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{{#Wiki_filter:~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendmentSafetIn'ectionTankMinimumPressureReductionATTACHMENT1St.LucieUnit2Marked-upTechnicalSpecificationPage3/45-1'F204230201920421PDRADOCK05000289PPDR 3t'0';5-"'tNGBCY'OttE~CNRINGSYSTEMSECCS3/4.5.1SAFETYINJECTIONTANKSi''V.~sLIMITINGCONDITIONFOROPERATION~I3.5;1EachReactorCoolantSystemsafetyinjectiontankshallbeOPERABLEwith:a.:The,isolationvalve..open,b.Acontainedboratedwatervolumeofbetween1420and1556cubicfeet,I~A'<'c.Aboronconcentrationofbetween1720and2100ppmofboron,andI~d.AniItrogcn~cover.-pressureofbetween@'nd'650psig.APPIICABILITY:MOOES1;2,3",and4".Sob.ACTION:Withonesafetyinjectiontankinoperable,exceptasaresultofaclosedisolationvalve,restoretheinsuperable.tanktoQPERA8LE.')atuaAwithin1"ho'uh,or.be'in.af;ljastHdTsTACIBY'withinthenext;6'o'ursandinHOTSHUTDOWN"wi4hirithefollowing6hours.+th'one,'sat'etying'ectiontang,inoperabIe'.due,.'to)gei~1atlqnvalvebetngchas'ed,either,.iaeedfgCqty,open,'he"isolatian.vieer.Pe,.inatleast'HOTSTANDB'(within1'ouran4tjein'OT,SHUTGGMtfmithinthenext.12hours...SURVEILLANCE.REUIREMENTS.:~l4.5;,l-..lIEachsafari@;injectiontankshallbedemonstrated.OPFRABI.E;...a.Atleastonceper12hoursby:l.Verifying(bytheabsenceofalarms)thecontainedboratedwatervolumeand.nitrogencoverpressureinthetanks,and2;"Verifying'hat'eachsafetyinjectiontankisolationvalveisopen.thpressurZerpress'ut"e,'..cfihaterIthaiorequalto1750psia.'henpressur-izerpressureis1'essthan1750psia",atleastthreesafetyinjection.tanksshallbeOPERABLE,eachwithaminimumpressureof.,235psigandamaximumpressureof650psigandacontained'atervol'umeofbetween1250and1556cubicfeetwitha.boronconcentrationofbetween,1720and2100ppmofboron.Withallfours'afetyinjectiontariks'OPERAHL'E,eachtankshallhaveaminimumpressureof235psiganda.maximumpressureof650.psiganteacaqtaiqed.watervolumeofBetween833'nd.'1556cubicfeetwithaboihconcentratianofbetween1720and2100ppmofb'oron.InMODE4withpressuriziirpressUrelessthan276psia,thesafe.'yinjectiontanksmaybeisolated.ST.LUCIE"UNIT23/45"1IAmendmentNo.40 0$P St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendmentSafetInectionTankMinimumPressureReductionATTACHMENT2SAFETY"ANALYSISIntroductionTheproposedchangetotheSt.LucieUnit2,TechnicalSpecificationsreducesthesafetyinjectiontank(SIT)minimumpressurefrom570psigto500psig.TheproposedchangemodifiesTechnicalSpecification3.5.1.d,SafetyInjectionTanks,forSt.LucieUnit2.TheproposedchangeprovidesthebenefitofagreaterdifferentialpressuremarginbetweentheSIToperatingpressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).ReducingtheSITLimitingConditionforOperation(LCO)to500psigmeanstheminimumSITpressurewouldbeapproximately75percentofthere'liefvalvepressuresetpointwhichrepresentsa10percentincreaseinmarginwhencomparedtocurrentconditions.ThisadditionalmarginlessensthepotentialforSITreliefvalveleakagethathasimpactedplantavailabilityinthepast.DiscussionTheSITsensurethatasufficientvolumeofboratedwaterwillbeimmediatelyforcedintothereactorcorethrougheachofthecoldlegsintheeventthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)pressurefallsbelowthepressureoftheSITs.ThisinitialsurgeofwaterintothecoreprovidestheinitialcoolingmechanismduringlargeRCSpiperuptures.ThelimitsonSITvolume,boronconcentration,andpressureensuretheassumptionsusedforSITinjectioninthesafetyanalysisaremet.Bycomparison,St.LucieUnit1SITnitrogencoverpressureisnormallysetbetween220psigand225psig,andtheUnit1TechnicalSpecificationsrequiretheSITpressuretobebetween200psigand250psig.St.LucieUnit1has14x14fuelassemblyarraywhileSt.LucieUnit2hasa16x16fuel.ThehigherpressureoftheSt.LucieUnit2safetyinjectiontankswasemployedtogainadditionalLOCAmarginabovethemargingainedbythefuelassemblyarraychange.
{{#Wiki_filter:~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetIn'ection TankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 1St.LucieUnit2Marked-up Technical Specification Page3/45-1'F204230201 920421PDRADOCK05000289PPDR 3t'0';5-"
'tNGBCY'OttE~CNRING SYSTEMSECCS3/4.5.1SAFETYINJECTION TANKSi''V.~sLIMITINGCONDITION FOROPERATION
~I3.5;1EachReactorCoolantSystemsafetyinjection tankshallbeOPERABLEwith:a.:The,isolation valve..open, b.Acontained boratedwatervolumeofbetween1420and1556cubicfeet,I~A'<'c.Aboronconcentration ofbetween1720and2100ppmofboron,andI~d.AniItrogcn~cover.-pressure ofbetween@'nd'650psig.APPIICABILITY:
MOOES1;2,3",and4".Sob.ACTION:Withonesafetyinjection tankinoperable, exceptasaresultofaclosedisolation valve,restoretheinsuperable.tank toQPERA8LE.')atua Awithin1"ho'uh,or.
be'in.af;ljast HdTsTACIBY'withinthenext;6'o'ursandinHOTSHUTDOWN"wi4hiri thefollowing 6hours.+th'one,'sat'ety ing'ection tang,inoperabIe'.due,.'to)gei~1atlqn valvebetngchas'ed,either,.iaeedfgCqty,open,'he "isolatian.vie er.Pe,.inatleast'HOT STANDB'(within 1'ouran4tjein'OT,SHUTGGMtfmithin thenext.12hours...SURVEILLANCE.
REUIREMENTS.:
~l4.5;,l-..lI Eachsafari@;injection tankshallbedemonstrated.OPFRABI.E;
...a.Atleastonceper12hoursby:l.Verifying (bytheabsenceofalarms)thecontained boratedwatervolumeand.nitrogencoverpressureinthetanks,and2;"Verifying'hat
'eachsafetyinjection tankisolation valveisopen.thpressurZerpress'ut"e,'..cfihaterI thaiorequalto1750psia.'hen pressur-izerpressureis1'essthan1750psia",atleastthreesafetyinjection.
tanksshallbeOPERABLE, eachwithaminimumpressureof.,235psigandamaximumpressureof650psigandacontained'ater vol'umeofbetween1250and1556cubicfeetwitha.boronconcentration ofbetween,1720 and2100ppmofboron.Withallfours'afetyinjection tariks'OPERAHL'E, eachtankshallhaveaminimumpressureof235psiganda.maximumpressureof650.psiganteacaqtaiqed
.watervolumeofBetween833'nd.'1556 cubicfeetwithaboihconcentratian ofbetween1720and2100ppmofb'oron.InMODE4withpressuriziir pressUrelessthan276psia,thesafe.'yinjection tanksmaybeisolated.
ST.LUCIE"UNIT23/45"1IAmendment No.40 0$P St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetInectionTankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 2SAFETY"ANALYSIS Introduction TheproposedchangetotheSt.LucieUnit2,Technical Specifications reducesthesafetyinjection tank(SIT)minimumpressurefrom570psigto500psig.TheproposedchangemodifiesTechnical Specification 3.5.1.d,SafetyInjection Tanks,forSt.LucieUnit2.Theproposedchangeprovidesthebenefitofagreaterdifferential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).ReducingtheSITLimitingCondition forOperation (LCO)to500psigmeanstheminimumSITpressurewouldbeapproximately 75percentofthere'liefvalvepressuresetpointwhichrepresents a10percentincreaseinmarginwhencomparedtocurrentconditions.
Thisadditional marginlessensthepotential forSITreliefvalveleakagethathasimpactedplantavailability inthepast.Discussion TheSITsensurethatasufficient volumeofboratedwaterwillbeimmediately forcedintothereactorcorethrougheachofthecoldlegsintheeventthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)pressurefallsbelowthepressureoftheSITs.Thisinitialsurgeofwaterintothecoreprovidestheinitialcoolingmechanism duringlargeRCSpiperuptures.
ThelimitsonSITvolume,boronconcentration, andpressureensuretheassumptions usedforSITinjection inthesafetyanalysisaremet.Bycomparison, St.LucieUnit1SITnitrogencoverpressureisnormallysetbetween220psigand225psig,andtheUnit1Technical Specifications requiretheSITpressuretobebetween200psigand250psig.St.LucieUnit1has14x14fuelassemblyarraywhileSt.LucieUnit2hasa16x16fuel.ThehigherpressureoftheSt.LucieUnit2safetyinjection tankswasemployedtogainadditional LOCAmarginabovethemargingainedbythefuelassemblyarraychange.
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~~~~~~~~~Section6.3.3.1oftheSt.LucieUpdatedFinalSafetyAnalysisReport(UFSAR)liststhefollowingEmergencyCoreCoolingSystem(ECCS)designcriteriafrom10CFR50.46:(1)Thecalculatedmaximum-fuelelementtemperatureshallnotexceed2200'F.(2)Thecalculatedtotaloxidationofthecladdingshallnowhereexceed17percentofthetotalcladdingthicknessbeforeoxidation.(3)Thecalculatedtotalamountofhydrogengeneratedfromthechemicalreactionofthecladdingwithwaterorsteamshallnotexceed1percentofthehypotheticalamountthatwouldbegeneratedifallthemetalinthecladdingcylinderssurroundingthefuel,excludingthecladdingsurroundingtheplenumvolume,weretoreact.(4)Calculatedchangesincoregeometryshallbesuchthatthe.coreremainsamenabletocooling.(5)AfteranycalculatedsuccessfulinitialoperationoftheECCS,thecalculatedcoretemperatureshallbemaintainedatanacceptablylowvalueanddecayheatshallberemovedfortheextendedperiodoftimerequiredbythelong-livedradioactivityremaininginthecore.Attachment4istheTechnicalEvaluation,ReductionofSafetyInjectionTankPressureMinimumSetpointforSt.LucieUnit2NuclearPowerP2ant,preparedbyABBCombustionEngineering.ItprovidesthejustificationforadecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumSITpressurefrom570psig.to500psig.TechnicaljustificationforoperationofSt.Lucie"Cycle"7"'ata-reducedSITminimumoperatingpressureof500psigisprovidedbyECCSperformanceevaluationsofthesmallbreakloss-of-coolantaccident(SBLOCA).Sincethelargebreakloss-of-coolantaccident(LBLOCA)analysisofrecordwasperformedwith,anSITpressureof200psig,theproposedminimumSITpressureof500psigisbounded.Theseperformanceevaluationsdemonstrateacceptableconformancewith10CFR.50.46.Areviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasesevents,in'ttachment4,showsthat=noneoftheseanalysescalculateor-creditSITinjectionintotheRCS.Therefore,thereductionofSIT-minimumoperatingpressuresetpointhasnoimpactonpostulatednon-LOCAdesignbasesevents.Althoughthestationblackoutevent(SBO)isoutsidethedesignbasesforUnit2,ananalysiswasperformedasaconditionoflicenseattherequestoftheNRC.ThisanalysisappearsasSection15.10oftheUFSAR.Attachment4provides'technical lt40ll'laf'J)()')fyj~'~)(j<<,g~,v'3y's.lQ%Ua~~4m+p~~gA4=v~4<.$&j~'N~4sra~~tlg~4 evaluationoftheSBOeventattheproposedminimumoperatingpressureof500psig.This.evaluationdemonstratesthattheoriginalconclusionspresentedinSection15.10.5oftheUFSARhavenotbeenadverselyaffected.TheslightincreaseinthedifferentialpressurebetweentheRCSandSITsmayhavetwoopposingeffectsonbackleakagefromtheRCSintotheSITs.First,theincreaseddifferentialpressurewilltendtoseatthecheckvalvesmorefirmly,andthusmaycauseaslightdecreaseintheprobabilityofbackleakageintotheSITs.Second,theslightincreaseindifferentialpressurebetweentheRCSandtheSITsmayslightlyincreasetherateofbackleakageintotheSITs,shouldbackleakageoccur.Suchback-leakagewouldaffecttherequiredSITboronconcentrationandlevel.Thereisnohistoryofback-leakageintotheSITsatSt.LucieUnit2orUnit1.AsachangeinlevelwouldalerttheoperatorstoanyaccompanyingreductioninboronconcentrationintheSITs,thereisessentiallynoprobabilityofsuchbackleakagecontributingtoanevent.Therefore,thereductionofSITminimumpressurewillhavenosignificanteffectontheprobabilityorconsequencesofback-leakagefromtheRCSintotheSITs.CONCLUSIONeTheacceptabilityoftheproposedreductionoftheSITminimumoperatingpressuredependsontheimpactonthepostulatedSBLOCA,thepostulatedLBLOCA,andthepostulatedSBO.TheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizeandassociatedpeakcladdingtemperaturestronglydependontheSITpressure.ReducingtheSITminimumoperatingpressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2increasestheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ft2to0.0450ftandincreasesthepeakcladdingtemperaturefrom1771'Fto1905'F.ThisanalyticalevaluationforSBLOCAwasperformedusingABBCombustionEngineering'sNRCapprovedproprietarysmallbreakevaluationmodel,CalculativeMethodsfortheCESmallBreakLOCAEvaluationModel,CENPD-137(P),datedAugust1974andCENPD-137(P)Supplement1,datedJanuary1977.Theanalysiswasperformedconsistentwiththerequirementsof10CFR50AppendixK.Thisanalysisdemonstratedacceptableconformancewith10CFR50.46.TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforcycle3whichboundslatercycles.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasredoneforcycle2whenthecorepowerwasincreasedfrom2560MWtto2700MWt.-TheLBLOCAanalysiswasredoneagainforcycle3withrevisedsteamgeneratortubeplugginglimits.ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformedwithaSITpressureof200psig,aconditionwhichconservativelycoversthe500psigSITpressureusedintheSBLOCAanalysis.ThepeakcladdingtemperaturefortheLBLOCAanalysisis2107'F.TheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumpressureremainslessthanthecurrentLBLOCApeakcladdingtemperatureofrecord.Therefore,the  
~~~~~~~~~Section6.3.3.1oftheSt.LucieUpdatedFinalSafetyAnalysisReport(UFSAR)liststhefollowing Emergency CoreCoolingSystem(ECCS)designcriteriafrom10CFR50.46:(1)Thecalculated maximum-fuel elementtemperature shallnotexceed2200'F.(2)Thecalculated totaloxidation ofthecladdingshallnowhereexceed17percentofthetotalcladdingthickness beforeoxidation.
'I~i~/+t,4Jk4~e~A%"Pg(.I-l*4flf"%~a LBLOCAcalculationremainsthe.limitinganalysisof..recordforECCSperformanceevaluation.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable.conformancetothe10CFR50.46acceptancecriteriaforECCSperformanceinsupportofthereducedvalueofSITminimumpressureof500psig.Attachment4includesareviewofSBO,which.isoutsidethedesignbasisforSt.LucieUnit2butispartofthelicensingbasis.TheSBOeventpostulatesafourhourtimeperiodforrestoringACpowerduringwhichprimarysubcoolingandnaturalcirculationmustbemaintained.TheSBOanalysisinUFSARSection15.10creditssomeSITinjectionlateinthetransient.Anassessmentofthisanalysis,.concludedthattheproposedreductionintheminimumSITpressurewoulddelaytheSITdischarge.However,sufficientinventoryremainsintheRCSthroughtheSBOtopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandthustopreventalossofnaturalcirculation.TheconclusionspresentedintheUFSARregardingmaintainingnaturalcirculationandcoresubcriticalityareunchanged.Therefore,thereductionoftheSITminimumpressuresetpointto.-500'sighasnoimpactontheSBOevent.Non-LOCAdesignbaseseventshavebeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasingtheSITminimumpressureto500psiginAttachment4.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscalculateorcreditSITinjectionintotheRCS.Therefore,thereductioninSITminimumoperatingpressuresetpointhasnoimpact,onotherpostulatednon-LOCAsafetyanalyses.
(3)Thecalculated totalamountofhydrogengenerated fromthechemicalreactionofthecladdingwithwaterorsteamshallnotexceed1percentofthehypothetical amountthatwouldbegenerated ifallthemetalinthecladdingcylinders surrounding thefuel,excluding thecladdingsurrounding theplenumvolume,weretoreact.(4)Calculated changesincoregeometryshallbesuchthatthe.coreremainsamenabletocooling.(5)Afteranycalculated successful initialoperation oftheECCS,thecalculated coretemperature shallbemaintained atanacceptably lowvalueanddecayheatshallberemovedfortheextendedperiodoftimerequiredbythelong-lived radioactivity remaining inthecore.Attachment 4istheTechnical Evaluation, Reduction ofSafetyInjectionTankPressureMinimumSetpointforSt.LucieUnit2NuclearPowerP2ant,preparedbyABBCombustion Engineering.
Itprovidesthejustification foradecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumSITpressurefrom570psig.to500psig.Technical justification foroperation ofSt.Lucie"Cycle"7"'at a-reduced SITminimumoperating pressureof500psigisprovidedbyECCSperformance evaluations ofthesmallbreakloss-of-coolant accident(SBLOCA).
Sincethelargebreakloss-of-coolant accident(LBLOCA)analysisofrecordwasperformed with,anSITpressureof200psig,theproposedminimumSITpressureof500psigisbounded.Theseperformance evaluations demonstrate acceptable conformance with10CFR.50.46.Areviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasesevents,in'ttachment 4,showsthat=noneoftheseanalysescalculate or-credit SITinjection intotheRCS.Therefore, thereduction ofSIT-minimum operating pressuresetpointhasnoimpactonpostulated non-LOCAdesignbasesevents.Althoughthestationblackoutevent(SBO)isoutsidethedesignbasesforUnit2,ananalysiswasperformed asacondition oflicenseattherequestoftheNRC.ThisanalysisappearsasSection15.10oftheUFSAR.Attachment 4provides' technical lt40ll'laf'J)()')fyj~'~)(j<<,g~,v'3y's.lQ%Ua~~4m+p~~gA4=v~4<.$&j~'N~4sra~~tlg~4 evaluation oftheSBOeventattheproposedminimumoperating pressureof500psig.This.evaluation demonstrates thattheoriginalconclusions presented inSection15.10.5oftheUFSARhavenotbeenadversely affected.
Theslightincreaseinthedifferential pressurebetweentheRCSandSITsmayhavetwoopposingeffectsonbackleakage fromtheRCSintotheSITs.First,theincreased differential pressurewilltendtoseatthecheckvalvesmorefirmly,andthusmaycauseaslightdecreaseintheprobability ofbackleakage intotheSITs.Second,theslightincreaseindifferential pressurebetweentheRCSandtheSITsmayslightlyincreasetherateofbackleakage intotheSITs,shouldbackleakage occur.Suchback-leakage wouldaffecttherequiredSITboronconcentration andlevel.Thereisnohistoryofback-leakage intotheSITsatSt.LucieUnit2orUnit1.Asachangeinlevelwouldalerttheoperators toanyaccompanying reduction inboronconcentration intheSITs,thereisessentially noprobability ofsuchbackleakagecontributing toanevent.Therefore, thereduction ofSITminimumpressurewillhavenosignificant effectontheprobability orconsequences ofback-leakagefromtheRCSintotheSITs.CONCLUSION eTheacceptability oftheproposedreduction oftheSITminimumoperating pressuredependsontheimpactonthepostulated SBLOCA,thepostulated LBLOCA,andthepostulated SBO.TheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizeandassociated peakcladdingtemperature stronglydependontheSITpressure.
ReducingtheSITminimumoperating pressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2increases theSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ft2to0.0450ftandincreases thepeakcladdingtemperature from1771'Fto1905'F.Thisanalytical evaluation forSBLOCAwasperformed usingABBCombustion Engineering's NRCapprovedproprietary smallbreakevaluation model,Calculative MethodsfortheCESmallBreakLOCAEvaluation Model,CENPD-137(P),
datedAugust1974andCENPD-137(P)
Supplement 1,datedJanuary1977.Theanalysiswasperformed consistent withtherequirements of10CFR50AppendixK.Thisanalysisdemonstrated acceptable conformance with10CFR50.46.TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforcycle3whichboundslatercycles.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasredoneforcycle2whenthecorepowerwasincreased from2560MWtto2700MWt.-TheLBLOCAanalysiswasredoneagainforcycle3withrevisedsteamgenerator tubeplugginglimits.ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed withaSITpressureof200psig,acondition whichconservatively coversthe500psigSITpressureusedintheSBLOCAanalysis.
Thepeakcladdingtemperature fortheLBLOCAanalysisis2107'F.TheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumpressureremainslessthanthecurrentLBLOCApeakcladdingtemperature ofrecord.Therefore, the  
'I~i~/+t,4Jk4~e~A%"Pg(.I-l*4flf"%~a LBLOCAcalculation remainsthe.limitinganalysisof..record forECCSperformance evaluation.
ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable
.conformance tothe10CFR50.46acceptance criteriaforECCSperformance insupportofthereducedvalueofSITminimumpressureof500psig.Attachment 4includesareviewofSBO,which.isoutsidethedesignbasisforSt.LucieUnit2butispartofthelicensing basis.TheSBOeventpostulates afourhourtimeperiodforrestoring ACpowerduringwhichprimarysubcooling andnaturalcirculation mustbemaintained.
TheSBOanalysisinUFSARSection15.10creditssomeSITinjection lateinthetransient.
Anassessment ofthisanalysis,.concluded thattheproposedreduction intheminimumSITpressurewoulddelaytheSITdischarge.
However,sufficient inventory remainsintheRCSthroughtheSBOtopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandthustopreventalossofnaturalcirculation.
Theconclusions presented intheUFSARregarding maintaining naturalcirculation andcoresubcriticality areunchanged.
Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumpressuresetpointto.-500'sig hasnoimpactontheSBOevent.Non-LOCAdesignbaseseventshavebeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasing theSITminimumpressureto500psiginAttachment 4.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscalculate orcreditSITinjection intotheRCS.Therefore, thereduction inSITminimumoperating pressuresetpointhasnoimpact,onotherpostulated non-LOCAsafetyanalyses.
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~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendmentSafetIn'ectionTankMinimumPressureReductionATTACHMENT3DETERMINATIONOFNOSIGNIFICANTHAZARDSCONSIDERATIONThestandardsusedtoarriveatadeterminationthatarequestforamendmentinvolvesanosignificanthazardsconsiderationareincludedintheCommissionsregulation,10CFR50.92,whichstatesthatnosignificanthazardsconsiderationsareinvolvediftheoperationofthefacilityinaccordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnot(1)involveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated;or(2)createthepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviouslyevaluated;or(3)involveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.Eachstandardisdiscussedasfollows:(1)Operationofthefacilityinaccordancewiththeproposedamendmentwouldnotinvolveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated.Reducingthesafetyinjectiontank(SIT)minimumpressuredoesnotinvolveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityofa-.loss-of-coolantaccident-(LOCA),-since-the-SITs--are--passivesystemsandhavenoeffectonthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)untilafterthedepressurizationoftheRCSduetoaLOCA.ReducingtheSITminimumpressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2increasesthesmallbreakloss-of-coolant(SBLOCA)limitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.0450ftandincreasespeakcladdingtemperaturefrom1771'Fto1905'Fforthenewlimitingbreaksize.Thecalculatedpeakcladdingtemperature(1905'F)fortheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumpressureremainslessthanthecurrentlarge'.breakloss-of-.coolant(LBLOCA),analysis.peakcladding.temperature.of.2107'F..ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformedassumingaSITpressureof200psig,aconditionwhichconservativelycoverstheproposedminimumSITpressureof500psig.Therefore,althoughtheconsequencesofaSBLOCAareincreasedslightly,theLBLOCAcalculationremainsthelimitinganalysisofrecordforemergencycorecoolingsystem(ECCS)performanceevaluation.
~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetIn'ection TankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 3DETERMINATION OFNOSIGNIFICANT HAZARDSCONSIDERATION Thestandards usedtoarriveatadetermination thatarequestforamendment involvesanosignificant hazardsconsideration areincludedintheCommission sregulation, 10CFR50.92,whichstatesthatnosignificant hazardsconsiderations areinvolvediftheoperation ofthefacilityinaccordance withtheproposedamendment wouldnot(1)involveasignificant increaseintheprobability orconsequences ofanaccidentpreviously evaluated; or(2)createthepossibility ofanewordifferent kindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviously evaluated; or(3)involveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety.Eachstandardisdiscussed asfollows:(1)Operation ofthefacilityinaccordance withtheproposedamendment wouldnotinvolveasignificant increaseintheprobability orconsequences ofanaccidentpreviously evaluated.
TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforcycle3whichhasbeenshowntoboundlatercycles.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptableconformanceto10CFR50.46,AcceptanceCriteriaforECCSperformanceforlightwaternuclearpowerreactors,insupportoftheproposedminimumSITpressureof500psig.ThisECCSperformanceevaluationforSt.LucieUnit2wasperformedconsistentwithNRCapprovedmethodologyand10CFR50AppendixKcriteria.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasperformedassumingaSITpressureof200psig,therefore,thereisnoincreaseintheconsequencesofaLBLOCAduetoreducingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.Non-LOCAdesignbasiseventshavebeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscalculateorcreditSITinjectionintotheRCS,sincenoneofthenon-LOCAaccidentsresultinRCSdepressurizationbelowtheSITmaximumpressuresetpoint.Therefore,thereductionoftheSITminimumpressuresetpointhasnoincreaseintheconsequences.ofnon-LOCAdesignbaseseventsduetoreducingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.Thestationblackoutevent,(SBO),whichispresentedinSection15.10.5oftheUFSAR,hasbeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasingtheSITminimumpressureto500psig.WiththeSITpressurereducedto500psig,SITinjectionisinitiatedpriortotheoccurrenceofvoidingintheRCSloops,thuspreventingalossofnaturalcirculation.Therefore,reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2TechnicalSpecificationlimitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto500psigdoesnotinvolveasignificantincreaseintheprobability.or*.consequences=='of-.an=-.accidentpreviouslyevaluated.(2)Useofthemodifiedspecificationwouldnotcreatethepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanypreviouslyevaluated.TherearenoadditionalfailuremodesfortheSITsduetoreducingthenitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto.500.psig.TheSITs"are-passive"systemsandhave-no.effect-on-the,RCSuntilafterthedepressurxzationof-.the-RCS.,dueto.a.LOCA.Therefore,reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2TechnicalSpecificationlimitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto500psigdoesnotcreatethepossibilityofanewordifferentkindofaccidentfromanypreviouslyevaluated.  
Reducingthesafetyinjection tank(SIT)minimumpressuredoesnotinvolveasignificant increaseintheprobability ofa-.loss-of-coolant accident-(LOCA),-
~Qe~JiltP'JIp~,q~~4~V'1%f'"k (3)Useofthemodifiedspecificationwouldnotinvolveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.TheSBLOCAanalysiswiththeSITpressureof500psigsatisfiesthecriteriaof10CFR50.46andremainsboundedbytheLBLOCAanalysisofrecord.TheLBLOCAanalysiswas.performedassuminga.SITpressureof200psig.ReviewoftheSBOanalysiswiththeSITpressureof500psigdemonstratesthattheoriginalconclusions,presentedinUFSARSection15.10.5,havenotbeenadverselyaffected.Therefore,reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2TechnicalSpecificationlimitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom560psigto500psigdoesnotinvolveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety.Basedontheabove,wehavedeterminedthattheproposedamendmentdoesnot(1)involveasignificantincreaseintheprobabilityorconsequencesofanaccidentpreviouslyevaluated,(2)createtheprobabilityofanew-ordifferentkindofaccidentfromanypreviouslyevaluated,or(3)involveasignificantreductioninamarginofsafety;andthereforedoesnotinvolveasignificanthazardsconsideration.  
since-the-SITs--are--passive systemsandhavenoeffectonthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)untilafterthedepressurization oftheRCSduetoaLOCA.ReducingtheSITminimumpressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2increases thesmallbreakloss-of-coolant (SBLOCA)limitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.0450ftandincreases peakcladdingtemperature from1771'Fto1905'Fforthenewlimitingbreaksize.Thecalculated peakcladdingtemperature (1905'F)fortheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumpressureremainslessthanthecurrentlarge'.break loss-of-.coolant(LBLOCA),analysis.
peakcladding.temperature.
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ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed assumingaSITpressureof200psig,acondition whichconservatively coverstheproposedminimumSITpressureof500psig.Therefore, althoughtheconsequences ofaSBLOCAareincreased
: slightly, theLBLOCAcalculation remainsthelimitinganalysisofrecordforemergency corecoolingsystem(ECCS)performance evaluation.
TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforcycle3whichhasbeenshowntoboundlatercycles.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable conformance to10CFR50.46,Acceptance CriteriaforECCSperformance forlightwaternuclearpowerreactors, insupportoftheproposedminimumSITpressureof500psig.ThisECCSperformance evaluation forSt.LucieUnit2wasperformed consistent withNRCapprovedmethodology and10CFR50AppendixKcriteria.
TheLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed assumingaSITpressureof200psig,therefore, thereisnoincreaseintheconsequences ofaLBLOCAduetoreducingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.Non-LOCAdesignbasiseventshavebeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasing theminimumSITpressureto500psig.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscalculate orcreditSITinjection intotheRCS,sincenoneofthenon-LOCAaccidents resultinRCSdepressurization belowtheSITmaximumpressuresetpoint.
Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumpressuresetpointhasnoincreaseintheconsequences
.ofnon-LOCAdesignbaseseventsduetoreducingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.Thestationblackoutevent,(SBO),whichispresented inSection15.10.5oftheUFSAR,hasbeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasing theSITminimumpressureto500psig.WiththeSITpressurereducedto500psig,SITinjection isinitiated priortotheoccurrence ofvoidingintheRCSloops,thuspreventing alossofnaturalcirculation.
Therefore, reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2Technical Specification limitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto500psigdoesnotinvolveasignificant increaseintheprobability.
or*.consequences=='of-.an=-.accident previously evaluated.
(2)Useofthemodifiedspecification wouldnotcreatethepossibility ofanewordifferent kindofaccidentfromanypreviously evaluated.
Therearenoadditional failuremodesfortheSITsduetoreducingthenitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto.500.psig.TheSITs"are-passive"systems andhave-no.effect-on
-the,RCSuntilafterthedepressurxzation of-.the-RCS.,due to.a.LOCA.Therefore, reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2Technical Specification limitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto500psigdoesnotcreatethepossibility ofanewordifferent kindofaccidentfromanypreviously evaluated.  
~Qe~JiltP'JIp~,q~~4~V'1%f'"k (3)Useofthemodifiedspecification wouldnotinvolveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety.TheSBLOCAanalysiswiththeSITpressureof500psigsatisfies thecriteriaof10CFR50.46andremainsboundedbytheLBLOCAanalysisofrecord.TheLBLOCAanalysiswas.performed assuminga.SITpressureof200psig.ReviewoftheSBOanalysiswiththeSITpressureof500psigdemonstrates thattheoriginalconclusions, presented inUFSARSection15.10.5,havenotbeenadversely affected.
Therefore, reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2Technical Specification limitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom560psigto500psigdoesnotinvolveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety.Basedontheabove,wehavedetermined thattheproposedamendment doesnot(1)involveasignificant increaseintheprobability orconsequences ofanaccidentpreviously evaluated, (2)createtheprobability ofanew-ordifferent kindofaccidentfromanypreviously evaluated, or(3)involveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety;andtherefore doesnotinvolveasignificant hazardsconsideration.  
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~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389,ProposedLicenseAmendmentSafetIn'ectionTankMinimumPressureReductionATTACHMENT4TECHNICALEVALUATIONREDUCTIONOFSAFETYINJECTIONTANKPRESSUREMINIMUMSETPOINTFORST.LUCIEUNIT2 4PgKlp OPS-92-0385ENCLOSURE1TECHNjtCALJUS'IXFICATIONforREDUCTIONOFSAFETYINJECTIONTMWPRESSURESETPOINTTO500PSIGforST;LUCIEVI.'GT2NUCLEARPOWERPLANTPreparedforFloridaPower4Light'yOperationsAnalysisABBCombustionEngineeringNuclearServicesMARCH1992CombustionEngineering,Inc.JLItItr<IrIeASEABROWNBOVERI pff'i'iL~VIl4tIrv'EC.BPtP ThisreportprovidestechnicaljustificationforadecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumoperatingsafetyinjectiontank(SIT)pressurefrom570psigto500psig.ReducingthisTechnicalSpecificationLimitingConditionforOperation(LCO)valueprovidesagreaterdifferentialpressuremarginbetweentheSIToperatingpressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).Thisadditionalmarginlessens.thepotentialforchallengestotheSITreliefvalveandconcurrentreliefvalveleakagesthathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2availability'nthepast.TechnicaljustificationforoperationofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6atthereducedSITminimumpressureof500psigisprovidedbyECCSperformanceevaluationsofthesmallbreakloss-of-coolantaccident.ReducingtheSITminimumoperatingpressureto500psigincreasestheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.045ftandincreasesthepeakcladdingtemperaturefrom1771'Fto1905'F.ThisincreasedPCTforSBLOCAremainslessthanthelimitingECCSperformanceanalysislargebreakLOCAPCTof2107'F.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasperformedwithaminimumSITpressureof200psig,therefore,theLBLOCAcalculatedresultsalreadyconservativelycoveroperationataminimumSITpressureof500psig.TheseECCSperformanceevaluationsdemonstrateacceptableconformancewith10CFR50.46.Areviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventsshowsthatnoneofthesesafetyanalysescreditSITinjectionintotheRCStomeettheacceptancecriteria.Therefore,thereductionoftheSITminimumopeFatingpressuresetpointhasnoadverseimpactonthenon-LOCAdesignbasisevents.AnassessmentoftheStationBlackoutEventshowsthatevenwithdelayedSITactuationduetothereducedminimumoperatingpressuresetpoint,primaryreactorcoolantsubcoolinginthehotlegsandreactorcoolantsystemnaturalcirculationaremaintainedthroughouttheassumedfourhourtimeperiodforrestoringACpowerduringthispostulatedevent.
~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389,ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetIn'ection TankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 4TECHNICAL EVALUATION REDUCTION OFSAFETYINJECTION TANKPRESSUREMINIMUMSETPOINTFORST.LUCIEUNIT2 4PgKlp OPS-92-0385 ENCLOSURE 1TECHNjtCAL JUS'IXFICATION forREDUCTION OFSAFETYINJECTION TMWPRESSURESETPOINTTO500PSIGforST;LUCIEVI.'GT2NUCLEARPOWERPLANTPreparedforFloridaPower4Light'yOperations AnalysisABBCombustion Engineering NuclearServicesMARCH1992Combustion Engineering, Inc.JLItItr<IrIeASEABROWNBOVERI pff'i'iL~VIl4tIrv'EC.BPtP Thisreportprovidestechnical justification foradecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumoperating safetyinjection tank(SIT)pressurefrom570psigto500psig.ReducingthisTechnical Specification LimitingCondition forOperation (LCO)valueprovidesagreaterdifferential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).Thisadditional marginlessens.thepotential forchallenges totheSITreliefvalveandconcurrent reliefvalveleakagesthathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2availability'n thepast.Technical justification foroperation ofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6atthereducedSITminimumpressureof500psigisprovidedbyECCSperformance evaluations ofthesmallbreakloss-of-coolant accident.
ll SECTIONPAGE"ANNXcjf'fABLKYof~coNTEN$832.1IntroductionandSummary2.2MethodofAnalysis2.3Results2.4Conclusions5Y@7%NNCCVN9KNQMxYNN9%NNNC64.1Non-LOCADesignBasisEvents4.2StationBlackoutEvent'X~AXNKNNS485151556061 I'4AQitfiQ'r ThisreportprovidestechnicaljustificationforadecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumoperatingsafetyinjectiontank(SIT)pressurefrom570psigto500psig.ReducingthisTechnicalSpecificationLimitingConditionforOperation(LCO)valueprovidesagreaterdifferentialpressuremarginbetweentheSIToperatingpressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669'sig).ReducingtheLCOto500psigmeans'hattheminimumSITpressureforoperationwouldberoughly75%ofthereliefvalvepressuresetpointwhichrepresentsa1(Nincreaseinmargincomparedtocurrentconditions.ThisadditionalmarginlessensthepotentialforchallengestotheSITreliefvalveandconcurrentreliefvalveleakagethathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2availabilityinthepast.ThisreportislimitedtotheengineeringevaluationnecessarytojustifytheplantchangetoreducetheSITminimumoperatingpressuresetpointfrom570psigto500psig.Thisreportdoesnotinclude(1)anevaluationoftherelatedinstrument(loop)inaccuraciesoruncertainties,(2)PC/H,technicalspecification,FSARorrelatedchangepackages,or(3)addressingchangesintheSITmaximumoperatingpressuresetpoint.Primarily,thisreportaddressestheimpactofreducingthetechnicalspecification,LCOonminimumSITpressureforthepostulatedsmallbreakloss-of-coolantaccident(SBLOCA).TheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizeandassociatedpeakcladdingtemperature(PCT)stronglydependontheSITpressure.ReducingtheSITminimumoperatingpressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnitfincreasestheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.045ftandincreasesthePCTfrom1771'Fto1905'F.ThisanalyticalevaluationforSBLOCAwasperformedusingABBCombustionEngineering'sNRCapprovedsmallbreakevaluationmodeldescribedinReference1.Thisanalysisdemonstratesacceptableconformancewith10CFR50.46whichpresentstheAcceptanceCriteriaforEmergencyCoreCoolingSystems(ECCS)forLightWaterNuclearPowerReactors(Reference2).ThecalculatedPCT(1905'F)fortheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumoperatingpressureremainslessthanthecurrentlargebreakloss-  
ReducingtheSITminimumoperating pressureto500psigincreases theSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.045ftandincreases thepeakcladdingtemperature from1771'Fto1905'F.Thisincreased PCTforSBLOCAremainslessthanthelimitingECCSperformance analysislargebreakLOCAPCTof2107'F.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed withaminimumSITpressureof200psig,therefore, theLBLOCAcalculated resultsalreadyconservatively coveroperation ataminimumSITpressureof500psig.TheseECCSperformance evaluations demonstrate acceptable conformance with10CFR50.46.
~IIU'L)lq%l of-coolantaccident(LBLOCA)PCTofrecord.ThePCTfortheLBLOCAanalysisis2107'F.ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformedwithaSIToperatingpressureof200psig,aconditionwhichconservativelycoversthe500psigSITpressureusedintheSBLOCAanalysis.Therefore,theLBLOCAcalculationremainsthelimitinganalysisofrecordforECCSperformanceevaluation.TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforCycle3whichhasbeenshowntoboundlatercyclesthroughCycle6.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptableconformanceto10CFR50.46AcceptanceCriteriaforECCSperformanceinsupportofthereducedvalueofSITminimumoperatingpressureof500psig.ThisLBLOCAECCSperformanceevaluationforSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6wasperformedatapowerlevelof2754NMt(2700HMtplus2Xuncertainty)andatapeaklinearheatgenerationrate(PLHGR)of13kw/ft.Thisreportincludesareviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventstoIevaluatethepotentialimpactofdecreasingtheLCOforSITminimumpressureto500psig.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscreditSITinjectionintothereactorcoolantsystem.Therefore,thereductionoftheSITminimumoperatingpressuresetpointhasnoadverseimpactonthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventanalyses.ThisreportincludesanassessmentofthevalidityofthestationblackouteventdocumentedinSection15.10oftheFSAR(Reference9)withregardtotheimpactofreducingtheminimumSITpressuresetpoint.Inthisassessment,theresultspresentedinReference9areusedtodemonstratethatevenwithdelayedSITdischargeintotheRCSresultingfromloweringtheSITsetpointto500psig,sufficientliquidinventoryremainsintheRCStopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandlossofnaturalcirculation.Therefore,thisassessmentshowsthattheconclusionspresentedinReference9regardingmaintainingprimarynaturalcirculationandcoresubcriticalityforthefourhourdurationofthepostulatedeventareunchangedwiththereducedSITpressuresetpointof500psig.
Areviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventsshowsthatnoneofthesesafetyanalysescreditSITinjection intotheRCStomeettheacceptance criteria.
Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumopeFating pressuresetpointhasnoadverseimpactonthenon-LOCAdesignbasisevents.Anassessment oftheStationBlackoutEventshowsthatevenwithdelayedSITactuation duetothereducedminimumoperating pressuresetpoint, primaryreactorcoolantsubcooling inthehotlegsandreactorcoolantsystemnaturalcirculation aremaintained throughout theassumedfourhourtimeperiodforrestoring ACpowerduringthispostulated event.
ll SECTIONPAGE"ANNXcjf'fABLKYof~coNTEN$
832.1Introduction andSummary2.2MethodofAnalysis2.3Results2.4Conclusions 5Y@7%NNCCVN9KNQMxYNN9%NNNC6 4.1Non-LOCADesignBasisEvents4.2StationBlackoutEvent'X~AXNKNNS 485151556061 I'4AQitfiQ'r Thisreportprovidestechnical justification foradecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumoperating safetyinjection tank(SIT)pressurefrom570psigto500psig.ReducingthisTechnical Specification LimitingCondition forOperation (LCO)valueprovidesagreaterdifferential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669'sig).
ReducingtheLCOto500psigmeans'hattheminimumSITpressureforoperation wouldberoughly75%ofthereliefvalvepressuresetpointwhichrepresents a1(Nincreaseinmargincomparedtocurrentconditions.
Thisadditional marginlessensthepotential forchallenges totheSITreliefvalveandconcurrent reliefvalveleakagethathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2availability inthepast.Thisreportislimitedtotheengineering evaluation necessary tojustifytheplantchangetoreducetheSITminimumoperating pressuresetpointfrom570psigto500psig.Thisreportdoesnotinclude(1)anevaluation oftherelatedinstrument (loop)inaccuracies oruncertainties, (2)PC/H,technical specification, FSARorrelatedchangepackages, or(3)addressing changesintheSITmaximumoperating pressuresetpoint.
Primarily, thisreportaddresses theimpactofreducingthetechnical specification,LCO onminimumSITpressureforthepostulated smallbreakloss-of-coolant accident(SBLOCA).
TheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizeandassociated peakcladdingtemperature (PCT)stronglydependontheSITpressure.
ReducingtheSITminimumoperating pressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnitfincreases theSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.045ftandincreases thePCTfrom1771'Fto1905'F.Thisanalytical evaluation forSBLOCAwasperformed usingABBCombustion Engineering's NRCapprovedsmallbreakevaluation modeldescribed inReference 1.Thisanalysisdemonstrates acceptable conformance with10CFR50.46 whichpresentstheAcceptance CriteriaforEmergency CoreCoolingSystems(ECCS)forLightWaterNuclearPowerReactors(Reference 2).Thecalculated PCT(1905'F)fortheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumoperating pressureremainslessthanthecurrentlargebreakloss-  
~IIU'L)lq%l of-coolant accident(LBLOCA)PCTofrecord.ThePCTfortheLBLOCAanalysisis2107'F.ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed withaSIToperating pressureof200psig,acondition whichconservatively coversthe500psigSITpressureusedintheSBLOCAanalysis.
Therefore, theLBLOCAcalculation remainsthelimitinganalysisofrecordforECCSperformance evaluation.
TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforCycle3whichhasbeenshowntoboundlatercyclesthroughCycle6.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable conformance to10CFR50.46 Acceptance CriteriaforECCSperformance insupportofthereducedvalueofSITminimumoperating pressureof500psig.ThisLBLOCAECCSperformance evaluation forSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6wasperformed atapowerlevelof2754NMt(2700HMtplus2Xuncertainty) andatapeaklinearheatgeneration rate(PLHGR)of13kw/ft.Thisreportincludesareviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventstoIevaluatethepotential impactofdecreasing theLCOforSITminimumpressureto500psig.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscreditSITinjection intothereactorcoolantsystem.Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumoperating pressuresetpointhasnoadverseimpactonthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventanalyses.
Thisreportincludesanassessment ofthevalidityofthestationblackouteventdocumented inSection15.10oftheFSAR(Reference 9)withregardtotheimpactofreducingtheminimumSITpressuresetpoint.
Inthisassessment, theresultspresented inReference 9areusedtodemonstrate thatevenwithdelayedSITdischarge intotheRCSresulting fromloweringtheSITsetpointto500psig,sufficient liquidinventory remainsintheRCStopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandlossofnaturalcirculation.
Therefore, thisassessment showsthattheconclusions presented inReference 9regarding maintaining primarynaturalcirculation andcoresubcriticality forthefourhourdurationofthepostulated eventareunchanged withthereducedSITpressuresetpointof500psig.
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2.1IntroductionandSummarThissectionpresentstheresultsoftheECCSperformanceevaluationfortheSmallBreakLoss-of-CoolantAccident(SBLOCA)forSt.LucieUnit2,Cycle6,withtheminimumoperatingsafetyinjectiontank(SIT)pressuredecreasedfrom570psigto500psig.ThisECCSperformanceevaluationdemonstratesconformancewith10CFR50.46whichpresentstheAcceptanceCriteriaforEmergencyCoreCoolingSystems(ECCS)forLightWaterNuclearPowerReactors(Reference2).Theevaluationwith500psigminimumoperatingSITpressuredemonstratesacceptableSBLOCAECCSperformanceforSt.LucieUnit2.Sections2.2,2.3,and2.4presentthemethodofanalysis,results,andconclusions,respectively.2.2HethodofAnalsisThecalculationsreportedinthissectionwereperformedusingABBCombustionEngineering'sNRCapprovedsmallbreakevaluationmodeldescribedinReference1.ThismethodofanalysisisthesameasthatusedfortheSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6SBLOCAECCSperformanceanalysis(Reference3).AcompleteevaluationofSBLOCAinvolvestheuseoffourcomputercodes.BlowdownhydraulicsarecalculatedusingtheCEFLASH-4AScomputercode(Reference~RefloodhydraulicsarecalculatedusingtheCOHPERC-IIcode(Reference5).FuelrodtemperaturesandcladdingoxidationpercentagesarecalculatedusingtheSTRIKIN-II(Reference6)andPARCH(Reference7)codes.DetailsoftheinterfacingofthesecodesarediscussedinReference1.FortheECCSperformanceevaluationwiththereducedSITpressure,onlytheCEFLASH-4ASandPARCHcodeswereneededfortheanalysis.LoweringtheSITpressurewhilekeepingallotherparametersandmethodsthesameresultsinachangeinthelimitingbreaksizeandachangeinthe f~'i4t~tt'vf'4A' calculatedPCT.TheCEFLASH-4AScodeisusedtoprovideprimarysystemthermal-hydraulicsforaspectrumofbreaksizestoidentifythenewlimitingbreaksizeandthePARCHcodeprovidesthehotrodheat-upcalculationsduringthecoreboil-offperiodofthetransient.Forlicensingcalculations,thelimitingbreaksizeistypicallythelargestbreakforwhichthecladdingtemperatureheat-upduringcoreboil-offuncoveryisreversedwithonlyHPSIdeliverytotheprimarysystemandwithoutSITdischarge.Inthisanalysis,PCToccursjustafterabriefmomentarydischargefromtheSITswhichisfollowedbyHPSIdrivenrepressurizationandcorerecovery.ForSBLOCA,theCOHPERC-IIcodeisusedtoanalyzethecorehydraulicresponse(recovery)followingcontinuousSITdischarge.TheEvaluationModelmethodologyinReferenceIforanalyzingcorerefloodfollowingSITdischargeusingCOHPERC-IIassumesthatcontinuousSITinjectioncausesallsteaminthecoretwo-phasefluidtocondense.ThisconditiondoesnotapplyforthebreaksizesofthisstudywhereSITdischargeisbriefandnotcontinuous.forthebreaksizesinthisSBLOCAstudy,corerefloodfromHPSIdeliveryandbriefdischargefromtheSITsisanalyzedadequatelywiththeCEFLASH-4AScodewhichgivesboththethermalandhydraulicresponseofthecorerefloodperiod.Therefore,analysisofcorerefloodusingtheCOHPERC-IIcodeisnotneededforthelimitedrangeofbreaksizesinthisstudy.IntheABBC-EmethodologyforSBLOCA,theSTRIKIN-IIcodeisusedtoanalyzethehotrodthermalresponseduringtheperiodofforcedconvectionwhendeparturefromnucleateboilingmayoccur.ForthebreaksizesofthisSBLOCAstudy,acladdingtemperatureincreaseduringtheforcedconvectionperiodduetodeparturefromnucleateboilingdoesnot,usuallyoccur,asindicatedbythe0.0375ftbreakresultsfromtheanalysisperformedforCycle6inReference3.SincethePCTcalculatedwiththePARCHcodeoccursduringtheboil-offuncoveryperiodofthetransient,analysisoftheearlyblowdownhotrodresponseusingtheSTRIKIN-IIcodeisnotneededforthelimitedrangeofbreaksizesinthisECCSevaluation.Also,theearlyblowdownhotrodresponsehasanegligibleinfluenceontheboil-offuncoveryperiodwhendeparturefromnucleateboilingdoesnotoccur.
2.1Introduction andSummarThissectionpresentstheresultsoftheECCSperformance evaluation fortheSmallBreakLoss-of-Coolant Accident(SBLOCA)forSt.LucieUnit2,Cycle6,withtheminimumoperating safetyinjection tank(SIT)pressuredecreased from570psigto500psig.ThisECCSperformance evaluation demonstrates conformance with10CFR50.46 whichpresentstheAcceptance CriteriaforEmergency CoreCoolingSystems(ECCS)forLightWaterNuclearPowerReactors(Reference 2).Theevaluation with500psigminimumoperating SITpressuredemonstrates acceptable SBLOCAECCSperformance forSt.LucieUnit2.Sections2.2,2.3,and2.4presentthemethodofanalysis, results,andconclusions, respectively.
71eplI;YC4' 1"TheECCSanalysisassumptionsforthisanalysiswithreducedSITpressureareunchangedfromtheevaluationmodelassumptions(Reference1).TheworstsinglefailureforanalysisofSBLOCAisthefailureofoneoftheemergencydieselgeneratorstostart.Thisfailureresultsintheminimumsafetyinje'ctionavailabletocoolthecore.Therefore,basedonthisassumption,thefollowinginjectionpumpswerecreditedintheSBLOCAanalysis:'a~b.C.d.oneHighPressureSafetyInjection(HPSI)pumponeLowPressureSafetyInjection(LPSI)pumponeChargingpumpfourSafetyInjectionTanksForbreaksinthepumpdischargeleg,itisalsoassumedthatallsafetyinjectionflowdeliveredtothebrokencoldlegspillsoutthebreak.Thisresultsinthefollowingreducedinjectionflowdeliveredtothecore:'a~b.C.d.75%oftheflowfromoneHPSIpump50XoftheflowfromoneLPSIpump4&#xc3;oftheflowfromoneChargingpump(basedonworstflowsplit)10&#xc3;oftheflowfromthreeSafetyInjectionTanksAsdescribedinReference1,theSBLOCAanalysesassumethatoffsitepowerislostuponreactortrip.Asaresult,thesafetyinjectionpumpswereassumedtostartaftera30seconddelay(fordieselgeneratorstartupandloadsequenqjgg)followingasafetyinjectionactuationsignal.TheECCSperformanceanalysisconsideredaspectrumofcoldlegbreaksinthereactorcoolantpumpdischargeleg.Asdemonstratedinpreviousanalyses,dischargelegbreaksaremorelimitingthanotherbreaklocations.ThespectrumofbreakswereselectedtoshowthenewlimitingbreaksizeresultingfromthereductioninSITpressure.
2.2HethodofAnalsisThecalculations reportedinthissectionwereperformed usingABBCombustion Engineering's NRCapprovedsmallbreakevaluation modeldescribed inReference 1.ThismethodofanalysisisthesameasthatusedfortheSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6SBLOCAECCSperformance analysis(Reference 3).Acompleteevaluation ofSBLOCAinvolvestheuseoffourcomputercodes.Blowdownhydraulics arecalculated usingtheCEFLASH-4AS computercode(Reference
I'tJ Thepreviouslimitingbreaksize,0.0375ft,isnotinfluencedbythereducedSITpressure,sincethecladdingtemperatureheat-upisreversedbyHPSIdeliveryalone.LargerbreaksizesdependonSITdischargetoreversethefuelcladdingheat-up.ByreducingSITpressure,theselargerbreaksizes'ustwaitforthereactorcoolantsystempressuretodecreasetothelowerSITsetpointpressurebeforereceivingSITdischargetotheprimarysystem.Theselargerbreaksizesdepressurizemorerapidly,loseinventoryoutthebreakatagreaterrate,andexperiencegreaterratesofcoolantflashing.But,theselargerbreaksizesalsoreceivemoreHPSIdeliverytotheprimarysystemwiththelowerprimarysystempressurepriortoSITdischarge.Whiletheselargerbreaksizecaseswaitfor.SITactuationatthelowerpressuresetpoint,thecladdingcontinuestoheat-uptohighertemperatures.EventuallyHPSIdeliveryatthelowerprimarysystempressurewillbegreaterthantheinventorylossbyflashing,coreboil-off,andspillageoutthebreakandwillreversethecladdingheat-upjustpriortoornearthemomentofSITdischarge,thusestablishinganewlimitingbreaksize.BriefSITdischargetotheRCScanoccurjustpriortoreachingthetimeofpeakcladdingtemperatureandmaythroughitsimpactonthecoretwo-.phasemixturelevelterminatethecladdingtemperatureriseand/ormaycausethecoreaxialelevationofpeaktemperaturetochangetothenexthighestnode.Thenewlimitingbreaksizeidentifiedbythisanalysisisthe0.045ftcoldlegbreak.2.3ResultsTheanalysisdemonstratedthe0.045ftbreaktobethelimitingsmallbreakwithapeakcladdingtemperatureof1905'Fandamaximumcladdingoxidationpercentageoflessthan7%.TheresultsaresummarizedinTable2.3-1.ThetimesatwhichsignificanteventsintheperformanceoftheECCSoccurredforeachbreaksizearelistedinTable2.3-2.Table2.3-3providesalistofthesignificantparametersandinitialconditionsused,intheanalysis.
~Refloodhydraulics arecalculated usingtheCOHPERC-II code(Reference 5).Fuelrodtemperatures andcladdingoxidation percentages arecalculated usingtheSTRIKIN-II (Reference 6)andPARCH(Reference 7)codes.Detailsoftheinterfacing ofthesecodesarediscussed inReference 1.FortheECCSperformance evaluation withthereducedSITpressure, onlytheCEFLASH-4AS andPARCHcodeswereneededfortheanalysis.
PP4a$I,/kCi,'~klj"'IA"k,.i~l ThetransientvaluesofparameterswhichmostdirectlyaffectfuelrodperformanceareshowninFigures2.3-1through2.3-4(seeTables2.3-4and2.3-5).Thefollowingparametersaregraphicallypresentedforeachbreaksize:(a)NormalizedTotalCorePower(b)InnerVesselPressure(c)BreakFlowRate'd)InnerVesselInletFlowRate(e)InnerVesselTwo-PhaseMixtureLevel(f)HotSpotHeatTransferCoefficient(g)CoolantTemperatureatHotSpot(h)HotSpotCladdingSurfaceTemperatureFigure2.3-5summarizesthepeakcladdingtemperatureresultsofthespectrumanalysis.The0.045ftbreakwasdeterminedtobethelimitingsmallbreak.Forbreakssmallerthan0.045ftcoreuncoverybeginslaterwhenthefissionproductdecayheatgenerationislessand,hence,thedepthofuncoverywillbeless.forbreaksgreaterthan0.045fthmtheresultingsystemdepressurizationrateisfastersuchthatthecladdingtemperatureriseisterminatedearlyinthetransientbySafetyInjectionTanksactuation.2.4ConclusionsBasedontheresultsofananalysisofaspectrumofsmallbreaksinthecoldlegatthereactorpumpdischargewiththeminimumoperatingpressureofthesafetyinjectiontanksreducedfrom570psigto500psig,itis'concludedthatoperationofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6isacceptable.Theresultsofthelimiting0.045ftsmallbreakresultedinapeakcladdingtemperatureof1905'Fandamaximumcladdingoxidationpercentageoflessthan7%,demonstratingtheSBLOCAECCSperformancetobelesslimitingthanthatforthelargebreakLOCAperformanceresultsgiveninSection3.0.
LoweringtheSITpressurewhilekeepingallotherparameters andmethodsthesameresultsinachangeinthelimitingbreaksizeandachangeinthe f~'i4t~tt'vf'4A' calculated PCT.TheCEFLASH-4AS codeisusedtoprovideprimarysystemthermal-hydraulics foraspectrumofbreaksizestoidentifythenewlimitingbreaksizeandthePARCHcodeprovidesthehotrodheat-upcalculations duringthecoreboil-offperiodofthetransient.
Forlicensing calculations, thelimitingbreaksizeistypically thelargestbreakforwhichthecladdingtemperature heat-upduringcoreboil-offuncoveryisreversedwithonlyHPSIdeliverytotheprimarysystemandwithoutSITdischarge.
Inthisanalysis, PCToccursjustafterabriefmomentary discharge fromtheSITswhichisfollowedbyHPSIdrivenrepressurization andcorerecovery.
ForSBLOCA,theCOHPERC-II codeisusedtoanalyzethecorehydraulic response(recovery) following continuous SITdischarge.
TheEvaluation Modelmethodology inReference Iforanalyzing corerefloodfollowing SITdischarge usingCOHPERC-II assumesthatcontinuous SITinjection causesallsteaminthecoretwo-phasefluidtocondense.
Thiscondition doesnotapplyforthebreaksizesofthisstudywhereSITdischarge isbriefandnotcontinuous.
forthebreaksizesinthisSBLOCAstudy,corerefloodfromHPSIdeliveryandbriefdischarge fromtheSITsisanalyzedadequately withtheCEFLASH-4AS codewhichgivesboththethermalandhydraulic responseofthecorerefloodperiod.Therefore, analysisofcorerefloodusingtheCOHPERC-II codeisnotneededforthelimitedrangeofbreaksizesinthisstudy.IntheABBC-Emethodology forSBLOCA,theSTRIKIN-II codeisusedtoanalyzethehotrodthermalresponseduringtheperiodofforcedconvection whendeparture fromnucleateboilingmayoccur.ForthebreaksizesofthisSBLOCAstudy,acladdingtemperature increaseduringtheforcedconvection periodduetodeparture fromnucleateboilingdoesnot,usuallyoccur,asindicated bythe0.0375ftbreakresultsfromtheanalysisperformed forCycle6inReference 3.SincethePCTcalculated withthePARCHcodeoccursduringtheboil-offuncoveryperiodofthetransient, analysisoftheearlyblowdownhotrodresponseusingtheSTRIKIN-II codeisnotneededforthelimitedrangeofbreaksizesinthisECCSevaluation.
Also,theearlyblowdownhotrodresponsehasanegligible influence ontheboil-offuncoveryperiodwhendeparture fromnucleateboilingdoesnotoccur.
71eplI;YC4' 1"TheECCSanalysisassumptions forthisanalysiswithreducedSITpressureareunchanged fromtheevaluation modelassumptions (Reference 1).TheworstsinglefailureforanalysisofSBLOCAisthefailureofoneoftheemergency dieselgenerators tostart.Thisfailureresultsintheminimumsafetyinje'ction available tocoolthecore.Therefore, basedonthisassumption, thefollowing injection pumpswerecreditedintheSBLOCAanalysis:
'a~b.C.d.oneHighPressureSafetyInjection (HPSI)pumponeLowPressureSafetyInjection (LPSI)pumponeChargingpumpfourSafetyInjection TanksForbreaksinthepumpdischarge leg,itisalsoassumedthatallsafetyinjection flowdelivered tothebrokencoldlegspillsoutthebreak.Thisresultsinthefollowing reducedinjection flowdelivered tothecore:'a~b.C.d.75%oftheflowfromoneHPSIpump50XoftheflowfromoneLPSIpump4&#xc3;oftheflowfromoneChargingpump(basedonworstflowsplit)10&#xc3;oftheflowfromthreeSafetyInjection TanksAsdescribed inReference 1,theSBLOCAanalysesassumethatoffsitepowerislostuponreactortrip.Asaresult,thesafetyinjection pumpswereassumedtostartaftera30seconddelay(fordieselgenerator startupandloadsequenqjgg) following asafetyinjection actuation signal.TheECCSperformance analysisconsidered aspectrumofcoldlegbreaksinthereactorcoolantpumpdischarge leg.Asdemonstrated inpreviousanalyses, discharge legbreaksaremorelimitingthanotherbreaklocations.
Thespectrumofbreakswereselectedtoshowthenewlimitingbreaksizeresulting fromthereduction inSITpressure.
I'tJ Thepreviouslimitingbreaksize,0.0375ft,isnotinfluenced bythereducedSITpressure, sincethecladdingtemperature heat-upisreversedbyHPSIdeliveryalone.LargerbreaksizesdependonSITdischarge toreversethefuelcladdingheat-up.ByreducingSITpressure, theselargerbreaksizes'ust waitforthereactorcoolantsystempressuretodecreasetothelowerSITsetpointpressurebeforereceiving SITdischarge totheprimarysystem.Theselargerbreaksizesdepressurize morerapidly,loseinventory outthebreakatagreaterrate,andexperience greaterratesofcoolantflashing.
But,theselargerbreaksizesalsoreceivemoreHPSIdeliverytotheprimarysystemwiththelowerprimarysystempressurepriortoSITdischarge.
Whiletheselargerbreaksizecaseswaitfor.SITactuation atthelowerpressuresetpoint, thecladdingcontinues toheat-uptohighertemperatures.
Eventually HPSIdeliveryatthelowerprimarysystempressurewillbegreaterthantheinventory lossbyflashing, coreboil-off, andspillageoutthebreakandwillreversethecladdingheat-upjustpriortoornearthemomentofSITdischarge, thusestablishing anewlimitingbreaksize.BriefSITdischarge totheRCScanoccurjustpriortoreachingthetimeofpeakcladdingtemperature andmaythroughitsimpactonthecoretwo-.phasemixturelevelterminate thecladdingtemperature riseand/ormaycausethecoreaxialelevation ofpeaktemperature tochangetothenexthighestnode.Thenewlimitingbreaksizeidentified bythisanalysisisthe0.045ftcoldlegbreak.2.3ResultsTheanalysisdemonstrated the0.045ftbreaktobethelimitingsmallbreakwithapeakcladdingtemperature of1905'Fandamaximumcladdingoxidation percentage oflessthan7%.Theresultsaresummarized inTable2.3-1.Thetimesatwhichsignificant eventsintheperformance oftheECCSoccurredforeachbreaksizearelistedinTable2.3-2.Table2.3-3providesalistofthesignificant parameters andinitialconditions used,intheanalysis.
PP4a$I,/kCi,'~klj"'IA"k,.i~l Thetransient valuesofparameters whichmostdirectlyaffectfuelrodperformance areshowninFigures2.3-1through2.3-4(seeTables2.3-4and2.3-5).Thefollowing parameters aregraphically presented foreachbreaksize:(a)Normalized TotalCorePower(b)InnerVesselPressure(c)BreakFlowRate'd)InnerVesselInletFlowRate(e)InnerVesselTwo-Phase MixtureLevel(f)HotSpotHeatTransferCoefficient (g)CoolantTemperature atHotSpot(h)HotSpotCladdingSurfaceTemperature Figure2.3-5summarizes thepeakcladdingtemperature resultsofthespectrumanalysis.
The0.045ftbreakwasdetermined tobethelimitingsmallbreak.Forbreakssmallerthan0.045ftcoreuncoverybeginslaterwhenthefissionproductdecayheatgeneration islessand,hence,thedepthofuncoverywillbeless.forbreaksgreaterthan0.045fthmtheresulting systemdepressurization rateisfastersuchthatthecladdingtemperature riseisterminated earlyinthetransient bySafetyInjection Tanksactuation.
2.4Conclusions Basedontheresultsofananalysisofaspectrumofsmallbreaksinthecoldlegatthereactorpumpdischarge withtheminimumoperating pressureofthesafetyinjection tanksreducedfrom570psigto500psig,itis'concluded thatoperation ofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6isacceptable.
Theresultsofthelimiting0.045ftsmallbreakresultedinapeakcladdingtemperature of1905'Fandamaximumcladdingoxidation percentage oflessthan7%,demonstrating theSBLOCAECCSperformance tobelesslimitingthanthatforthelargebreakLOCAperformance resultsgiveninSection3.0.
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Table2.3-1St.LucieUnit2FuelRodPerformanceSummarySmallBreakLOCASpectrumwithSafetyInjectionTankPressureof500psigBreakSize(ft)PeakCladTemperatureaxial('F)location"'eakLocalCladOxidationaxialP)location"HotRodCladOxidation"'1o)0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD(0.0500ft/PD17710.9018360.9519050.9518410.855.240.906.730.906.690.904.610.90<0.65<0.81<0.77<0.53(a)Hotrodoxidationvaluesaregivenasaconservativeindicationofcore-wideoxidation(b)PDatPumpDischarge(c)Axiallocationgivenasafractionofactivecoreheight10  
Table2.3-1St.LucieUnit2FuelRodPerformance SummarySmallBreakLOCASpectrumwithSafetyInjection TankPressureof500psigBreakSize(ft)PeakCladTemperature axial('F)location"'eak LocalCladOxidation axialP)location"HotRodCladOxidation"'1o) 0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD(0.0500ft/PD17710.9018360.9519050.9518410.855.240.906.730.906.690.904.610.90<0.65<0.81<0.77<0.53(a)Hotrodoxidation valuesaregivenasaconservative indication ofcore-wide oxidation (b)PDatPumpDischarge (c)Axiallocationgivenasafractionofactivecoreheight10  
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Table2.3-2St.LucieUnit2TimesofInterestforSmallBreakLOCASpectrumwithSafetyInjectionTankPressureof500psig(secondsafterbreak)BreakSize(ft)HPSI'"'umpOnLPSISI~~PumpOnTanksOnHotSpotPeakCladTemp.Occurs0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD0.0500ft/PD130120110100(a)(a)(a)(a)28072408203217632261.22351.72034.31776.2(a)CalculationterminatedbeforetimeofLPSIpumpactivation.(b)"PumpOn"and"TanksOn"aremeanttoindicate"RCSInjectionBegins"  
Table2.3-2St.LucieUnit2TimesofInterestforSmallBreakLOCASpectrumwithSafetyInjection TankPressureof500psig(secondsafterbreak)BreakSize(ft)HPSI'"'ump OnLPSISI~~PumpOnTanksOnHotSpotPeakCladTemp.Occurs0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD0.0500ft/PD130120110100(a)(a)(a)(a)28072408203217632261.22351.72034.31776.2(a)Calculation terminated beforetimeofLPSIpumpactivation.
(b)"PumpOn"and"TanksOn"aremeanttoindicate"RCSInjection Begins"  


Table2.3-3St.LucieUnit2SmallBreakECCSPerformanceAnalysisSignificantParametersandInitialConditionsarameterCorePowerLevelat102KofNominal(MWt)CoreAverageLinearHeatRateat102KofNominal(kw/ft)PeakLinearHeatGenerationRate(PLHGR)HotAssembly,HotChannel(kw/ft)CoreInletTemperature('F)CoreOutletTemperature('F)SystemFlowRate(ibm/hr)CoreFlowRate(ibm/hr)NumberofTubesPluggedPerSteamGenerator~SafetyInjectionTank(SIT)GasPressure(psig)moderatorTemperatureCoefficient(dp/'F)AxialShapeIndex(ASIU)Low'ressurizerPressureTripSetpoint(psia)ISafetyInjectionActuationSignalSetpoint(psia)HighPressureSafetyInjectionPumpShutoffHead(psia)Values27544.9015.0552.0603.8136.1xlO(1)131.1xlO1250500(2)+0.2xlO-0.151650.01500.01214(1)SystemFlowrateconsistentwith363,000gpm(2)LBLOCAusesSITGasPressureof200psig12 r.yy4~
Table2.3-3St.LucieUnit2SmallBreakECCSPerformance AnalysisSignificant Parameters andInitialConditions arameterCorePowerLevelat102KofNominal(MWt)CoreAverageLinearHeatRateat102KofNominal(kw/ft)PeakLinearHeatGeneration Rate(PLHGR)HotAssembly, HotChannel(kw/ft)CoreInletTemperature
Table2.3-4St.LucieUnit2SmallBreakLOCASpectrumI'eSieandLocation0.0375ftBreakinPumpDischargeLeg0.0400ftBreakinPumpDischargeLeg0.0450ft.BreakinPumpDischargeLeg0.0500ftBreakinPumpDischargeLegAbbreviation0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD0.0500ft/PD~Fiures2.3-12.3-22.3-32.3-413  
('F)CoreOutletTemperature
('F)SystemFlowRate(ibm/hr)CoreFlowRate(ibm/hr)NumberofTubesPluggedPerSteamGenerator
~SafetyInjection Tank(SIT)GasPressure(psig)moderator Temperature Coefficient (dp/'F)AxialShapeIndex(ASIU)Low'ressurizer PressureTripSetpoint(psia)ISafetyInjection Actuation SignalSetpoint(psia)HighPressureSafetyInjection PumpShutoffHead(psia)Values27544.9015.0552.0603.8136.1xlO(1)131.1xlO1250500(2)+0.2xlO-0.151650.01500.01214(1)SystemFlowrateconsistent with363,000gpm(2)LBLOCAusesSITGasPressureof200psig12 r.yy4~
Table2.3-4St.LucieUnit2SmallBreakLOCASpectrumI'eSieandLocation0.0375ftBreakinPumpDischarge Leg0.0400ftBreakinPumpDischarge Leg0.0450ft.BreakinPumpDischarge Leg0.0500ftBreakinPumpDischarge LegAbbreviation 0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD0.0500ft/PD~Fiures2.3-12.3-22.3-32.3-413  


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~tri,s1fpVJCar4"k>k, Thelargebreakloss-of-coolantaccident(LBLOCA)analysisofrecordforSt.LucieUnit2isforCycle3(Reference8).TheCycle3analysishasboundedlatercycles,namely,Cycles4,5,and6,becauseallcurrentcycle-specificinputdatahasbeenshowntobethesameorlessseverethantheCycle3data.TheCycle3inputdataandresultsofReference8,whichapplyconservativelytoCycle6arepresentedinTables3.0-1and3.0-2,respectively.TheresultsofthisECCSperformanceevaluationdemonstrateapeakcladdingtemperaturenotinexcessof2107'F,apeaklocalcl'addingoxidationpercentage.of7.62K,andapeakcore-widecladdingoxidationpercentageoflessthan0.7%,comparedtotheECCSacceptancecriteriaof2200'F,17K,and1%,respectively.TheseresultswerebasedonaninitialSITpressureof200psig,aconditionalreadymoreadverseforECCSperformancethanthe500psigSITminimumpressureanalyzedforSBLOCAinSection2.0.Therefore,theCycle3LBLOCAresultsapplyconservativelytoCycle6withaminimumSIToperatingpressureof500psig.Inconclusion,operationofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6withaminimumSITpressureof500psigatacorepowerlevelof2754NWt(102Kof2700HWt)andapeaklinearheatgenerationrateof13.0kw/ftisinconformancewith10CFR50.46.48  
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~tri,s1fpVJCar4"k>k, Thelargebreakloss-of-coolant accident(LBLOCA)analysisofrecordforSt.LucieUnit2isforCycle3(Reference 8).TheCycle3analysishasboundedlatercycles,namely,Cycles4,5,and6,becauseallcurrentcycle-specific inputdatahasbeenshowntobethesameorlessseverethantheCycle3data.TheCycle3inputdataandresultsofReference 8,whichapplyconservatively toCycle6arepresented inTables3.0-1and3.0-2,respectively.
TheresultsofthisECCSperformance evaluation demonstrate apeakcladdingtemperature notinexcessof2107'F,apeaklocalcl'adding oxidation percentage.
of7.62K,andapeakcore-wide claddingoxidation percentage oflessthan0.7%,comparedtotheECCSacceptance criteriaof2200'F,17K,and1%,respectively.
TheseresultswerebasedonaninitialSITpressureof200psig,acondition alreadymoreadverseforECCSperformance thanthe500psigSITminimumpressureanalyzedforSBLOCAinSection2.0.Therefore, theCycle3LBLOCAresultsapplyconservatively toCycle6withaminimumSIToperating pressureof500psig.Inconclusion, operation ofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6withaminimumSITpressureof500psigatacorepowerlevelof2754NWt(102Kof2700HWt)andapeaklinearheatgeneration rateof13.0kw/ftisinconformance with10CFR50.46.
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~ParameteTable3.0-1St.LucieUnit2LargeBreakECCSPerformanceAnalysisSignificantParametersandInitialConditionsaluesCorePowerLevelat102%ofNominal(HWt)CoreAverageLinearHeatRateat102KofNominal(kw/ft)PeakLinearHeatGenerationRate(PLHGR)HotAssembly,HotChannel(kw/ft)PeakLinear,HeatGenerationRate(PLHGR)HotAssembly,AverageChannel(kw/ft)CoreInletTemperature('F)CoreOutletTemperature('F)SystemFlowRate(ibm/hr)CoreFlowRate(ibm/hr)GapConductanceatPLHGR'(Btu/hr-ft-'F)FuelCenterlineTemperatureatPLHGR'('F)FuelAverageTemperatureatPLHGR'('F)HotRodGasPressure(psia)'aHotRodBurnup(NWD/HTU)NumberofTubesPluggedPerSteamGeneratorAugmentationFactorSafetyInjectionTank(SIT)GasPressure(psig)InitialContainmentTemperature('F)27544.9013.011.57552.0603.8136.lx10(1)131.lxl0146032962102'118103814301.00200(3)90(1)SystemFlowrateconsistentwith363,000gpm(2)STRIKIN-IIvaluesathotrodburnupwhichyieldhighestPCT(3)SBLOCAandnon-LOCAuseSITGasPressureof500-650psig49 t>>
~Paramete Table3.0-1St.LucieUnit2LargeBreakECCSPerformance AnalysisSignificant Parameters andInitialConditions aluesCorePowerLevelat102%ofNominal(HWt)CoreAverageLinearHeatRateat102KofNominal(kw/ft)PeakLinearHeatGeneration Rate(PLHGR)HotAssembly, HotChannel(kw/ft)PeakLinear,HeatGeneration Rate(PLHGR)HotAssembly, AverageChannel(kw/ft)CoreInletTemperature
Table3.0-2St.LucieUnit2ResultsforLimitingBreakSize(0.6DfG/PD)~ParametePeakCladdingTemperature('F)TimeofPeakCladdingTemperature(seconds)TimeofCladdingRupture(seconds)PeakLocalCladdingOxidation(5)TotalCore-MideCladdingOxidationP)Value<210726644.747.62<0.7050 f"lh.lIRIP[
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ThissectionpresentstheassessmentofotherDesignBasisEvents(DBEs)andthestationblackouteventregardingthereductionoftheSITminimumoperatingpressuresetpoint.Section4.1reviewsthenon-LOCADBEstodeterminewhethertheSITinventorywascreditedinanyoftheseeventsfortheSt.LucieUnit2safetyanalysesofrecord.Section4.2assessesthestationblackoutevent.StationblackoutisoutsidethedesignbasisforSt.LucieUnit2butispartofthelicensingbasis.Thestationblackouteventpostulatesafourhourtimeperi'odforrestoringACpowerduringwhichprimarysubcoolingandnaturalcirculationmustbemaintained.ThestationblackouteventdoescreditSITinventoryformaintainingnaturalcirculation.4.1Non-LOCADesinBasisEventsThenon-LOCADesignBasisEvents(DBEs)werereviewedtodeterminewhethertheSafetyInjectionTankinventorywascreditedintheSt.LucieUnit2safetyanalysesofrecord.Inaddition,theimpactofdecreasingtheSITgaspressureontheresultsofthenon-LOCAeventswasevaluated.TheSITswillinjectduringseveredepressurizationevents,releasinghighlyboratedliquidinventoryintotheRCS.Theboratedliquidinsertsnegativereactivityinthecore,enhancingtheshutdownmarginandmitigatingapossiblereturntocriticality.DecreasingtheSITpressure(actuationsetpoint)woulddelaythepossibleintroductionoftheboratedinventoryintotheRCSandcouldreducethemargintocriticality.Table4.1-1presentsalistoftheSt.LucieUnit2non-LOCADBEs.DBEswhichresultinaseveredepressurizationareidentifiedinthisTablebyarrowsintheleftmargin.Theseareeventsduringwhichthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)pressuredecreasesbelowthesafetyinjectionactuationsignal(SIAS)setpointandtheHPSIpumpsshutoffhead.Thenon-LOCADBEsresultinginsuchasevereRCSdepressurizationare:51 Jj~kP4I'~tgOttCQglpk,tlI0~~
('F)SystemFlowRate(ibm/hr)CoreFlowRate(ibm/hr)GapConductance atPLHGR'(Btu/hr-ft
1)InadvertentOpeningofaSteamGeneratorSafetyValveorAtmosphericDumpValve2)Post-TripReturntoPowerforSteamSystemPipingFailures(SteamLineBreaks)3)PressurizerPressureDecreaseEvents(InadvertentOpeningofthePressurizerPowerOperatedReliefValves-PORVs)4)SmallPrimaryLineBreakOutsideContainment(LetdownLineBreak)5)SteamGeneratorTubeRuptureEventOftheaboveDBEs,theNSSSsimulationoftheInadvertentOpeningofthePressurizerPORVswasterminatedbeforetheRCSpressurestabilizes.Thisisduetothefactthatthepost-tripNSSSbehaviorforthiseventfallswithinthespectrumofconsideredLOCAsandisnotofanyinterestwithrespecttotheDNBcriterionofthisanalysis.AsaLOCA,thepost-tripNSSSbehaviorofthiseventiswithinthedomainaddressedinSection2.0ofthisreport.ReviewoftheremainingDBEswasperformedtodeterminewhetherthecalculatedminimumRCSpressureisbelowthecurrentSITminimumsetpointpressureof570psig(585psia).ThissurveyshowsthattheminimumRCSpressureduringanyoftheaboveDBEsis661psig(676psia)whichoccursduringtheInadvertentOpeningofaSteamGeneratorSafetyValveorAtmosphericlumpValveevent.ForthePost-TripReturntoPowerHotZeroPowerSteamLineBreakEvent,theminimumRCSpressureat300seconds(theendofsimulationtime)is668psig(683psia)andessentiallystable.Theminimumcalculatedpressuresfor,thesetwoeventsarestillabovethecurrentSITminimumsetpointpressureof570psig,resultinginnodeliveryofSITinventorytotheRCS.Sincenoneofthenon-LOCAeventsresultedinorcreditedthedeliveryofSITinventory,adecreaseintheminimumSITsetpointpressurewillhavenoadverseimpactontheresultsandconclusionsoftheseevents.52 0yU Insummary,areviewofSt.LucieUnit2non-LOCAOesignBasisEventsanalysesshowsthatnocreditforSITinjectionintotheRCSwastakenbytheseanalysesinordertoshowacceptableconsequences.Therefore,thereductionoftheSITminimumsetpointpressurehasnoimpactonthenon-LOCAsafetyanalyses.53 EUIUIU,UkIl't$,UJ+'ICtU'U~4IP;P.$qu TABLE4.1-1ST.LUCIEUNIT2,DESIGNBASISEVENTSCONSIDEREDINTHECYCLE2SAFETYANALYSISIncreaseInHeatRemovalByTheSecondarySystemA.B.C.~D.E*DecreaseinFeedwaterTemperatureIncreaseinFeedwaterFlowIncreasedHainSteamFlowInadvertentOpeningofaSteamGeneratorSafetyValveorAtmosphericDumpValveSteamSystemPipingFailuresl.InsideContainmentPre-Trip2.OutsideContainmentPre-TripPowerExcursions3.Post-TripReturntoPower2.3.4.5.6.7.DecreaseInHeatRemovalByTheSecondarySystemA.LossofExternalLoadB.TurbineTripC.LossofCondenserVacuumD.LossofNormalACPowerE.LossofNormalFeedwaterF.*FeedwaterSystemPipeBreaksDecreaseInReactorCoolantFlowrateA.PartialLossofForcedReactorCoolantFlowB.TotalLossofForcedReactorCoolantFlowC.*SingleReactorCoolantPumpShaftSeizure/ShearedShaftReactivityAndPowerDistributionAnomaliesA.UncontrolledCEAMithdrawalfromaSubcriticalorLowPowerConditionB.UncontrolledCEAMithdrawalatPower'.C.CEADropD.CVCSMalfunction(InadvertentBoronDilution)E.StartupofanInactiveReactorCoolantSystemPumpF.*.ControlElementAssemblyEjectionIncreaseInReactorCoolantSystemInventoryA.CVCSMalfunctionB.InadvertentOperationoftheECCSDuringPowerOperationDecreaseInReactorCoolantSystemInventory~A.PressurizerPressureDecreaseEvents~B.SmallPrimaryLineBreakOutsideContainment~C.*SteamGeneratorTubeRuptureHiscellaneousA.AsymmetricSteamGeneratorEventsddddd*Postulat'edAccidents54 E+tRghk!
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4.2SttoacoutEventAnassessmentwasmadeofthevalidityofthestationblackoutevent-documentedinSection15.10oftheFSAR(Reference9)withregardtotheimpactofreducingtheminimumSITpressuresetpoint.Inthisassessment,theresultspresentedinReference9areusedtodemonstratethateven'ithdelayedSITdischargeintotheRCSresultingfromloweringtheSITsetpointto500psigsufficientliquidinventoryremainsintheRCStopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandlossofnaturalcirculation.Therefore,.thisassessmentshowsthattheconclusionspresentedinReference9regardingmaintainingprimarynaturalcirculationudcoresubcriticalityareunchangedwiththereducedSITpressuresetpointof500pslg~TheinitialconditionsforthereferenceanalysisareforCycle1,andthereforedonotincludesteamgeneratortubepluggingandstretchreactorcorepowerlevelwhichhaveoccurredsincetheCycle1analysis.Inthereferenceanalysis,creditistakenforoperatoractiontomaintainatleast10'Fprimarysystemsubcoolinginthehotlegs.FortheCycle1analysis,subcoolingensurescondensationof.bubblesproducedinthecore,restrictsvoidformationduetoinventorylosstothereactorvesselupperheadandpressurizer,andmaintainsnaturalcirculation.Inthisassessment,theeffectsoftubepluggingandpowerupgradeonthecalculatedmassandenergybalancesareassumedtobeoffsetbythedifferenceinsteamgeneratorsecondaryoperationthatwouldberequiredtomaintainthespecified'hotlegsubcooling.Thatis,assumingoperatoractionsfollowthesame"no-load"temperatureprogram,theRCSinventoryataparticularRCSpressurefortheCycle1analysiswillbeverysimilartotheRCSinventoryatthesame.RCSpressurecalculatedwithtubepluggingandstretchpower.Inarevisedanalysis,thetimingorsequenceofeventswouldbedifferentfromtheCycle1analysisduetothedynamiceffectsofincreasedpowerandreducedsteamgeneratorheattransferarea,butcreditingoperatoractiontomaintainthesamelevelofsubcooling(i.e.,thesametemperature)inthehotlegsresultsinacomparableRCSinventoryandpressurerelationship.Therefore,arevisedstation55 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blackoutanalysisisnotrequiredfortheassessmentdiscussedbelow,whichusestheRCSinventoryandpressurerelationshipintheCycle1referenceanalysistoshowthatvoidinginthehotlegswouldnotbecalculatedtooccurwithareducedSITpressuresetpoint.TheReference9stationblackouteventanalysiswasperformedusingtheCESEC-IIIcomputercode,seeReference10.ThisreferenceanalysiscreditedSITdischargetotheRCSatabout12540secondsaftereventinitiation,whichwasbasedonaSITpressuresetpointof568psig.UsingtheReference9calculatedresults,Table4.2-1presentstheprimarycoolantmassesinthepressurizer,reactorvesselupperhead,.andremainderoftheRCSforthetimeperiodbetween12000and14000seconds.ColumnsAand8ofTable4.2-1showthatthetimeof12000secondsrepresentsacalculatedconditionintheRCSbeforetheSITpressuresetpointisreached(RCSpressureof632.9psig).Similarly,thetimeof14000secondsisacalculatedconditionintheRCSwhentheprimarypressureisbelowthereducedSITpressuresetpoiptof500psig(RCSpressureof496.6psig).Therefore,thereferenceanalysisindicatesthatthetimedelayinSITdischargeresultingfromreducingthepressuresetpointisroughly1460seconds.ThedatainColumnsAthroughHofTable4.2-1,istakenfromtheCESECoutputeditsfortheReference9analysis.ColumnIinTable4.2-1isthemassofliquidintheRCSexcludingtheupperheadandthepressurizer.Thisisobtainedbysubtractingtheupperheadmass(ColumnG)fromtotalRCSmasswithoutpressurizermass(ColumnF).ThetotalRCSmass'(ColumnJ)includingtheupperheadandthepressurizermassesisobtainedbyaddingthevaluesofColumnsE(pressurizermass)andF(massofRCSplussurgeline).ThevaluesatthebottomofeachcolumninTable4.2-1arethemassdifferencesbetween12000and14000seconds.Table4.2-1showsthatfrom12000to14000seconds,11824.4ibm(ColumnC)wasaddedtotheRCSviaSITdischargeinthereferenceanalysis.Duringthesametimeperiod,1118ibm(ColumnD)leakedoutofthesystem.Therefore,basedonthedifferencebetweeninventoryaddedandinventorylost,thenetmassadditiontotheRCSis10706.4ibm.However,Table4.2-1alsoshowsthatCESECdeterminesforthistimeperiodthatthetotal56 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RCSmassincreasedby16899ibm(lastentryinColumnJ).ThisdiscrepancybetweentheintegratedinventorybalanceandthesummationoftotalRCSinventory(6192.6ibmintotalinventorygain)isaresultoftheCESECcomputercodenumericalintegrationscheme.Forconservatism,thelowervalueoftotalRCSmassisusedinthisassessmentoftheimpactofthereducedSITpressuresetpoint.Table4.2-1showsthatthe'otalmassofpressurizerandupperheadinventoryat14000secondsis24559ibm(13670ibmfromColumnEplus10889ibmfromColumnG).ReducingthismassbythetotalintegratedSITdischargeof11824.4ibm(ColumnC)andbythe6192.6ibmwhichwasaddedbythecodenumericalscheme,produces6542ibm.Thisisthehypotheticaltotalmassinthepressurizerandtheupperheadat14000secondswithouttheSITinventory.Reducingthishypotheticaltotalmassbythemassofsteamproducesthetotalmassofliquidinthepressurizerandupperhead.ThesteammassesinthepressurizerandupperheadaredeterminedusingtheRCSparametersat12400secondsinthereferenceanalysisbecausethisisthelastsetofinformationnotinfluencedbySITdischarge.Thisselectionof12400seconds'isconservativerelativetolatertimesinthereferenceanalysisbecausetheCESEC-IIIcalculationshowsareductioninvapormassasRCSpressuredecreases,aslongassubcoolinginthehotlegsismaintained.Therefore,themassofsteamthatexistsinthereactorvesselupperheadandpressurizeratthistimeprovidesaconservativeestimatefortheamountofsteamthatwoul'dexistwhentheRCSpressuredecreasestotheSITsetpointpressureof500psig.FromtheCESECmajoreditat12400seconds,themassofsteaminthepressurizeris1829.0ibm.Themassofsteaminthereactorvesselupperheadat12400secondis1339.5ibmwhichisbasedon(1)atotalupperheadvolumeof1165.4ft,(2)avoidfractionof0.86547(ColumnHat12400seconds),and(3)asteamspecificvolumeof0.753ft/ibmatasaturatedpressureof598.2psig(Column8at12400seconds).Subtractingthesteammassofthepressurizerandupperhead(3168.5ibm)fromthetotalmassoftheseregions(6542ibm)showsthatapproximately3373.5ibmofliquidwouldstillremainintheseregionsat14000seconds57 AyA9) withoutanySITinventoryenteringtheRCS.ColumnBofTable4.2-1indicatesthatwiththereducedpressuresetpointof500psig,theSITswillhavedischargedatsometimepriorto14000seconds.Therefore,itisconcludedthatRCSliquidinventorywouldstillbeenoughsothatsomeliquidremainedintheupperheadandthepressurizer.ThismeansnovoidingwouldhavebeenintroducedintheRCSloops.Restrictingvoidingtotheupperheadin.theanalysisistheresultofassumingoperatoractiontomaintainatleast10'Fsubcoolinginthehotlegsbyopeningtheatmosphericdumpvalvestoreducethesecondarysystempressureandtemperature.Theincreasedheatremovalinthesteamgeneratorscausedbythelargertemperaturedifferenceacrossthesteamgeneratortubesreducestheprimarysystemtemperature.Sincethesizeofthevoidisdeterminedtoremainconfinedbytheupperheadandpressurizer,naturalcirculationinthehotlegsismaintained.DischargeofboratedwaterfromtheSITspreventsadditionalvoiggrowth.Hence,theconclusionsoftheReference9analysisregarding'maintainingnaturalcirculationintheRCSforthefirstfourhoursoftheeventareunchanged.ItshouldbenotedthattheReference9calculationdidnotcredittheboroncontentsoftheSITsforthereactivitycalculations.Therefore,theconclusionsoftheReference9analysiswithrespecttomaintainingcoresubcriticalityarenotaffectedbytheSITspressuresetpointchangeinthisevaluation.Also,thisevaluationconservativelyusedthelowerRCSinventorycalculationfromCESECandassumednoSITdischargethrough14000seconds,wheretheprimarypressureisbelowtheSITpressuresetpoint.58 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TABLE4.2-1STATIONBLACKOUTEVENTINVENTORYSUMMARYTIMEPRESSINTEGRATEDPSIGSIT,lbmINTEGRATEDLEAK,lbmPZRRCSIncUPHMASS,lbmMASS,lbmUPPERHEADMASS,IbmUPPERHEADVOIDFRACTCESECTHERMAL-HYDRAULICSUMMARYRCSw/oUPHRCSTOTALMASS,IbmMASS,Ibm12000632.9122001240012600622,3598.2559.112800549.713000544.513200539.10.00.00.02352.13707.94411.15226.510215A7.5710E+034.4990E+0510332.88.6070E+034.4880E+0510445.48.3660E+034.4890E+0510560.84.8990E+034.5580E+05106786.0010E+034.5660Et0510790.27.7420E+034.5570Et0510899A9.3640Et034.5510E+058.5076E+039.0452E+039.1083E+038.3772E+038.7643E+039.2671E+039.7185E+038.7677E-01441392.48.6696E-01439754.88.6547E-018.7782E-018.7086E-01439791.7447422.8447835.78.6196E-01446432.98.5398E-01445381.5457471457407457266460699462601463442464464134001360013800531.5508.1501.26259.99964.311092.611005.21.0760E+044.5520E+0511115.61.0350E<044.6120E+0511226.61.1840E+044.6140E>051.0093E+041.0127Et041.0396E+048.4734E-018.4657E-018.4185E-0144510745107345100448596047155047324014000496.611824.411333.41.3670E+044.6070E+051.0889E+048.3328E-01449811474370DIFF11824.411186.0990E+03.1.0800E+042.3814E+038418.616899DESCRIPTIONOFCOLUMNHEADINGSA)TIME(SECONDS)B)RCSPRESSURE(PSIG)C)INTEGRATEDSITDISCHARGE(LBM)D)INTEGRATEDLEAKFROMRCS,TOTALEDFORTHETWOSIMULATEDLEAKS(LBM)E)TOTALPRESSURIZERMASS,PRESSURIZERLIQUIDPLUSSTEAMMASS(LBM)F)MASSOFRCSPLUSSURGELINE(LBM)G)MASSINTHEUPPERHEAD(LBM)H)UPPERHEADVOIDFRACTIONI)MASSINTHERCSLOOP,EXCLUDINGMASSOFPRESSURIZERANDUPPERHEAD(LBM)OBTAINEDBYSUBTRACTINGCOLUMNGFROMFJ)TOTALRCSMASS,INCLUDINGTHEPRESSURIZERANDUPPERHEADMASSES(LBM)OBTAINEDBYADDINGCOLUMNSEANDFDIFF:THELASTROWPROVIDESTHEMASSDIFFERENCEBETWEEN14000AND12000SECONDSFOREACHPARAMETER 0CVI"lJI This'eportprovidesthetechnicalbasisfortheengineeringevaluationwhichdemonstratesthatareductionofSITpressureminimumoperatingsetpointfrom570psigto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6continuestomeettheacceptancecriteriaforECCSperformanceasdefinedbyIOCFR50.46.ThisreportincludesthesupportinginformationandanalyticalresultsforSBLOCA,LBLOCA,non-LOCAdesignbasistransientsandthestationblackoutevent.Thecontainmentpeakpressureanalysiswasnotexaminedbythisstudy,however,thereductionofSITpressureminimumoperatingsetpointto500psigdoesnotadverselyaffectthecontainmentpeakpressurebecausethetotalmassandenergyreleasedtothecontainmentfromtheprimarysystemintheanalysisisnotchangedandbecausetheSITdischargeslessthanonesecondlateratthelowersetpoint.ReducingthetechnicalspecificationLCOvalueto500psigprovidesadditionaldifferentialpressuremarginbetweentheSIToperatingpressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).Thisadditionalmarginlessensthepotentialforchallengesto'heSITreliefvalveandconcurrentreliefvalveleakagethathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2plantavailability.,60 Nl'O'Lgj'It'd CENP0-137,"CalculativeMethodsfortheCESmallBreakLOCAEvalu'ationModel,"CombustionEngineeringProprietaryReport,August1974,(Proprietary).CENP0-137,"CalculativeMethods.fortheCESmallBreakLOCAEvaluationModel,"Supplement1,January1977,(Proprietary).AcceptanceCriteriaforEmergencyCoreCoolingSystemforLight-WaterCooledNuclearPowerReactors,FederalRegister,Vol.39,No.3-Friday,January4,1974.Letter,E.L.Trapp(C-E)toW.L.Parks,(FPLL),"St.LucieUnit2.Cycle6ReloadSafetyEvaluation(RSE)Report,"F2-90-035,July6,1990.CENPD-133,Supplement1,"CEFLASH-4AS,AComputerProgramforReactorBlowdownAnalysisoftheSmallBreakLoss-of-CoolantAccident,"August1974,(Proprietary).CENP0-133,Supplement3,"CEFLASH-4AS,AComputerProgramforReactorBlowdownAnalysisoftheSmallBreakLoss-of-CoolantAccident,"January1977,(Proprietary).CENP0-134,"COMPERC-II,AProgramforEmergencyRefill-RefloodoftheCore,"April1974,(Proprietary).CENPD-134,Supplement1,"COMPERC-II,AProgramforEmergencyRefill-RefloodoftheCore(Modification),"December1974,(Proprietary).CENPD-134,Supplement2,"COMPERC-II,AProgramforEmergencyRefill-RefloodoftheCore,"June1985,(Proprietary).CENPD-135,"STRIKIN-II,ACylindricalGeometryFuelRodHeatTransferProgram,"April1974,(Proprietary).CENP0-135,Supplement2,"STRIKIN-II,ACylindricalGeometryFuelRodHeatTransferProgram(Modification),"February1975(Proprietary).CENP0-135,Supplement4,"STRIKIN-II,ACylindricalGeometryFuelRodHeatTransferProgram,"August1976,(Proprietary).CENP0-135,Supplement5,"STRIKIN-II,ACylindricalGeometry'uelRodHeatTransferProgram,"April1977,(Proprietary).61 PI1~
NumberofTubesPluggedPerSteamGenerator Augmentation FactorSafetyInjection Tank(SIT)GasPressure(psig)InitialContainment Temperature
7.CENPD-138,"PARCH-AFORTRAN-IVDigitalProgramtoEvaluatePoolBoiling,AxialRodandCoolantHeatup,"August1974,(Proprietary).CENPD-138,SupplementI,"PARCH,AFORTRAN-IVDigitalProgramtoEvaluatePoolBoiling,AxialRodandCoolantHeatup,"(Hodification),February1975,(Proprietary).8.CENPD-138,Supplement2-P,January1977,(Proprietary).Letter,E.L.Trapp(C-E)toJ.L.Perryman(FPKL),"ResultsofCE'sLargeBreakLOCA,ReevaluationforSt.LucieUnit2BasedonCE'sNew(1986)EvaluationModel,"F2-CE-R-137,April10,1987.9.FPEL,"St.LuciePlantUnit2,FSAR,"AmendmentNo.1,April1986.10.C-ETopicalReport,CENPD-107,"CESEC-DigitalSimulationofaCombustionEng'ineeringNuclearSteamSupplySystem,"April1974.C-ETopicalReport,"CESEC-DigitalSimulationofaCombustionEngineeringNuclearSteamSupplySystem,"Enclosure1-PtoLD-82-001,January6,1982.62 5}}
('F)27544.9013.011.57552.0603.8136.lx10(1)131.lxl0146032962102'118103814301.00200(3)90(1)SystemFlowrateconsistent with363,000gpm(2)STRIKIN-II valuesathotrodburnupwhichyieldhighestPCT(3)SBLOCAandnon-LOCAuseSITGasPressureof500-650psig49 t>>
Table3.0-2St.LucieUnit2ResultsforLimitingBreakSize(0.6DfG/PD)~Paramete PeakCladdingTemperature
('F)TimeofPeakCladdingTemperature (seconds)
TimeofCladdingRupture(seconds)
PeakLocalCladdingOxidation (5)TotalCore-Mide CladdingOxidation P)Value<210726644.747.62<0.7050 f"lh.lIRIP[
Thissectionpresentstheassessment ofotherDesignBasisEvents(DBEs)andthestationblackouteventregarding thereduction oftheSITminimumoperating pressuresetpoint.
Section4.1reviewsthenon-LOCADBEstodetermine whethertheSITinventory wascreditedinanyoftheseeventsfortheSt.LucieUnit2safetyanalysesofrecord.Section4.2assessesthestationblackoutevent.StationblackoutisoutsidethedesignbasisforSt.LucieUnit2butispartofthelicensing basis.Thestationblackouteventpostulates afourhourtimeperi'odforrestoring ACpowerduringwhichprimarysubcooling andnaturalcirculation mustbemaintained.
ThestationblackouteventdoescreditSITinventory formaintaining naturalcirculation.
4.1Non-LOCADesinBasisEventsThenon-LOCADesignBasisEvents(DBEs)werereviewedtodetermine whethertheSafetyInjection Tankinventory wascreditedintheSt.LucieUnit2safetyanalysesofrecord.Inaddition, theimpactofdecreasing theSITgaspressureontheresultsofthenon-LOCAeventswasevaluated.
TheSITswillinjectduringseveredepressur izationevents,releasing highlyboratedliquidinventory intotheRCS.Theboratedliquidinsertsnegativereactivity inthecore,enhancing theshutdownmarginandmitigating apossiblereturntocriticality.
Decreasing theSITpressure(actuation setpoint) woulddelaythepossibleintroduction oftheboratedinventory intotheRCSandcouldreducethemargintocriticality.
Table4.1-1presentsalistoftheSt.LucieUnit2non-LOCADBEs.DBEswhichresultinaseveredepressurization areidentified inthisTablebyarrowsintheleftmargin.Theseareeventsduringwhichthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)pressuredecreases belowthesafetyinjection actuation signal(SIAS)setpointandtheHPSIpumpsshutoffhead.Thenon-LOCADBEsresulting insuchasevereRCSdepressurization are:51 Jj~kP4I'~tgOttCQglpk,tlI0~~
1)Inadvertent OpeningofaSteamGenerator SafetyValveorAtmospheric DumpValve2)Post-Trip ReturntoPowerforSteamSystemPipingFailures(SteamLineBreaks)3)Pressurizer PressureDecreaseEvents(Inadvertent OpeningofthePressurizer PowerOperatedReliefValves-PORVs)4)SmallPrimaryLineBreakOutsideContainment (LetdownLineBreak)5)SteamGenerator TubeRuptureEventOftheaboveDBEs,theNSSSsimulation oftheInadvertent OpeningofthePressurizer PORVswasterminated beforetheRCSpressurestabilizes.
Thisisduetothefactthatthepost-trip NSSSbehaviorforthiseventfallswithinthespectrumofconsidered LOCAsandisnotofanyinterestwithrespecttotheDNBcriterion ofthisanalysis.
AsaLOCA,thepost-trip NSSSbehaviorofthiseventiswithinthedomainaddressed inSection2.0ofthisreport.Reviewoftheremaining DBEswasperformed todetermine whetherthecalculated minimumRCSpressureisbelowthecurrentSITminimumsetpointpressureof570psig(585psia).ThissurveyshowsthattheminimumRCSpressureduringanyoftheaboveDBEsis661psig(676psia)whichoccursduringtheInadvertent OpeningofaSteamGenerator SafetyValveorAtmospheric lumpValveevent.ForthePost-Trip ReturntoPowerHotZeroPowerSteamLineBreakEvent,theminimumRCSpressureat300seconds(theendofsimulation time)is668psig(683psia)andessentially stable.Theminimumcalculated pressures for,thesetwoeventsarestillabovethecurrentSITminimumsetpointpressureof570psig,resulting innodeliveryofSITinventory totheRCS.Sincenoneofthenon-LOCAeventsresultedinorcreditedthedeliveryofSITinventory, adecreaseintheminimumSITsetpointpressurewillhavenoadverseimpactontheresultsandconclusions oftheseevents.52 0yU Insummary,areviewofSt.LucieUnit2non-LOCAOesignBasisEventsanalysesshowsthatnocreditforSITinjection intotheRCSwastakenbytheseanalysesinordertoshowacceptable consequences.
Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumsetpointpressurehasnoimpactonthenon-LOCAsafetyanalyses.
53 EUIUIU,UkIl't$,UJ+'ICtU'U~4IP;P.$qu TABLE4.1-1ST.LUCIEUNIT2,DESIGNBASISEVENTSCONSIDERED INTHECYCLE2SAFETYANALYSISIncreaseInHeatRemovalByTheSecondary SystemA.B.C.~D.E*DecreaseinFeedwater Temperature IncreaseinFeedwater FlowIncreased HainSteamFlowInadvertent OpeningofaSteamGenerator SafetyValveorAtmospheric DumpValveSteamSystemPipingFailuresl.InsideContainment Pre-Trip2.OutsideContainment Pre-TripPowerExcursions 3.Post-Trip ReturntoPower2.3.4.5.6.7.DecreaseInHeatRemovalByTheSecondary SystemA.LossofExternalLoadB.TurbineTripC.LossofCondenser VacuumD.LossofNormalACPowerE.LossofNormalFeedwater F.*Feedwater SystemPipeBreaksDecreaseInReactorCoolantFlowrateA.PartialLossofForcedReactorCoolantFlowB.TotalLossofForcedReactorCoolantFlowC.*SingleReactorCoolantPumpShaftSeizure/Sheared ShaftReactivity AndPowerDistribution Anomalies A.Uncontrolled CEAMithdrawal fromaSubcritical orLowPowerCondition B.Uncontrolled CEAMithdrawal atPower'.C.CEADropD.CVCSMalfunction (Inadvertent BoronDilution)
E.StartupofanInactiveReactorCoolantSystemPumpF.*.ControlElementAssemblyEjectionIncreaseInReactorCoolantSystemInventory A.CVCSMalfunction B.Inadvertent Operation oftheECCSDuringPowerOperation DecreaseInReactorCoolantSystemInventory
~A.Pressurizer PressureDecreaseEvents~B.SmallPrimaryLineBreakOutsideContainment
~C.*SteamGenerator TubeRuptureHiscellaneous A.Asymmetric SteamGenerator Eventsddddd*Postulat'ed Accidents 54 E+tRghk!
4.2SttoacoutEventAnassessment wasmadeofthevalidityofthestationblackoutevent-documented inSection15.10oftheFSAR(Reference 9)withregardtotheimpactofreducingtheminimumSITpressuresetpoint.
Inthisassessment, theresultspresented inReference 9areusedtodemonstrate thateven'ithdelayedSITdischarge intotheRCSresulting fromloweringtheSITsetpointto500psigsufficient liquidinventory remainsintheRCStopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandlossofnaturalcirculation.
Therefore,.
thisassessment showsthattheconclusions presented inReference 9regarding maintaining primarynaturalcirculation udcoresubcriticality areunchanged withthereducedSITpressuresetpointof500pslg~Theinitialconditions forthereference analysisareforCycle1,andtherefore donotincludesteamgenerator tubepluggingandstretchreactorcorepowerlevelwhichhaveoccurredsincetheCycle1analysis.
Inthereference
: analysis, creditistakenforoperatoractiontomaintainatleast10'Fprimarysystemsubcooling inthehotlegs.FortheCycle1analysis, subcooling ensurescondensation of.bubblesproducedinthecore,restricts voidformation duetoinventory losstothereactorvesselupperheadandpressurizer, andmaintains naturalcirculation.
Inthisassessment, theeffectsoftubepluggingandpowerupgradeonthecalculated massandenergybalancesareassumedtobeoffsetbythedifference insteamgenerator secondary operation thatwouldberequiredtomaintainthespecified
'hotlegsubcooling.
Thatis,assumingoperatoractionsfollowthesame"no-load" temperature program,theRCSinventory ataparticular RCSpressurefortheCycle1analysiswillbeverysimilartotheRCSinventory atthesame.RCSpressurecalculated withtubepluggingandstretchpower.Inarevisedanalysis, thetimingorsequenceofeventswouldbedifferent fromtheCycle1analysisduetothedynamiceffectsofincreased powerandreducedsteamgenerator heattransferarea,butcrediting operatoractiontomaintainthesamelevelofsubcooling (i.e.,thesametemperature) inthehotlegsresultsinacomparable RCSinventory andpressurerelationship.
Therefore, arevisedstation55 ra~<eiw4~s blackoutanalysisisnotrequiredfortheassessment discussed below,whichusestheRCSinventory andpressurerelationship intheCycle1referenceanalysistoshowthatvoidinginthehotlegswouldnotbecalculated tooccurwithareducedSITpressuresetpoint.
TheReference 9stationblackouteventanalysiswasperformed usingtheCESEC-III computercode,seeReference 10.Thisreference analysiscreditedSITdischarge totheRCSatabout12540secondsaftereventinitiation, whichwasbasedonaSITpressuresetpointof568psig.UsingtheReference 9calculated results,Table4.2-1presentstheprimarycoolantmassesinthepressurizer, reactorvesselupperhead,.andremainder oftheRCSforthetimeperiodbetween12000and14000seconds.ColumnsAand8ofTable4.2-1showthatthetimeof12000secondsrepresents acalculated condition intheRCSbeforetheSITpressuresetpointisreached(RCSpressureof632.9psig).Similarly, thetimeof14000secondsisacalculated condition intheRCSwhentheprimarypressureisbelowthereducedSITpressuresetpoiptof500psig(RCSpressureof496.6psig).Therefore, thereference analysisindicates thatthetimedelayinSITdischarge resulting fromreducingthepressuresetpointisroughly1460seconds.ThedatainColumnsAthroughHofTable4.2-1,istakenfromtheCESECoutputeditsfortheReference 9analysis.
ColumnIinTable4.2-1isthemassofliquidintheRCSexcluding theupperheadandthepressurizer.
Thisisobtainedbysubtracting theupperheadmass(ColumnG)fromtotalRCSmasswithoutpressurizer mass(ColumnF).ThetotalRCSmass'(Column J)including theupperheadandthepressurizer massesisobtainedbyaddingthevaluesofColumnsE(pressurizer mass)andF(massofRCSplussurgeline).ThevaluesatthebottomofeachcolumninTable4.2-1arethemassdifferences between12000and14000seconds.Table4.2-1showsthatfrom12000to14000seconds,11824.4ibm(ColumnC)wasaddedtotheRCSviaSITdischarge inthereference analysis.
Duringthesametimeperiod,1118ibm(ColumnD)leakedoutofthesystem.Therefore, basedonthedifference betweeninventory addedandinventory lost,thenetmassadditiontotheRCSis10706.4ibm.However,Table4.2-1alsoshowsthatCESECdetermines forthistimeperiodthatthetotal56 44.vo'1V'4'd~!&#x17d;N't'll RCSmassincreased by16899ibm(lastentryinColumnJ).Thisdiscrepancy betweentheintegrated inventory balanceandthesummation oftotalRCSinventory (6192.6ibmintotalinventory gain)isaresultoftheCESECcomputercodenumerical integration scheme.Forconservatism, thelowervalueoftotalRCSmassisusedinthisassessment oftheimpactofthereducedSITpressuresetpoint.
Table4.2-1showsthatthe'otalmassofpressurizer andupperheadinventory at14000secondsis24559ibm(13670ibmfromColumnEplus10889ibmfromColumnG).Reducingthismassbythetotalintegrated SITdischarge of11824.4ibm(ColumnC)andbythe6192.6ibmwhichwasaddedbythecodenumerical scheme,produces6542ibm.Thisisthehypothetical totalmassinthepressurizer andtheupperheadat14000secondswithouttheSITinventory.
Reducingthishypothetical totalmassbythemassofsteamproducesthetotalmassofliquidinthepressurizer andupperhead.Thesteammassesinthepressurizer andupperheadaredetermined usingtheRCSparameters at12400secondsinthereference analysisbecausethisisthelastsetofinformation notinfluenced bySITdischarge.
Thisselection of12400seconds'isconservative relativetolatertimesinthereference analysisbecausetheCESEC-III calculation showsareduction invapormassasRCSpressuredecreases, aslongassubcooling inthehotlegsismaintained.
Therefore, themassofsteamthatexistsinthereactorvesselupperheadandpressurizer atthistimeprovidesaconservative estimatefortheamountofsteamthatwoul'dexistwhentheRCSpressuredecreases totheSITsetpointpressureof500psig.FromtheCESECmajoreditat12400seconds,themassofsteaminthepressurizer is1829.0ibm.Themassofsteaminthereactorvesselupperheadat12400secondis1339.5ibmwhichisbasedon(1)atotalupperheadvolumeof1165.4ft,(2)avoidfractionof0.86547(ColumnHat12400seconds),
and(3)asteamspecificvolumeof0.753ft/ibmatasaturated pressureof598.2psig(Column8at12400seconds).
Subtracting thesteammassofthepressurizer andupperhead(3168.5ibm)fromthetotalmassoftheseregions(6542ibm)showsthatapproximately 3373.5ibmofliquidwouldstillremainintheseregionsat14000seconds57 AyA9) withoutanySITinventory enteringtheRCS.ColumnBofTable4.2-1indicates thatwiththereducedpressuresetpointof500psig,theSITswillhavedischarged atsometimepriorto14000seconds.Therefore, itisconcluded thatRCSliquidinventory wouldstillbeenoughsothatsomeliquidremainedintheupperheadandthepressurizer.
Thismeansnovoidingwouldhavebeenintroduced intheRCSloops.Restricting voidingtotheupperheadin.theanalysisistheresultofassumingoperatoractiontomaintainatleast10'Fsubcooling inthehotlegsbyopeningtheatmospheric dumpvalvestoreducethesecondary systempressureandtemperature.
Theincreased heatremovalinthesteamgenerators causedbythelargertemperature difference acrossthesteamgenerator tubesreducestheprimarysystemtemperature.
Sincethesizeofthevoidisdetermined toremainconfinedbytheupperheadandpressurizer, naturalcirculation inthehotlegsismaintained.
Discharge ofboratedwaterfromtheSITspreventsadditional voiggrowth.Hence,theconclusions oftheReference 9analysisregarding'maintaining naturalcirculation intheRCSforthefirstfourhoursoftheeventareunchanged.
ItshouldbenotedthattheReference 9calculation didnotcredittheboroncontentsoftheSITsforthereactivity calculations.
Therefore, theconclusions oftheReference9analysiswithrespecttomaintaining coresubcriticality arenotaffectedbytheSITspressuresetpointchangeinthisevaluation.
Also,thisevaluation conservatively usedthelowerRCSinventory calculation fromCESECandassumednoSITdischarge through14000seconds,wheretheprimarypressureisbelowtheSITpressuresetpoint.
58 tlflegr'tI~,p TABLE4.2-1STATIONBLACKOUTEVENTINVENTORY SUMMARYTIMEPRESSINTEGRATED PSIGSIT,lbmINTEGRATED LEAK,lbmPZRRCSIncUPHMASS,lbmMASS,lbmUPPERHEADMASS,IbmUPPERHEADVOIDFRACTCESECTHERMAL-HYDRAULIC SUMMARYRCSw/oUPHRCSTOTALMASS,IbmMASS,Ibm12000632.9122001240012600622,3598.2559.112800549.713000544.513200539.10.00.00.02352.13707.94411.15226.510215A7.5710E+03 4.4990E+05 10332.88.6070E+03 4.4880E+05 10445.48.3660E+03 4.4890E+05 10560.84.8990E+03 4.5580E+05 106786.0010E+03 4.5660Et05 10790.27.7420E+03 4.5570Et05 10899A9.3640Et03 4.5510E+05 8.5076E+03 9.0452E+03 9.1083E+038.3772E+03 8.7643E+039.2671E+03 9.7185E+038.7677E-01 441392.48.6696E-01 439754.88.6547E-01 8.7782E-01 8.7086E-01 439791.7447422.8447835.78.6196E-01 446432.98.5398E-01445381.5457471457407457266460699462601463442464464134001360013800531.5508.1501.26259.99964.311092.611005.21.0760E+04 4.5520E+05 11115.61.0350E<04 4.6120E+05 11226.61.1840E+04 4.6140E>05 1.0093E+041.0127Et04 1.0396E+04 8.4734E-018.4657E-01 8.4185E-0144510745107345100448596047155047324014000496.611824.411333.41.3670E+04 4.6070E+05 1.0889E+048.3328E-01 449811474370DIFF11824.411186.0990E+03
.1.0800E+04 2.3814E+03 8418.616899DESCRIPTION OFCOLUMNHEADINGSA)TIME(SECONDS)
B)RCSPRESSURE(PSIG)
C)INTEGRATED SITDISCHARGE (LBM)D)INTEGRATED LEAKFROMRCS,TOTALEDFORTHETWOSIMULATED LEAKS(LBM)E)TOTALPRESSURIZER MASS,PRESSURIZER LIQUIDPLUSSTEAMMASS(LBM)F)MASSOFRCSPLUSSURGELINE(LBM)G)MASSINTHEUPPERHEAD(LBM)
H)UPPERHEADVOIDFRACTIONI)MASSINTHERCSLOOP,EXCLUDING MASSOFPRESSURIZER ANDUPPERHEAD(LBM)OBTAINEDBYSUBTRACTING COLUMNGFROMFJ)TOTALRCSMASS,INCLUDING THEPRESSURIZER ANDUPPERHEADMASSES(LBM)OBTAINEDBYADDINGCOLUMNSEANDFDIFF:THELASTROWPROVIDESTHEMASSDIFFERENCE BETWEEN14000AND12000SECONDSFOREACHPARAMETER 0CVI"lJI This'eport providesthetechnical basisfortheengineering evaluation whichdemonstrates thatareduction ofSITpressureminimumoperating setpointfrom570psigto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6continues tomeettheacceptance criteriaforECCSperformance asdefinedbyIOCFR50.46.
Thisreportincludesthesupporting information andanalytical resultsforSBLOCA,LBLOCA,non-LOCAdesignbasistransients andthestationblackoutevent.Thecontainment peakpressureanalysiswasnotexaminedbythisstudy,however,thereduction ofSITpressureminimumoperating setpointto500psigdoesnotadversely affectthecontainment peakpressurebecausethetotalmassandenergyreleasedtothecontainment fromtheprimarysystemintheanalysisisnotchangedandbecausetheSITdischarges lessthanonesecondlateratthelowersetpoint.
Reducingthetechnical specification LCOvalueto500psigprovidesadditional differential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).Thisadditional marginlessensthepotential forchallenges to'heSITreliefvalveandconcurrent reliefvalveleakagethathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2plantavailability.,
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"St.LucieUnit2.Cycle6ReloadSafetyEvaluation (RSE)Report,"F2-90-035, July6,1990.CENPD-133, Supplement 1,"CEFLASH-4AS, AComputerProgramforReactorBlowdownAnalysisoftheSmallBreakLoss-of-Coolant Accident,"
August1974,(Proprietary).
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January1977,(Proprietary).
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December1974,(Proprietary).
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April1974,(Proprietary).
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February1975(Proprietary).
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August1976,(Proprietary).
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April1977,(Proprietary).
61 PI1~
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February1975,(Proprietary).
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~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetIn'ection TankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 1St.LucieUnit2Marked-up Technical Specification Page3/45-1'F204230201 920421PDRADOCK05000289PPDR 3t'0';5-"

'tNGBCY'OttE~CNRING SYSTEMSECCS3/4.5.1SAFETYINJECTION TANKSiV.~sLIMITINGCONDITION FOROPERATION

~I3.5;1EachReactorCoolantSystemsafetyinjection tankshallbeOPERABLEwith:a.:The,isolation valve..open, b.Acontained boratedwatervolumeofbetween1420and1556cubicfeet,I~A'<'c.Aboronconcentration ofbetween1720and2100ppmofboron,andI~d.AniItrogcn~cover.-pressure ofbetween@'nd'650psig.APPIICABILITY:

MOOES1;2,3",and4".Sob.ACTION:Withonesafetyinjection tankinoperable, exceptasaresultofaclosedisolation valve,restoretheinsuperable.tank toQPERA8LE.')atua Awithin1"ho'uh,or.

be'in.af;ljast HdTsTACIBY'withinthenext;6'o'ursandinHOTSHUTDOWN"wi4hiri thefollowing 6hours.+th'one,'sat'ety ing'ection tang,inoperabIe'.due,.'to)gei~1atlqn valvebetngchas'ed,either,.iaeedfgCqty,open,'he "isolatian.vie er.Pe,.inatleast'HOT STANDB'(within 1'ouran4tjein'OT,SHUTGGMtfmithin thenext.12hours...SURVEILLANCE.

REUIREMENTS.:

~l4.5;,l-..lI Eachsafari@;injection tankshallbedemonstrated.OPFRABI.E;

...a.Atleastonceper12hoursby:l.Verifying (bytheabsenceofalarms)thecontained boratedwatervolumeand.nitrogencoverpressureinthetanks,and2;"Verifying'hat

'eachsafetyinjection tankisolation valveisopen.thpressurZerpress'ut"e,'..cfihaterI thaiorequalto1750psia.'hen pressur-izerpressureis1'essthan1750psia",atleastthreesafetyinjection.

tanksshallbeOPERABLE, eachwithaminimumpressureof.,235psigandamaximumpressureof650psigandacontained'ater vol'umeofbetween1250and1556cubicfeetwitha.boronconcentration ofbetween,1720 and2100ppmofboron.Withallfours'afetyinjection tariks'OPERAHL'E, eachtankshallhaveaminimumpressureof235psiganda.maximumpressureof650.psiganteacaqtaiqed

.watervolumeofBetween833'nd.'1556 cubicfeetwithaboihconcentratian ofbetween1720and2100ppmofb'oron.InMODE4withpressuriziir pressUrelessthan276psia,thesafe.'yinjection tanksmaybeisolated.

ST.LUCIE"UNIT23/45"1IAmendment No.40 0$P St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetInectionTankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 2SAFETY"ANALYSIS Introduction TheproposedchangetotheSt.LucieUnit2,Technical Specifications reducesthesafetyinjection tank(SIT)minimumpressurefrom570psigto500psig.TheproposedchangemodifiesTechnical Specification 3.5.1.d,SafetyInjection Tanks,forSt.LucieUnit2.Theproposedchangeprovidesthebenefitofagreaterdifferential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).ReducingtheSITLimitingCondition forOperation (LCO)to500psigmeanstheminimumSITpressurewouldbeapproximately 75percentofthere'liefvalvepressuresetpointwhichrepresents a10percentincreaseinmarginwhencomparedtocurrentconditions.

Thisadditional marginlessensthepotential forSITreliefvalveleakagethathasimpactedplantavailability inthepast.Discussion TheSITsensurethatasufficient volumeofboratedwaterwillbeimmediately forcedintothereactorcorethrougheachofthecoldlegsintheeventthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)pressurefallsbelowthepressureoftheSITs.Thisinitialsurgeofwaterintothecoreprovidestheinitialcoolingmechanism duringlargeRCSpiperuptures.

ThelimitsonSITvolume,boronconcentration, andpressureensuretheassumptions usedforSITinjection inthesafetyanalysisaremet.Bycomparison, St.LucieUnit1SITnitrogencoverpressureisnormallysetbetween220psigand225psig,andtheUnit1Technical Specifications requiretheSITpressuretobebetween200psigand250psig.St.LucieUnit1has14x14fuelassemblyarraywhileSt.LucieUnit2hasa16x16fuel.ThehigherpressureoftheSt.LucieUnit2safetyinjection tankswasemployedtogainadditional LOCAmarginabovethemargingainedbythefuelassemblyarraychange.

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~~~~~~~~~Section6.3.3.1oftheSt.LucieUpdatedFinalSafetyAnalysisReport(UFSAR)liststhefollowing Emergency CoreCoolingSystem(ECCS)designcriteriafrom10CFR50.46:(1)Thecalculated maximum-fuel elementtemperature shallnotexceed2200'F.(2)Thecalculated totaloxidation ofthecladdingshallnowhereexceed17percentofthetotalcladdingthickness beforeoxidation.

(3)Thecalculated totalamountofhydrogengenerated fromthechemicalreactionofthecladdingwithwaterorsteamshallnotexceed1percentofthehypothetical amountthatwouldbegenerated ifallthemetalinthecladdingcylinders surrounding thefuel,excluding thecladdingsurrounding theplenumvolume,weretoreact.(4)Calculated changesincoregeometryshallbesuchthatthe.coreremainsamenabletocooling.(5)Afteranycalculated successful initialoperation oftheECCS,thecalculated coretemperature shallbemaintained atanacceptably lowvalueanddecayheatshallberemovedfortheextendedperiodoftimerequiredbythelong-lived radioactivity remaining inthecore.Attachment 4istheTechnical Evaluation, Reduction ofSafetyInjectionTankPressureMinimumSetpointforSt.LucieUnit2NuclearPowerP2ant,preparedbyABBCombustion Engineering.

Itprovidesthejustification foradecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumSITpressurefrom570psig.to500psig.Technical justification foroperation ofSt.Lucie"Cycle"7"'at a-reduced SITminimumoperating pressureof500psigisprovidedbyECCSperformance evaluations ofthesmallbreakloss-of-coolant accident(SBLOCA).

Sincethelargebreakloss-of-coolant accident(LBLOCA)analysisofrecordwasperformed with,anSITpressureof200psig,theproposedminimumSITpressureof500psigisbounded.Theseperformance evaluations demonstrate acceptable conformance with10CFR.50.46.Areviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasesevents,in'ttachment 4,showsthat=noneoftheseanalysescalculate or-credit SITinjection intotheRCS.Therefore, thereduction ofSIT-minimum operating pressuresetpointhasnoimpactonpostulated non-LOCAdesignbasesevents.Althoughthestationblackoutevent(SBO)isoutsidethedesignbasesforUnit2,ananalysiswasperformed asacondition oflicenseattherequestoftheNRC.ThisanalysisappearsasSection15.10oftheUFSAR.Attachment 4provides' technical lt40ll'laf'J)()')fyj~'~)(j<<,g~,v'3y's.lQ%Ua~~4m+p~~gA4=v~4<.$&j~'N~4sra~~tlg~4 evaluation oftheSBOeventattheproposedminimumoperating pressureof500psig.This.evaluation demonstrates thattheoriginalconclusions presented inSection15.10.5oftheUFSARhavenotbeenadversely affected.

Theslightincreaseinthedifferential pressurebetweentheRCSandSITsmayhavetwoopposingeffectsonbackleakage fromtheRCSintotheSITs.First,theincreased differential pressurewilltendtoseatthecheckvalvesmorefirmly,andthusmaycauseaslightdecreaseintheprobability ofbackleakage intotheSITs.Second,theslightincreaseindifferential pressurebetweentheRCSandtheSITsmayslightlyincreasetherateofbackleakage intotheSITs,shouldbackleakage occur.Suchback-leakage wouldaffecttherequiredSITboronconcentration andlevel.Thereisnohistoryofback-leakage intotheSITsatSt.LucieUnit2orUnit1.Asachangeinlevelwouldalerttheoperators toanyaccompanying reduction inboronconcentration intheSITs,thereisessentially noprobability ofsuchbackleakagecontributing toanevent.Therefore, thereduction ofSITminimumpressurewillhavenosignificant effectontheprobability orconsequences ofback-leakagefromtheRCSintotheSITs.CONCLUSION eTheacceptability oftheproposedreduction oftheSITminimumoperating pressuredependsontheimpactonthepostulated SBLOCA,thepostulated LBLOCA,andthepostulated SBO.TheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizeandassociated peakcladdingtemperature stronglydependontheSITpressure.

ReducingtheSITminimumoperating pressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2increases theSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ft2to0.0450ftandincreases thepeakcladdingtemperature from1771'Fto1905'F.Thisanalytical evaluation forSBLOCAwasperformed usingABBCombustion Engineering's NRCapprovedproprietary smallbreakevaluation model,Calculative MethodsfortheCESmallBreakLOCAEvaluation Model,CENPD-137(P),

datedAugust1974andCENPD-137(P)

Supplement 1,datedJanuary1977.Theanalysiswasperformed consistent withtherequirements of10CFR50AppendixK.Thisanalysisdemonstrated acceptable conformance with10CFR50.46.TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforcycle3whichboundslatercycles.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasredoneforcycle2whenthecorepowerwasincreased from2560MWtto2700MWt.-TheLBLOCAanalysiswasredoneagainforcycle3withrevisedsteamgenerator tubeplugginglimits.ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed withaSITpressureof200psig,acondition whichconservatively coversthe500psigSITpressureusedintheSBLOCAanalysis.

Thepeakcladdingtemperature fortheLBLOCAanalysisis2107'F.TheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumpressureremainslessthanthecurrentLBLOCApeakcladdingtemperature ofrecord.Therefore, the

'I~i~/+t,4Jk4~e~A%"Pg(.I-l*4flf"%~a LBLOCAcalculation remainsthe.limitinganalysisof..record forECCSperformance evaluation.

ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable

.conformance tothe10CFR50.46acceptance criteriaforECCSperformance insupportofthereducedvalueofSITminimumpressureof500psig.Attachment 4includesareviewofSBO,which.isoutsidethedesignbasisforSt.LucieUnit2butispartofthelicensing basis.TheSBOeventpostulates afourhourtimeperiodforrestoring ACpowerduringwhichprimarysubcooling andnaturalcirculation mustbemaintained.

TheSBOanalysisinUFSARSection15.10creditssomeSITinjection lateinthetransient.

Anassessment ofthisanalysis,.concluded thattheproposedreduction intheminimumSITpressurewoulddelaytheSITdischarge.

However,sufficient inventory remainsintheRCSthroughtheSBOtopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandthustopreventalossofnaturalcirculation.

Theconclusions presented intheUFSARregarding maintaining naturalcirculation andcoresubcriticality areunchanged.

Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumpressuresetpointto.-500'sig hasnoimpactontheSBOevent.Non-LOCAdesignbaseseventshavebeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasing theSITminimumpressureto500psiginAttachment 4.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscalculate orcreditSITinjection intotheRCS.Therefore, thereduction inSITminimumoperating pressuresetpointhasnoimpact,onotherpostulated non-LOCAsafetyanalyses.

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~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetIn'ection TankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 3DETERMINATION OFNOSIGNIFICANT HAZARDSCONSIDERATION Thestandards usedtoarriveatadetermination thatarequestforamendment involvesanosignificant hazardsconsideration areincludedintheCommission sregulation, 10CFR50.92,whichstatesthatnosignificant hazardsconsiderations areinvolvediftheoperation ofthefacilityinaccordance withtheproposedamendment wouldnot(1)involveasignificant increaseintheprobability orconsequences ofanaccidentpreviously evaluated; or(2)createthepossibility ofanewordifferent kindofaccidentfromanyaccidentpreviously evaluated; or(3)involveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety.Eachstandardisdiscussed asfollows:(1)Operation ofthefacilityinaccordance withtheproposedamendment wouldnotinvolveasignificant increaseintheprobability orconsequences ofanaccidentpreviously evaluated.

Reducingthesafetyinjection tank(SIT)minimumpressuredoesnotinvolveasignificant increaseintheprobability ofa-.loss-of-coolant accident-(LOCA),-

since-the-SITs--are--passive systemsandhavenoeffectonthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)untilafterthedepressurization oftheRCSduetoaLOCA.ReducingtheSITminimumpressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2increases thesmallbreakloss-of-coolant (SBLOCA)limitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.0450ftandincreases peakcladdingtemperature from1771'Fto1905'Fforthenewlimitingbreaksize.Thecalculated peakcladdingtemperature (1905'F)fortheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumpressureremainslessthanthecurrentlarge'.break loss-of-.coolant(LBLOCA),analysis.

peakcladding.temperature.

of.2107'F..

ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed assumingaSITpressureof200psig,acondition whichconservatively coverstheproposedminimumSITpressureof500psig.Therefore, althoughtheconsequences ofaSBLOCAareincreased

slightly, theLBLOCAcalculation remainsthelimitinganalysisofrecordforemergency corecoolingsystem(ECCS)performance evaluation.

TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforcycle3whichhasbeenshowntoboundlatercycles.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable conformance to10CFR50.46,Acceptance CriteriaforECCSperformance forlightwaternuclearpowerreactors, insupportoftheproposedminimumSITpressureof500psig.ThisECCSperformance evaluation forSt.LucieUnit2wasperformed consistent withNRCapprovedmethodology and10CFR50AppendixKcriteria.

TheLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed assumingaSITpressureof200psig,therefore, thereisnoincreaseintheconsequences ofaLBLOCAduetoreducingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.Non-LOCAdesignbasiseventshavebeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasing theminimumSITpressureto500psig.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscalculate orcreditSITinjection intotheRCS,sincenoneofthenon-LOCAaccidents resultinRCSdepressurization belowtheSITmaximumpressuresetpoint.

Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumpressuresetpointhasnoincreaseintheconsequences

.ofnon-LOCAdesignbaseseventsduetoreducingtheminimumSITpressureto500psig.Thestationblackoutevent,(SBO),whichispresented inSection15.10.5oftheUFSAR,hasbeenreviewedtoevaluatetheimpactofdecreasing theSITminimumpressureto500psig.WiththeSITpressurereducedto500psig,SITinjection isinitiated priortotheoccurrence ofvoidingintheRCSloops,thuspreventing alossofnaturalcirculation.

Therefore, reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2Technical Specification limitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto500psigdoesnotinvolveasignificant increaseintheprobability.

or*.consequences=='of-.an=-.accident previously evaluated.

(2)Useofthemodifiedspecification wouldnotcreatethepossibility ofanewordifferent kindofaccidentfromanypreviously evaluated.

Therearenoadditional failuremodesfortheSITsduetoreducingthenitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto.500.psig.TheSITs"are-passive"systems andhave-no.effect-on

-the,RCSuntilafterthedepressurxzation of-.the-RCS.,due to.a.LOCA.Therefore, reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2Technical Specification limitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom570psigto500psigdoesnotcreatethepossibility ofanewordifferent kindofaccidentfromanypreviously evaluated.

~Qe~JiltP'JIp~,q~~4~V'1%f'"k (3)Useofthemodifiedspecification wouldnotinvolveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety.TheSBLOCAanalysiswiththeSITpressureof500psigsatisfies thecriteriaof10CFR50.46andremainsboundedbytheLBLOCAanalysisofrecord.TheLBLOCAanalysiswas.performed assuminga.SITpressureof200psig.ReviewoftheSBOanalysiswiththeSITpressureof500psigdemonstrates thattheoriginalconclusions, presented inUFSARSection15.10.5,havenotbeenadversely affected.

Therefore, reducingtheSt.LucieUnit2Technical Specification limitforSITminimumnitrogencoverpressurefrom560psigto500psigdoesnotinvolveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety.Basedontheabove,wehavedetermined thattheproposedamendment doesnot(1)involveasignificant increaseintheprobability orconsequences ofanaccidentpreviously evaluated, (2)createtheprobability ofanew-ordifferent kindofaccidentfromanypreviously evaluated, or(3)involveasignificant reduction inamarginofsafety;andtherefore doesnotinvolveasignificant hazardsconsideration.

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~~~~St.LucieUnit2DocketNo.50-389,ProposedLicenseAmendment SafetIn'ection TankMinimumPressureReduction ATTACHMENT 4TECHNICAL EVALUATION REDUCTION OFSAFETYINJECTION TANKPRESSUREMINIMUMSETPOINTFORST.LUCIEUNIT2 4PgKlp OPS-92-0385 ENCLOSURE 1TECHNjtCAL JUS'IXFICATION forREDUCTION OFSAFETYINJECTION TMWPRESSURESETPOINTTO500PSIGforST;LUCIEVI.'GT2NUCLEARPOWERPLANTPreparedforFloridaPower4Light'yOperations AnalysisABBCombustion Engineering NuclearServicesMARCH1992Combustion Engineering, Inc.JLItItr<IrIeASEABROWNBOVERI pff'i'iL~VIl4tIrv'EC.BPtP Thisreportprovidestechnical justification foradecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumoperating safetyinjection tank(SIT)pressurefrom570psigto500psig.ReducingthisTechnical Specification LimitingCondition forOperation (LCO)valueprovidesagreaterdifferential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).Thisadditional marginlessens.thepotential forchallenges totheSITreliefvalveandconcurrent reliefvalveleakagesthathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2availability'n thepast.Technical justification foroperation ofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6atthereducedSITminimumpressureof500psigisprovidedbyECCSperformance evaluations ofthesmallbreakloss-of-coolant accident.

ReducingtheSITminimumoperating pressureto500psigincreases theSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.045ftandincreases thepeakcladdingtemperature from1771'Fto1905'F.Thisincreased PCTforSBLOCAremainslessthanthelimitingECCSperformance analysislargebreakLOCAPCTof2107'F.TheLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed withaminimumSITpressureof200psig,therefore, theLBLOCAcalculated resultsalreadyconservatively coveroperation ataminimumSITpressureof500psig.TheseECCSperformance evaluations demonstrate acceptable conformance with10CFR50.46.

Areviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventsshowsthatnoneofthesesafetyanalysescreditSITinjection intotheRCStomeettheacceptance criteria.

Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumopeFating pressuresetpointhasnoadverseimpactonthenon-LOCAdesignbasisevents.Anassessment oftheStationBlackoutEventshowsthatevenwithdelayedSITactuation duetothereducedminimumoperating pressuresetpoint, primaryreactorcoolantsubcooling inthehotlegsandreactorcoolantsystemnaturalcirculation aremaintained throughout theassumedfourhourtimeperiodforrestoring ACpowerduringthispostulated event.

ll SECTIONPAGE"ANNXcjf'fABLKYof~coNTEN$

832.1Introduction andSummary2.2MethodofAnalysis2.3Results2.4Conclusions 5Y@7%NNCCVN9KNQMxYNN9%NNNC6 4.1Non-LOCADesignBasisEvents4.2StationBlackoutEvent'X~AXNKNNS 485151556061 I'4AQitfiQ'r Thisreportprovidestechnical justification foradecreaseintheSt.LucieUnit2minimumoperating safetyinjection tank(SIT)pressurefrom570psigto500psig.ReducingthisTechnical Specification LimitingCondition forOperation (LCO)valueprovidesagreaterdifferential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669'sig).

ReducingtheLCOto500psigmeans'hattheminimumSITpressureforoperation wouldberoughly75%ofthereliefvalvepressuresetpointwhichrepresents a1(Nincreaseinmargincomparedtocurrentconditions.

Thisadditional marginlessensthepotential forchallenges totheSITreliefvalveandconcurrent reliefvalveleakagethathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2availability inthepast.Thisreportislimitedtotheengineering evaluation necessary tojustifytheplantchangetoreducetheSITminimumoperating pressuresetpointfrom570psigto500psig.Thisreportdoesnotinclude(1)anevaluation oftherelatedinstrument (loop)inaccuracies oruncertainties, (2)PC/H,technical specification, FSARorrelatedchangepackages, or(3)addressing changesintheSITmaximumoperating pressuresetpoint.

Primarily, thisreportaddresses theimpactofreducingthetechnical specification,LCO onminimumSITpressureforthepostulated smallbreakloss-of-coolant accident(SBLOCA).

TheSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizeandassociated peakcladdingtemperature (PCT)stronglydependontheSITpressure.

ReducingtheSITminimumoperating pressureto500psigforSt.LucieUnitfincreases theSBLOCAlimitingbreaksizefrom0.0375ftto0.045ftandincreases thePCTfrom1771'Fto1905'F.Thisanalytical evaluation forSBLOCAwasperformed usingABBCombustion Engineering's NRCapprovedsmallbreakevaluation modeldescribed inReference 1.Thisanalysisdemonstrates acceptable conformance with10CFR50.46 whichpresentstheAcceptance CriteriaforEmergency CoreCoolingSystems(ECCS)forLightWaterNuclearPowerReactors(Reference 2).Thecalculated PCT(1905'F)fortheSBLOCAanalysiswithreducedSITminimumoperating pressureremainslessthanthecurrentlargebreakloss-

~IIU'L)lq%l of-coolant accident(LBLOCA)PCTofrecord.ThePCTfortheLBLOCAanalysisis2107'F.ThisLBLOCAanalysiswasperformed withaSIToperating pressureof200psig,acondition whichconservatively coversthe500psigSITpressureusedintheSBLOCAanalysis.

Therefore, theLBLOCAcalculation remainsthelimitinganalysisofrecordforECCSperformance evaluation.

TheLBLOCAanalysisofrecordisforCycle3whichhasbeenshowntoboundlatercyclesthroughCycle6.ThisLBLOCAanalysisalsoshowsacceptable conformance to10CFR50.46 Acceptance CriteriaforECCSperformance insupportofthereducedvalueofSITminimumoperating pressureof500psig.ThisLBLOCAECCSperformance evaluation forSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6wasperformed atapowerlevelof2754NMt(2700HMtplus2Xuncertainty) andatapeaklinearheatgeneration rate(PLHGR)of13kw/ft.Thisreportincludesareviewofthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventstoIevaluatethepotential impactofdecreasing theLCOforSITminimumpressureto500psig.ForSt.LucieUnit2,noneofthenon-LOCAeventscreditSITinjection intothereactorcoolantsystem.Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumoperating pressuresetpointhasnoadverseimpactonthenon-LOCAdesignbasiseventanalyses.

Thisreportincludesanassessment ofthevalidityofthestationblackouteventdocumented inSection15.10oftheFSAR(Reference 9)withregardtotheimpactofreducingtheminimumSITpressuresetpoint.

Inthisassessment, theresultspresented inReference 9areusedtodemonstrate thatevenwithdelayedSITdischarge intotheRCSresulting fromloweringtheSITsetpointto500psig,sufficient liquidinventory remainsintheRCStopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandlossofnaturalcirculation.

Therefore, thisassessment showsthattheconclusions presented inReference 9regarding maintaining primarynaturalcirculation andcoresubcriticality forthefourhourdurationofthepostulated eventareunchanged withthereducedSITpressuresetpointof500psig.

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2.1Introduction andSummarThissectionpresentstheresultsoftheECCSperformance evaluation fortheSmallBreakLoss-of-Coolant Accident(SBLOCA)forSt.LucieUnit2,Cycle6,withtheminimumoperating safetyinjection tank(SIT)pressuredecreased from570psigto500psig.ThisECCSperformance evaluation demonstrates conformance with10CFR50.46 whichpresentstheAcceptance CriteriaforEmergency CoreCoolingSystems(ECCS)forLightWaterNuclearPowerReactors(Reference 2).Theevaluation with500psigminimumoperating SITpressuredemonstrates acceptable SBLOCAECCSperformance forSt.LucieUnit2.Sections2.2,2.3,and2.4presentthemethodofanalysis, results,andconclusions, respectively.

2.2HethodofAnalsisThecalculations reportedinthissectionwereperformed usingABBCombustion Engineering's NRCapprovedsmallbreakevaluation modeldescribed inReference 1.ThismethodofanalysisisthesameasthatusedfortheSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6SBLOCAECCSperformance analysis(Reference 3).Acompleteevaluation ofSBLOCAinvolvestheuseoffourcomputercodes.Blowdownhydraulics arecalculated usingtheCEFLASH-4AS computercode(Reference

~Refloodhydraulics arecalculated usingtheCOHPERC-II code(Reference 5).Fuelrodtemperatures andcladdingoxidation percentages arecalculated usingtheSTRIKIN-II (Reference 6)andPARCH(Reference 7)codes.Detailsoftheinterfacing ofthesecodesarediscussed inReference 1.FortheECCSperformance evaluation withthereducedSITpressure, onlytheCEFLASH-4AS andPARCHcodeswereneededfortheanalysis.

LoweringtheSITpressurewhilekeepingallotherparameters andmethodsthesameresultsinachangeinthelimitingbreaksizeandachangeinthe f~'i4t~tt'vf'4A' calculated PCT.TheCEFLASH-4AS codeisusedtoprovideprimarysystemthermal-hydraulics foraspectrumofbreaksizestoidentifythenewlimitingbreaksizeandthePARCHcodeprovidesthehotrodheat-upcalculations duringthecoreboil-offperiodofthetransient.

Forlicensing calculations, thelimitingbreaksizeistypically thelargestbreakforwhichthecladdingtemperature heat-upduringcoreboil-offuncoveryisreversedwithonlyHPSIdeliverytotheprimarysystemandwithoutSITdischarge.

Inthisanalysis, PCToccursjustafterabriefmomentary discharge fromtheSITswhichisfollowedbyHPSIdrivenrepressurization andcorerecovery.

ForSBLOCA,theCOHPERC-II codeisusedtoanalyzethecorehydraulic response(recovery) following continuous SITdischarge.

TheEvaluation Modelmethodology inReference Iforanalyzing corerefloodfollowing SITdischarge usingCOHPERC-II assumesthatcontinuous SITinjection causesallsteaminthecoretwo-phasefluidtocondense.

Thiscondition doesnotapplyforthebreaksizesofthisstudywhereSITdischarge isbriefandnotcontinuous.

forthebreaksizesinthisSBLOCAstudy,corerefloodfromHPSIdeliveryandbriefdischarge fromtheSITsisanalyzedadequately withtheCEFLASH-4AS codewhichgivesboththethermalandhydraulic responseofthecorerefloodperiod.Therefore, analysisofcorerefloodusingtheCOHPERC-II codeisnotneededforthelimitedrangeofbreaksizesinthisstudy.IntheABBC-Emethodology forSBLOCA,theSTRIKIN-II codeisusedtoanalyzethehotrodthermalresponseduringtheperiodofforcedconvection whendeparture fromnucleateboilingmayoccur.ForthebreaksizesofthisSBLOCAstudy,acladdingtemperature increaseduringtheforcedconvection periodduetodeparture fromnucleateboilingdoesnot,usuallyoccur,asindicated bythe0.0375ftbreakresultsfromtheanalysisperformed forCycle6inReference 3.SincethePCTcalculated withthePARCHcodeoccursduringtheboil-offuncoveryperiodofthetransient, analysisoftheearlyblowdownhotrodresponseusingtheSTRIKIN-II codeisnotneededforthelimitedrangeofbreaksizesinthisECCSevaluation.

Also,theearlyblowdownhotrodresponsehasanegligible influence ontheboil-offuncoveryperiodwhendeparture fromnucleateboilingdoesnotoccur.

71eplI;YC4' 1"TheECCSanalysisassumptions forthisanalysiswithreducedSITpressureareunchanged fromtheevaluation modelassumptions (Reference 1).TheworstsinglefailureforanalysisofSBLOCAisthefailureofoneoftheemergency dieselgenerators tostart.Thisfailureresultsintheminimumsafetyinje'ction available tocoolthecore.Therefore, basedonthisassumption, thefollowing injection pumpswerecreditedintheSBLOCAanalysis:

'a~b.C.d.oneHighPressureSafetyInjection (HPSI)pumponeLowPressureSafetyInjection (LPSI)pumponeChargingpumpfourSafetyInjection TanksForbreaksinthepumpdischarge leg,itisalsoassumedthatallsafetyinjection flowdelivered tothebrokencoldlegspillsoutthebreak.Thisresultsinthefollowing reducedinjection flowdelivered tothecore:'a~b.C.d.75%oftheflowfromoneHPSIpump50XoftheflowfromoneLPSIpump4ÃoftheflowfromoneChargingpump(basedonworstflowsplit)10ÃoftheflowfromthreeSafetyInjection TanksAsdescribed inReference 1,theSBLOCAanalysesassumethatoffsitepowerislostuponreactortrip.Asaresult,thesafetyinjection pumpswereassumedtostartaftera30seconddelay(fordieselgenerator startupandloadsequenqjgg) following asafetyinjection actuation signal.TheECCSperformance analysisconsidered aspectrumofcoldlegbreaksinthereactorcoolantpumpdischarge leg.Asdemonstrated inpreviousanalyses, discharge legbreaksaremorelimitingthanotherbreaklocations.

Thespectrumofbreakswereselectedtoshowthenewlimitingbreaksizeresulting fromthereduction inSITpressure.

I'tJ Thepreviouslimitingbreaksize,0.0375ft,isnotinfluenced bythereducedSITpressure, sincethecladdingtemperature heat-upisreversedbyHPSIdeliveryalone.LargerbreaksizesdependonSITdischarge toreversethefuelcladdingheat-up.ByreducingSITpressure, theselargerbreaksizes'ust waitforthereactorcoolantsystempressuretodecreasetothelowerSITsetpointpressurebeforereceiving SITdischarge totheprimarysystem.Theselargerbreaksizesdepressurize morerapidly,loseinventory outthebreakatagreaterrate,andexperience greaterratesofcoolantflashing.

But,theselargerbreaksizesalsoreceivemoreHPSIdeliverytotheprimarysystemwiththelowerprimarysystempressurepriortoSITdischarge.

Whiletheselargerbreaksizecaseswaitfor.SITactuation atthelowerpressuresetpoint, thecladdingcontinues toheat-uptohighertemperatures.

Eventually HPSIdeliveryatthelowerprimarysystempressurewillbegreaterthantheinventory lossbyflashing, coreboil-off, andspillageoutthebreakandwillreversethecladdingheat-upjustpriortoornearthemomentofSITdischarge, thusestablishing anewlimitingbreaksize.BriefSITdischarge totheRCScanoccurjustpriortoreachingthetimeofpeakcladdingtemperature andmaythroughitsimpactonthecoretwo-.phasemixturelevelterminate thecladdingtemperature riseand/ormaycausethecoreaxialelevation ofpeaktemperature tochangetothenexthighestnode.Thenewlimitingbreaksizeidentified bythisanalysisisthe0.045ftcoldlegbreak.2.3ResultsTheanalysisdemonstrated the0.045ftbreaktobethelimitingsmallbreakwithapeakcladdingtemperature of1905'Fandamaximumcladdingoxidation percentage oflessthan7%.Theresultsaresummarized inTable2.3-1.Thetimesatwhichsignificant eventsintheperformance oftheECCSoccurredforeachbreaksizearelistedinTable2.3-2.Table2.3-3providesalistofthesignificant parameters andinitialconditions used,intheanalysis.

PP4a$I,/kCi,'~klj"'IA"k,.i~l Thetransient valuesofparameters whichmostdirectlyaffectfuelrodperformance areshowninFigures2.3-1through2.3-4(seeTables2.3-4and2.3-5).Thefollowing parameters aregraphically presented foreachbreaksize:(a)Normalized TotalCorePower(b)InnerVesselPressure(c)BreakFlowRate'd)InnerVesselInletFlowRate(e)InnerVesselTwo-Phase MixtureLevel(f)HotSpotHeatTransferCoefficient (g)CoolantTemperature atHotSpot(h)HotSpotCladdingSurfaceTemperature Figure2.3-5summarizes thepeakcladdingtemperature resultsofthespectrumanalysis.

The0.045ftbreakwasdetermined tobethelimitingsmallbreak.Forbreakssmallerthan0.045ftcoreuncoverybeginslaterwhenthefissionproductdecayheatgeneration islessand,hence,thedepthofuncoverywillbeless.forbreaksgreaterthan0.045fthmtheresulting systemdepressurization rateisfastersuchthatthecladdingtemperature riseisterminated earlyinthetransient bySafetyInjection Tanksactuation.

2.4Conclusions Basedontheresultsofananalysisofaspectrumofsmallbreaksinthecoldlegatthereactorpumpdischarge withtheminimumoperating pressureofthesafetyinjection tanksreducedfrom570psigto500psig,itis'concluded thatoperation ofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6isacceptable.

Theresultsofthelimiting0.045ftsmallbreakresultedinapeakcladdingtemperature of1905'Fandamaximumcladdingoxidation percentage oflessthan7%,demonstrating theSBLOCAECCSperformance tobelesslimitingthanthatforthelargebreakLOCAperformance resultsgiveninSection3.0.

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Table2.3-1St.LucieUnit2FuelRodPerformance SummarySmallBreakLOCASpectrumwithSafetyInjection TankPressureof500psigBreakSize(ft)PeakCladTemperature axial('F)location"'eak LocalCladOxidation axialP)location"HotRodCladOxidation"'1o) 0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD(0.0500ft/PD17710.9018360.9519050.9518410.855.240.906.730.906.690.904.610.90<0.65<0.81<0.77<0.53(a)Hotrodoxidation valuesaregivenasaconservative indication ofcore-wide oxidation (b)PDatPumpDischarge (c)Axiallocationgivenasafractionofactivecoreheight10

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Table2.3-2St.LucieUnit2TimesofInterestforSmallBreakLOCASpectrumwithSafetyInjection TankPressureof500psig(secondsafterbreak)BreakSize(ft)HPSI'"'ump OnLPSISI~~PumpOnTanksOnHotSpotPeakCladTemp.Occurs0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD0.0500ft/PD130120110100(a)(a)(a)(a)28072408203217632261.22351.72034.31776.2(a)Calculation terminated beforetimeofLPSIpumpactivation.

(b)"PumpOn"and"TanksOn"aremeanttoindicate"RCSInjection Begins"

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~SafetyInjection Tank(SIT)GasPressure(psig)moderator Temperature Coefficient (dp/'F)AxialShapeIndex(ASIU)Low'ressurizer PressureTripSetpoint(psia)ISafetyInjection Actuation SignalSetpoint(psia)HighPressureSafetyInjection PumpShutoffHead(psia)Values27544.9015.0552.0603.8136.1xlO(1)131.1xlO1250500(2)+0.2xlO-0.151650.01500.01214(1)SystemFlowrateconsistent with363,000gpm(2)LBLOCAusesSITGasPressureof200psig12 r.yy4~

Table2.3-4St.LucieUnit2SmallBreakLOCASpectrumI'eSieandLocation0.0375ftBreakinPumpDischarge Leg0.0400ftBreakinPumpDischarge Leg0.0450ft.BreakinPumpDischarge Leg0.0500ftBreakinPumpDischarge LegAbbreviation 0.0375ft/PD0.0400ft/PD0.0450ft/PD0.0500ft/PD~Fiures2.3-12.3-22.3-32.3-413

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~tri,s1fpVJCar4"k>k, Thelargebreakloss-of-coolant accident(LBLOCA)analysisofrecordforSt.LucieUnit2isforCycle3(Reference 8).TheCycle3analysishasboundedlatercycles,namely,Cycles4,5,and6,becauseallcurrentcycle-specific inputdatahasbeenshowntobethesameorlessseverethantheCycle3data.TheCycle3inputdataandresultsofReference 8,whichapplyconservatively toCycle6arepresented inTables3.0-1and3.0-2,respectively.

TheresultsofthisECCSperformance evaluation demonstrate apeakcladdingtemperature notinexcessof2107'F,apeaklocalcl'adding oxidation percentage.

of7.62K,andapeakcore-wide claddingoxidation percentage oflessthan0.7%,comparedtotheECCSacceptance criteriaof2200'F,17K,and1%,respectively.

TheseresultswerebasedonaninitialSITpressureof200psig,acondition alreadymoreadverseforECCSperformance thanthe500psigSITminimumpressureanalyzedforSBLOCAinSection2.0.Therefore, theCycle3LBLOCAresultsapplyconservatively toCycle6withaminimumSIToperating pressureof500psig.Inconclusion, operation ofSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6withaminimumSITpressureof500psigatacorepowerlevelof2754NWt(102Kof2700HWt)andapeaklinearheatgeneration rateof13.0kw/ftisinconformance with10CFR50.46.

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('F)TimeofPeakCladdingTemperature (seconds)

TimeofCladdingRupture(seconds)

PeakLocalCladdingOxidation (5)TotalCore-Mide CladdingOxidation P)Value<210726644.747.62<0.7050 f"lh.lIRIP[

Thissectionpresentstheassessment ofotherDesignBasisEvents(DBEs)andthestationblackouteventregarding thereduction oftheSITminimumoperating pressuresetpoint.

Section4.1reviewsthenon-LOCADBEstodetermine whethertheSITinventory wascreditedinanyoftheseeventsfortheSt.LucieUnit2safetyanalysesofrecord.Section4.2assessesthestationblackoutevent.StationblackoutisoutsidethedesignbasisforSt.LucieUnit2butispartofthelicensing basis.Thestationblackouteventpostulates afourhourtimeperi'odforrestoring ACpowerduringwhichprimarysubcooling andnaturalcirculation mustbemaintained.

ThestationblackouteventdoescreditSITinventory formaintaining naturalcirculation.

4.1Non-LOCADesinBasisEventsThenon-LOCADesignBasisEvents(DBEs)werereviewedtodetermine whethertheSafetyInjection Tankinventory wascreditedintheSt.LucieUnit2safetyanalysesofrecord.Inaddition, theimpactofdecreasing theSITgaspressureontheresultsofthenon-LOCAeventswasevaluated.

TheSITswillinjectduringseveredepressur izationevents,releasing highlyboratedliquidinventory intotheRCS.Theboratedliquidinsertsnegativereactivity inthecore,enhancing theshutdownmarginandmitigating apossiblereturntocriticality.

Decreasing theSITpressure(actuation setpoint) woulddelaythepossibleintroduction oftheboratedinventory intotheRCSandcouldreducethemargintocriticality.

Table4.1-1presentsalistoftheSt.LucieUnit2non-LOCADBEs.DBEswhichresultinaseveredepressurization areidentified inthisTablebyarrowsintheleftmargin.Theseareeventsduringwhichthereactorcoolantsystem(RCS)pressuredecreases belowthesafetyinjection actuation signal(SIAS)setpointandtheHPSIpumpsshutoffhead.Thenon-LOCADBEsresulting insuchasevereRCSdepressurization are:51 Jj~kP4I'~tgOttCQglpk,tlI0~~

1)Inadvertent OpeningofaSteamGenerator SafetyValveorAtmospheric DumpValve2)Post-Trip ReturntoPowerforSteamSystemPipingFailures(SteamLineBreaks)3)Pressurizer PressureDecreaseEvents(Inadvertent OpeningofthePressurizer PowerOperatedReliefValves-PORVs)4)SmallPrimaryLineBreakOutsideContainment (LetdownLineBreak)5)SteamGenerator TubeRuptureEventOftheaboveDBEs,theNSSSsimulation oftheInadvertent OpeningofthePressurizer PORVswasterminated beforetheRCSpressurestabilizes.

Thisisduetothefactthatthepost-trip NSSSbehaviorforthiseventfallswithinthespectrumofconsidered LOCAsandisnotofanyinterestwithrespecttotheDNBcriterion ofthisanalysis.

AsaLOCA,thepost-trip NSSSbehaviorofthiseventiswithinthedomainaddressed inSection2.0ofthisreport.Reviewoftheremaining DBEswasperformed todetermine whetherthecalculated minimumRCSpressureisbelowthecurrentSITminimumsetpointpressureof570psig(585psia).ThissurveyshowsthattheminimumRCSpressureduringanyoftheaboveDBEsis661psig(676psia)whichoccursduringtheInadvertent OpeningofaSteamGenerator SafetyValveorAtmospheric lumpValveevent.ForthePost-Trip ReturntoPowerHotZeroPowerSteamLineBreakEvent,theminimumRCSpressureat300seconds(theendofsimulation time)is668psig(683psia)andessentially stable.Theminimumcalculated pressures for,thesetwoeventsarestillabovethecurrentSITminimumsetpointpressureof570psig,resulting innodeliveryofSITinventory totheRCS.Sincenoneofthenon-LOCAeventsresultedinorcreditedthedeliveryofSITinventory, adecreaseintheminimumSITsetpointpressurewillhavenoadverseimpactontheresultsandconclusions oftheseevents.52 0yU Insummary,areviewofSt.LucieUnit2non-LOCAOesignBasisEventsanalysesshowsthatnocreditforSITinjection intotheRCSwastakenbytheseanalysesinordertoshowacceptable consequences.

Therefore, thereduction oftheSITminimumsetpointpressurehasnoimpactonthenon-LOCAsafetyanalyses.

53 EUIUIU,UkIl't$,UJ+'ICtU'U~4IP;P.$qu TABLE4.1-1ST.LUCIEUNIT2,DESIGNBASISEVENTSCONSIDERED INTHECYCLE2SAFETYANALYSISIncreaseInHeatRemovalByTheSecondary SystemA.B.C.~D.E*DecreaseinFeedwater Temperature IncreaseinFeedwater FlowIncreased HainSteamFlowInadvertent OpeningofaSteamGenerator SafetyValveorAtmospheric DumpValveSteamSystemPipingFailuresl.InsideContainment Pre-Trip2.OutsideContainment Pre-TripPowerExcursions 3.Post-Trip ReturntoPower2.3.4.5.6.7.DecreaseInHeatRemovalByTheSecondary SystemA.LossofExternalLoadB.TurbineTripC.LossofCondenser VacuumD.LossofNormalACPowerE.LossofNormalFeedwater F.*Feedwater SystemPipeBreaksDecreaseInReactorCoolantFlowrateA.PartialLossofForcedReactorCoolantFlowB.TotalLossofForcedReactorCoolantFlowC.*SingleReactorCoolantPumpShaftSeizure/Sheared ShaftReactivity AndPowerDistribution Anomalies A.Uncontrolled CEAMithdrawal fromaSubcritical orLowPowerCondition B.Uncontrolled CEAMithdrawal atPower'.C.CEADropD.CVCSMalfunction (Inadvertent BoronDilution)

E.StartupofanInactiveReactorCoolantSystemPumpF.*.ControlElementAssemblyEjectionIncreaseInReactorCoolantSystemInventory A.CVCSMalfunction B.Inadvertent Operation oftheECCSDuringPowerOperation DecreaseInReactorCoolantSystemInventory

~A.Pressurizer PressureDecreaseEvents~B.SmallPrimaryLineBreakOutsideContainment

~C.*SteamGenerator TubeRuptureHiscellaneous A.Asymmetric SteamGenerator Eventsddddd*Postulat'ed Accidents 54 E+tRghk!

4.2SttoacoutEventAnassessment wasmadeofthevalidityofthestationblackoutevent-documented inSection15.10oftheFSAR(Reference 9)withregardtotheimpactofreducingtheminimumSITpressuresetpoint.

Inthisassessment, theresultspresented inReference 9areusedtodemonstrate thateven'ithdelayedSITdischarge intotheRCSresulting fromloweringtheSITsetpointto500psigsufficient liquidinventory remainsintheRCStopreventvoidingintheRCSloopandlossofnaturalcirculation.

Therefore,.

thisassessment showsthattheconclusions presented inReference 9regarding maintaining primarynaturalcirculation udcoresubcriticality areunchanged withthereducedSITpressuresetpointof500pslg~Theinitialconditions forthereference analysisareforCycle1,andtherefore donotincludesteamgenerator tubepluggingandstretchreactorcorepowerlevelwhichhaveoccurredsincetheCycle1analysis.

Inthereference

analysis, creditistakenforoperatoractiontomaintainatleast10'Fprimarysystemsubcooling inthehotlegs.FortheCycle1analysis, subcooling ensurescondensation of.bubblesproducedinthecore,restricts voidformation duetoinventory losstothereactorvesselupperheadandpressurizer, andmaintains naturalcirculation.

Inthisassessment, theeffectsoftubepluggingandpowerupgradeonthecalculated massandenergybalancesareassumedtobeoffsetbythedifference insteamgenerator secondary operation thatwouldberequiredtomaintainthespecified

'hotlegsubcooling.

Thatis,assumingoperatoractionsfollowthesame"no-load" temperature program,theRCSinventory ataparticular RCSpressurefortheCycle1analysiswillbeverysimilartotheRCSinventory atthesame.RCSpressurecalculated withtubepluggingandstretchpower.Inarevisedanalysis, thetimingorsequenceofeventswouldbedifferent fromtheCycle1analysisduetothedynamiceffectsofincreased powerandreducedsteamgenerator heattransferarea,butcrediting operatoractiontomaintainthesamelevelofsubcooling (i.e.,thesametemperature) inthehotlegsresultsinacomparable RCSinventory andpressurerelationship.

Therefore, arevisedstation55 ra~<eiw4~s blackoutanalysisisnotrequiredfortheassessment discussed below,whichusestheRCSinventory andpressurerelationship intheCycle1referenceanalysistoshowthatvoidinginthehotlegswouldnotbecalculated tooccurwithareducedSITpressuresetpoint.

TheReference 9stationblackouteventanalysiswasperformed usingtheCESEC-III computercode,seeReference 10.Thisreference analysiscreditedSITdischarge totheRCSatabout12540secondsaftereventinitiation, whichwasbasedonaSITpressuresetpointof568psig.UsingtheReference 9calculated results,Table4.2-1presentstheprimarycoolantmassesinthepressurizer, reactorvesselupperhead,.andremainder oftheRCSforthetimeperiodbetween12000and14000seconds.ColumnsAand8ofTable4.2-1showthatthetimeof12000secondsrepresents acalculated condition intheRCSbeforetheSITpressuresetpointisreached(RCSpressureof632.9psig).Similarly, thetimeof14000secondsisacalculated condition intheRCSwhentheprimarypressureisbelowthereducedSITpressuresetpoiptof500psig(RCSpressureof496.6psig).Therefore, thereference analysisindicates thatthetimedelayinSITdischarge resulting fromreducingthepressuresetpointisroughly1460seconds.ThedatainColumnsAthroughHofTable4.2-1,istakenfromtheCESECoutputeditsfortheReference 9analysis.

ColumnIinTable4.2-1isthemassofliquidintheRCSexcluding theupperheadandthepressurizer.

Thisisobtainedbysubtracting theupperheadmass(ColumnG)fromtotalRCSmasswithoutpressurizer mass(ColumnF).ThetotalRCSmass'(Column J)including theupperheadandthepressurizer massesisobtainedbyaddingthevaluesofColumnsE(pressurizer mass)andF(massofRCSplussurgeline).ThevaluesatthebottomofeachcolumninTable4.2-1arethemassdifferences between12000and14000seconds.Table4.2-1showsthatfrom12000to14000seconds,11824.4ibm(ColumnC)wasaddedtotheRCSviaSITdischarge inthereference analysis.

Duringthesametimeperiod,1118ibm(ColumnD)leakedoutofthesystem.Therefore, basedonthedifference betweeninventory addedandinventory lost,thenetmassadditiontotheRCSis10706.4ibm.However,Table4.2-1alsoshowsthatCESECdetermines forthistimeperiodthatthetotal56 44.vo'1V'4'd~!ŽN't'll RCSmassincreased by16899ibm(lastentryinColumnJ).Thisdiscrepancy betweentheintegrated inventory balanceandthesummation oftotalRCSinventory (6192.6ibmintotalinventory gain)isaresultoftheCESECcomputercodenumerical integration scheme.Forconservatism, thelowervalueoftotalRCSmassisusedinthisassessment oftheimpactofthereducedSITpressuresetpoint.

Table4.2-1showsthatthe'otalmassofpressurizer andupperheadinventory at14000secondsis24559ibm(13670ibmfromColumnEplus10889ibmfromColumnG).Reducingthismassbythetotalintegrated SITdischarge of11824.4ibm(ColumnC)andbythe6192.6ibmwhichwasaddedbythecodenumerical scheme,produces6542ibm.Thisisthehypothetical totalmassinthepressurizer andtheupperheadat14000secondswithouttheSITinventory.

Reducingthishypothetical totalmassbythemassofsteamproducesthetotalmassofliquidinthepressurizer andupperhead.Thesteammassesinthepressurizer andupperheadaredetermined usingtheRCSparameters at12400secondsinthereference analysisbecausethisisthelastsetofinformation notinfluenced bySITdischarge.

Thisselection of12400seconds'isconservative relativetolatertimesinthereference analysisbecausetheCESEC-III calculation showsareduction invapormassasRCSpressuredecreases, aslongassubcooling inthehotlegsismaintained.

Therefore, themassofsteamthatexistsinthereactorvesselupperheadandpressurizer atthistimeprovidesaconservative estimatefortheamountofsteamthatwoul'dexistwhentheRCSpressuredecreases totheSITsetpointpressureof500psig.FromtheCESECmajoreditat12400seconds,themassofsteaminthepressurizer is1829.0ibm.Themassofsteaminthereactorvesselupperheadat12400secondis1339.5ibmwhichisbasedon(1)atotalupperheadvolumeof1165.4ft,(2)avoidfractionof0.86547(ColumnHat12400seconds),

and(3)asteamspecificvolumeof0.753ft/ibmatasaturated pressureof598.2psig(Column8at12400seconds).

Subtracting thesteammassofthepressurizer andupperhead(3168.5ibm)fromthetotalmassoftheseregions(6542ibm)showsthatapproximately 3373.5ibmofliquidwouldstillremainintheseregionsat14000seconds57 AyA9) withoutanySITinventory enteringtheRCS.ColumnBofTable4.2-1indicates thatwiththereducedpressuresetpointof500psig,theSITswillhavedischarged atsometimepriorto14000seconds.Therefore, itisconcluded thatRCSliquidinventory wouldstillbeenoughsothatsomeliquidremainedintheupperheadandthepressurizer.

Thismeansnovoidingwouldhavebeenintroduced intheRCSloops.Restricting voidingtotheupperheadin.theanalysisistheresultofassumingoperatoractiontomaintainatleast10'Fsubcooling inthehotlegsbyopeningtheatmospheric dumpvalvestoreducethesecondary systempressureandtemperature.

Theincreased heatremovalinthesteamgenerators causedbythelargertemperature difference acrossthesteamgenerator tubesreducestheprimarysystemtemperature.

Sincethesizeofthevoidisdetermined toremainconfinedbytheupperheadandpressurizer, naturalcirculation inthehotlegsismaintained.

Discharge ofboratedwaterfromtheSITspreventsadditional voiggrowth.Hence,theconclusions oftheReference 9analysisregarding'maintaining naturalcirculation intheRCSforthefirstfourhoursoftheeventareunchanged.

ItshouldbenotedthattheReference 9calculation didnotcredittheboroncontentsoftheSITsforthereactivity calculations.

Therefore, theconclusions oftheReference9analysiswithrespecttomaintaining coresubcriticality arenotaffectedbytheSITspressuresetpointchangeinthisevaluation.

Also,thisevaluation conservatively usedthelowerRCSinventory calculation fromCESECandassumednoSITdischarge through14000seconds,wheretheprimarypressureisbelowtheSITpressuresetpoint.

58 tlflegr'tI~,p TABLE4.2-1STATIONBLACKOUTEVENTINVENTORY SUMMARYTIMEPRESSINTEGRATED PSIGSIT,lbmINTEGRATED LEAK,lbmPZRRCSIncUPHMASS,lbmMASS,lbmUPPERHEADMASS,IbmUPPERHEADVOIDFRACTCESECTHERMAL-HYDRAULIC SUMMARYRCSw/oUPHRCSTOTALMASS,IbmMASS,Ibm12000632.9122001240012600622,3598.2559.112800549.713000544.513200539.10.00.00.02352.13707.94411.15226.510215A7.5710E+03 4.4990E+05 10332.88.6070E+03 4.4880E+05 10445.48.3660E+03 4.4890E+05 10560.84.8990E+03 4.5580E+05 106786.0010E+03 4.5660Et05 10790.27.7420E+03 4.5570Et05 10899A9.3640Et03 4.5510E+05 8.5076E+03 9.0452E+03 9.1083E+038.3772E+03 8.7643E+039.2671E+03 9.7185E+038.7677E-01 441392.48.6696E-01 439754.88.6547E-01 8.7782E-01 8.7086E-01 439791.7447422.8447835.78.6196E-01 446432.98.5398E-01445381.5457471457407457266460699462601463442464464134001360013800531.5508.1501.26259.99964.311092.611005.21.0760E+04 4.5520E+05 11115.61.0350E<04 4.6120E+05 11226.61.1840E+04 4.6140E>05 1.0093E+041.0127Et04 1.0396E+04 8.4734E-018.4657E-01 8.4185E-0144510745107345100448596047155047324014000496.611824.411333.41.3670E+04 4.6070E+05 1.0889E+048.3328E-01 449811474370DIFF11824.411186.0990E+03

.1.0800E+04 2.3814E+03 8418.616899DESCRIPTION OFCOLUMNHEADINGSA)TIME(SECONDS)

B)RCSPRESSURE(PSIG)

C)INTEGRATED SITDISCHARGE (LBM)D)INTEGRATED LEAKFROMRCS,TOTALEDFORTHETWOSIMULATED LEAKS(LBM)E)TOTALPRESSURIZER MASS,PRESSURIZER LIQUIDPLUSSTEAMMASS(LBM)F)MASSOFRCSPLUSSURGELINE(LBM)G)MASSINTHEUPPERHEAD(LBM)

H)UPPERHEADVOIDFRACTIONI)MASSINTHERCSLOOP,EXCLUDING MASSOFPRESSURIZER ANDUPPERHEAD(LBM)OBTAINEDBYSUBTRACTING COLUMNGFROMFJ)TOTALRCSMASS,INCLUDING THEPRESSURIZER ANDUPPERHEADMASSES(LBM)OBTAINEDBYADDINGCOLUMNSEANDFDIFF:THELASTROWPROVIDESTHEMASSDIFFERENCE BETWEEN14000AND12000SECONDSFOREACHPARAMETER 0CVI"lJI This'eport providesthetechnical basisfortheengineering evaluation whichdemonstrates thatareduction ofSITpressureminimumoperating setpointfrom570psigto500psigforSt.LucieUnit2Cycle6continues tomeettheacceptance criteriaforECCSperformance asdefinedbyIOCFR50.46.

Thisreportincludesthesupporting information andanalytical resultsforSBLOCA,LBLOCA,non-LOCAdesignbasistransients andthestationblackoutevent.Thecontainment peakpressureanalysiswasnotexaminedbythisstudy,however,thereduction ofSITpressureminimumoperating setpointto500psigdoesnotadversely affectthecontainment peakpressurebecausethetotalmassandenergyreleasedtothecontainment fromtheprimarysystemintheanalysisisnotchangedandbecausetheSITdischarges lessthanonesecondlateratthelowersetpoint.

Reducingthetechnical specification LCOvalueto500psigprovidesadditional differential pressuremarginbetweentheSIToperating pressureandtheSITreliefvalvepressuresetpoint(669psig).Thisadditional marginlessensthepotential forchallenges to'heSITreliefvalveandconcurrent reliefvalveleakagethathaveimpactedSt.LucieUnit2plantavailability.,

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