standard SSR-2/1, Safety of Nuclear Power Plants Design, (Ref 18)

Although the NRC has an interest in facilitating the harmonization of standards used domestically and internationally, the agency does not specifically endorse the IAEA safety standard listed above and is only acknowledging that such documents may be a useful reference for general information.

Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses, in part, the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations, and other third-party guidance documents. These codes, standards and third-party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards, or third-party guidance documents (secondary references). If a secondary reference has itself been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference has been endorsed in a RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 6 meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally-binding requirement nor a generic NRC approved acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement. However, licensees and applicants may consider and use the information in the secondary reference, if appropriately justified, consistent with current regulatory practice, and consistent with applicable NRC requirements.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 7 C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE The staff finds that IEEE Std. 485-2020 provides methods acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the design requirements for stationary battery applications in full-float operation for production and utilization facilities, subject to the following limitations and a clarification:

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Annex A to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides sample sizing demonstrations.

Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

2.

Annex B to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides a method for estimating battery terminal voltage at various points in the battery duty cycle using the manufacturers typical discharge characteristics. Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

3.

Annex C to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides a method for considering other cell types when selecting a battery for its intended application. Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

4.

Annex D to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides a method for sizing a battery properly for a constant power application and for converting from either constant power loads or constant resistance loads to constant current. Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

5.

Annex E to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides a method for describing the construction and use of the battery discharge characteristics curve. Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

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Annex F to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides a method for addressing random loads and their application in the battery sizing process. Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

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Annex G to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is a full-size worksheet, Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications, and is endorsed as an accepted method for sizing lead-acid batteries.

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Annex H to IEEE Std. 485-2020 is informative and provides the bibliography. Unless otherwise stated in a separate regulatory position, endorsement of IEEE Std. 485-2020 does not include endorsement of this annex.

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The safety analysis report should discuss the battery duty cycle span. For active designs, the battery duty cycle should cover both DBA and SBO scenarios (with a permitted load shedding scheme). The minimum duty cycle for active designs for DBAs should be 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 8 D. IMPLEMENTATION The NRC staff may use this regulatory guide as a reference in its regulatory processes, such as licensing, inspection, or enforcement. However, the NRC staff does not intend to use the guidance in this RG to support NRC staff actions in a manner that would constitute backfitting as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, Backfitting, and as described in NRC Management Directive 8.4, Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests, (Ref. 19), nor does the NRC staff intend to use the guidance to affect the issue finality of an approval under 10 CFR Part 52, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants. The staff also does not intend to use the guidance to support NRC staff actions in a manner that constitutes forward fitting as that term is defined and described in Management Directive 8.4. If a licensee believes that the NRC is using this regulatory guide in a manner inconsistent with the discussion in this Implementation section, then the licensee may file a backfitting or forward fitting appeal with the NRC in accordance with the process in Management Directive 8.4.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 9 REFERENCES 1

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 485-2020, IEEE Recommended Practice for Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications, Piscataway, New Jersey.2

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U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, Part 50, Chapter I, Title 10, Energy.

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CFR, Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants, Part 52, Chapter I, Title 10, Energy.

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2 Copies of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) documents may be purchased from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, PO Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855 or through the IEEEs public Web site at http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/index.html.

Pre-Decisional copy for ACRS consideration DG-1418, Page 10

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(ML20219A771)

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IEEE Std. 1187, IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Stationary Applications, Piscataway, New Jersey.

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IEEE Std. 1188, IEEE Recommended Practice for Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) Batteries for Stationary Applications, Piscataway, New Jersey.

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NRC, Management Directive 8.4, Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests, Washington, DC.

3 Copies of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) documents may be obtained through their Web site:

www.IAEA.org/ or by writing the International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100 Wagramer Strasse 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.