Regulatory Guide 1.63
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| Issue date: | 07/31/1978 |
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1)Regulatory Guide 1.63, Revision 2, "Electric Penetration Assemblies in Containment Structures for Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants," transmitted herewith, describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the Commission's regulations regarding mechanical, electrical, and test requirements for the design, qualification, con-struction, installation, and testing of electric penetration assemblies.
With reference to the provisions of Section D, "Implementation," of the guide, any purchase orders for electric penetration assemblies executed prior to the effective date of the guide that specify the provisions of either Revision 0 or Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.63 need not be changed.Robert B. Minogue, rirector Office of Standards Development Revision 2 July 1978 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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GUIDE 1.63 ELECTRIC PENETRATION
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
A. INTRODUCTION
General Design Criterion 50, "Containment De-sign Basis," of Appendix A, "General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants," to 10 CFR Part 50, "Domestic Licensing of Production and Utiliza-tion Facilities," requires, in part, that the reactor containment structure, including penetrations, be de-signed so that the containment structure can, without exceeding the design leakage rate, accommodate the calculated pressure, temperature, and other environ-mental conditions resulting from any loss-of-coolant accident.
Appendix B, "Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants," to 10 CFR Part 50 establishes quality assurance requirements for the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components.
This guide describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with General Design Criterion 50 of Appendix A and with Appendix B with respect to the mechanical, electrical, and test requirements for the design, qualification, construction, installation, and testing of electric penetration assemblies in containment structures of light-water-cooled nuclear power plants.The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards was consulted regarding this guide and concurred in the regulatory positions.
B. DISCUSSION
IEEE Std 317-1976,1 "IEEE Standard for Electric Penetration Assemblies in Containment Structures for Nuclear Power Generating Stations," was prepared* Lines indicate substantive changes from previous issue.Copies may be obtained from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York 10017.by a working group of Subcommittee
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of the Nuclear Power Engineering Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Elec-tronics Engineers (IEEE) and was subsequently ap-proved by the IEEE Standards Board on September
4, 1975. This IEEE standard prescribes design, qualifi-cation, construction, installation, and testing re-quirements for electric penetration assemblies in containment structures for light-water-cooled nuclear power plants.C. REGULATORY
POSITION Conformance with the requirements of IEEE Std 317-1976, "IEEE Standard for Electric Penetration Assemblies in Containment Structures for Nuclear Power Generating Stations," provides an acceptable method of complying with General Design Criterion 50 of Appendix A and with Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50 with respect to mechanical, electrical, and test requirements for the design, qualification, con-struction, installation, and testing of electric penetra-tion assemblies in containment structures for light-water-cooled nuclear power plants, subject to the following:
1. Section 4.2.4 should be supplemented by the following:
The electric penetration assembly should be designed to withstand, without loss of mechanical integrity, the maximum short-circuit.
current vs. time conditions that could occur given single random failures of circuit overload protection devices. The circuit overload protection system should conform to the criteria of IEEE Std 279-1971,' "Criteria for Protection Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations," (also designated ANSI N42.7-1972).
2. The maximum short-circuit current assessed at the penetration assembly should be consistent with the criteria used in establishing the interrupting USNRC REGULATORY
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capability of the protective device associated with the penetration assembly conductors.
Accordingly, the provisions of Section 4.2.4 pertaining to the rated short-circuit current for alternating-current circuits should be modified as follows: The test voltages for the above shall be based on the voltage rating of the conductor in accordance with the following table: Rated Voltage (V)300 600 1000 5000 8000 15000 x/r Ratio 2>8>15 Conductor Rated Voltage (V)300 and 600 1000 5000 8000 15,000 Impulse 4 Voltage (V)60,000 95,000 95,000 4 3. The provisions of Section 4.2.4 pertaining to the duration of the maximum short-circuit current are representative of circuits protected by molded-case circuit breakers but are not representative of circuits using other air circuit breakers.
The provisions per-taining to the duration of the maximum short-circuit current should be modified as follows: Service Classification Low-voltage power and control Duration(s)
0.033 (for molded-case circuit breakers)0.066 (for other air circuit breakers)4.3 Section 6.4.4, "Dielectric-Strength Test," should be supplemented, for qualification testing only, by the following:
(3) Each medium-voltage power conductor shall be given an impulse withstand test by applying a 1.2 x 50 tts impulse voltage test series consisting of three positive and three negative impulse voltages.
If flashover occurs on only one test during any group of three consecutive tests, three more shall be made. If no flashover occurs in the second group of tests, the flashover in the first group shall be considered as a random flashover and the equipment shall be consid-ered as having passed the test.2 Values based on data of ANSI C37.010-1972, "Application Guide for AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis." I This additional staff position, not contained in Revision 1, was included in a letter to the Division 1 distribution, dated February 1978.5. The 500-hour aging time at minimum aging temperature of Section 6.3.3 is a printing error 5 and should be changed to 5000 hours0.0579 days <br />1.389 hours <br />0.00827 weeks <br />0.0019 months <br />.6. The definition of "Double Aperture Seal" in Section 2 is a printing error I and should be changed as follows: "Two single aperture seals in series." 7. The specific applicability or acceptability of the codes, standards, and guides referenced in Section 3 will be covered separately in other regulatory guides, where appropriate.
D. IMPLEMENTATION
The purpose of this section is'to provide informa-tion to applicants regarding the NRC staff's plans for using this regulatory guide. Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alterna-tive method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the* method described herein will be used in the evaluation of submittals for construction permit applications docketed after August 31, 1978.If an applicant wishes to use this regulatory guide in developing submittals for applications docketed on or before August 31, 1978, the pertinent portions of the application will be evaluated on the basis of this guide.4 Values based on data of ANSI C37.20-1969, "Switchgear Assemblies Including Metal-Enclosed Bus" (1974 Consolidated Edition dated September
3, 1974).5 This printing error was corrected in printings of the standard after August 25, 1976.* U. S. GOVERNMENT
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