ML17335A377

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LER 98-046-00:on 981103,determined That Afs Was Unable to Meet Design Flow Requirements During Special Test.Caused by Failure to Consider All Aspects of Sys Operation in Design of Suction Basket Strainers.Sys Will Be Redesigned
ML17335A377
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Site: Cook American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 12/03/1998
From: GEBBIE J
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO.
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LER-98-046, LER-98-46, NUDOCS 9812090137
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NRCForm366U.S.NUCLEARREGUIATORY COMMISSION (6-1996)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)(Seereverseforrequirednumberofdigits/characters foreachblock)APPROVEDBYOMBNO.31504104EXPIRES06/3012001 ESTSIATED SORDENPERRESPONSETO~YWITHTISSMANDATORY INFORMATION COllECRON RECIJEST'.

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DC20505FACIUTYNAME11)TITLEle)CookNuclearPlantUnit1OOCKETNUMBER(2) 05000-315 PAGEIS)1of4Auxiliary Feedwater SystemUnabletoMeetDesignFlowRequirements DuringSpecialTestEVENTDATE(5)LERNUMBER(6)REPORTDATE(7)OTHERFACILITIES INVOLVED(6)MONTHDAYYEARYEARSEQUENTIAL NUMBERREVISIONNUMBERMONTHDAYAIUDCCook-Unit2AILIlYNUMB05000-316 03989804600120398OPERATING MODE(9)POWERLEVEL(10)0020.2201(b)20.2203(a)(1) 20.2203(a)(2)(i) 20.2203(a)(2)(v) 20.2203(a)(3)(i) 20.2203(a)(3)(ii) 50.73(a)(2)(i) 50.73(a)(2)(ii) 50.73(a)(2)(iii)

THISREPORTISSUBMITTED PURSUANTTOTHEREQUIREMENTS OF10CFRg:(Checkoneormore)(11)50.73(a)(2)(viii) 50.73(a)(2)(x) 73.7120.2203(a)(2)(ii) 20.2203(a)(2)(iii) 20.2203(a)(2)(iv) 20.2203(a)(4) 50.36(c)(1) 50.36(c)(2)

LICENSEECONTACTFORTHISLER(12)50.73(a)(2)(iv) 50.73(a)(2)(v) 50.73(a)(2)(vii)

OTHERSpecitrhAbelreolbelowornNRCFonn28SA NAMETELEPHONE NUMBER(SKSJdeAreaCode)Mr.JoelGebbie,SafetyRelatedMechanical Engineering Supervisor 616/465-5901, x1543COMPLETEONELINEFOREACHCOMPONENT FAILUREDESCRIBED INTHISREPORT(13)CAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENT MANUFACTURER REPORTABLE TOEPIXCAUSESYSTEMCOMPONENT MANUFACTURER REPORTABLE TOEPIXSUPPLEMENTAL REPORTEXPECTED14YES(ItYes,cornleteEXPECTEDSUBMISSION DATEXNOEXPECTED'UBMISSION DATE15MONTHOAYAbstract(Limitto1400spaces,l.e.,approximately 15single-spaced typewritten lines)(16)OnNovember3,1998,withUnit1inMode5,aspecialtestwasconducted ontheUnit1WestMotorDrivenAuxiliary Feedwater (MDAFW)Pumptodetermine thepotential effectonsuctionstrainerloadingwhenEssential ServiceWater(ESW)isusedasthesuctionsource.The1WestMDAFWpumphadbeenspecifically chosenashavingthehighestriskforstrainerplugging.

Approximately 60secondsintothetestthedifferential pressureacrossthestrainerexceededthemaximumallowed,flowdroppedbelowthedesignflowvalue,andthetestwasterminated.

TheAFWsystemwasdeclaredinoperable, andanENSnotification wasmadeat1649hoursESTinaccordan'ce with10CFR50,72(b)(2)(i),

foradegradedcondition foundwhileshutdown.

ThisLERistherefore submitted inaccordance with10CFR50.7(a)(2)(ii).

Therootcauseofthiscondition isafailuretoconsiderallaspectsofsystemoperation inthedesignofthesuctionbasketstrainers.

Thesystemwillberedesigned toperformitsdesignfunctionwhiletakingsuctionfromtheESWsystem.Broadscopepreventive actionsarebeingperformed undertheEngineering IssuesReviewtoassessthescopeandqualityofactionsbeingtakentoaddresssystem,structure, andcomponent performance including operability, designandlicensing basisissues.Thesafetysignificance ofthiscondition wasevaluated considering theresult-of boththeinitialtestandasecondtest.Basedonapostulated shortdurationlowflowcondition, andtheAFWdesignutilizing theCondensate StorageTankasprimarysuctionsourcewithESWasabackup,itwasdetermined thatthecondition didnotposeathreattothehealthorsafetyofthepublic."~aag090i37 98i2033iPDRADOCK050003i5S NRCFORM366AU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION (6-1998)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION FACILITYNAME(1)CookNuclearPlantUnit1DOCKETNUMBER(2) 05000-315 YEARSEQUENTIAL NUMBERREVISION.NUMBERLERNUMBER(6)'AGE(3)2of49804600TEXT(I/molespaceIsrequimd,useadditional copiesofNRCForm(366A)(17)Conditions PriortoEventUnit1wasinMode5,ColdShutdownUnit2wasinMode5,ColdShutdownDescrltlonofEventOnSeptember 21,1998,aSafetySystemFunctionInspection (SSFI)self-assessment oftheAuxiliary Feedwater (AFW)systembegan,usingSSFItechniques inaccordance withNRCInspection Procedure 93801,"SafetySystemFunctional Inspection".

Theinspection teamutilizedaverticalslicereviewinthefunctional areasofengineering designandconfiguration control,operations, maintenance, surveillance andtesting,andqualityassurance andcorrective actions.Theself-assessment conciuded onOctober23,1998.DuringtheSSFI,itwasnotedthattheAFWsystemhadnotbeenevaluated foroperation usingtheEssential ServiceWaterSystem(ESW)asthesuctionsource.ESWisLakeMichiganwater,whichcontainssomeamountofsand,silt,anddebris.Certaindesignbasisscenarios requireswitchover oftheAFWsystemwatersupplyfromtheCondensate StorageTank(CST)toESW.Theoriginalspecification fortheAFWpumpsuctionstrainers didnotidentifytheESWsystemasasupplysource.Thesuctionstrainers werespecified forthecleanwaternormallysuppliedbytheCST,therefore, theconcernaroseastowhetherornotthestrainers wouldbecomeloadedwithsand,silt,andotherdebrismorequicklythanafouledstrainerbasketcouldbecleanedandreturnedtoservice.Asaresultofthisconcern,aspecialtestwaswrittentodetermine theloadingrateofasuctionstrainerbasketwhilealignedtoESW.ThetestwasrunonNovember3,1998,andaninitialESWflowrateofapproximately 560gallonsperminute(gpm)wasestablished throughthestrainerfortheUnit1WestmotordrivenAFWpump.After60to80secondsthesiltanddebriswhichwasresidentintheESWlineloadedthestrainer, causingthedifferential pressureacrossthebasketstrainertoexceed10psid.Duetothehighdifferential

pressure, thetestwasterminated.

Duringthe60to80secondsofthetest,theESWflowratedecreased fromitsmaximumvalueof560gpmtoapproximately 400gpm.AsthedesignflowrateforESWtotheAFWsystemis450gpm,theAFWsystemwasdeclaredinoperable.

Afterthetestwasterminated, thestrainerbasketwasremovedandinspected todetermine thenatureandquantityofdebris.Severallivezebramusselswerefoundinthebasket,alongwithaquantityofcrushedzebramusselshells,andsand.CauseofEventTherootcauseofthiscondition isafailuretoconsiderallaspectsofsystemoperation inthedesign.Theoriginaldesignofthesuctionbasketstrainers didnottakeintoaccountthatthebackupsourceofwaterforthepumpswaslakewater.Documentation from1970showsthattheoriginalpurchaseorderfortheMotorDrivenAuxiliary Feedwater (MDAFW)pumpdirectedthesuppliertoprovideasuctionstrainersizedforcondensate.

Thereisnoindication thatthestrainers couldpotentially berequiredtooperateutilizing lakewaterasasuctionsource.Contributing tothiscondition isthedesignconfiguration oftheESWsupplylinestotheAFWpumps.Theselines,especially totheWestMDAFWpump,wereinstalled suchthatdebristendstocollectinthem.ThelinesfortheEastMDAFWpumpandtheTurbineDrivenAFW(TDAFW)pumpstapoffthesideofthemain20inchESWheader.These2pumpscomprised theoriginalAFWdesign.TheWestMDAFWpump,whichwasaddedtotheunitsin1978,tiesintotheESWsystematanelbowwherethe20inchESWheaderturnsupward.TheESWsupplylineextendsdownwardfromtheelbow,andistherefore anidealdebristrap.NRCFORM366A(6-1998)

NRCFORM366AU.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION (6-1998)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION FACILITYNAME(1)CookNuclearPlantUnit1DOCKETNUMBER(2) 05000-315 98LERNUMBER(6)SEQUENTIAL NUMBER046REVISIONNUMBER00PAGE(3)3of4TEXT(Ifmomspaceisnrquied,useadditional copiesofNRCForm(366A)(17)AnalslsofEventThiscondition wasdetermined tobereportable inaccordance with10CFR50.72(b)(2)(i),

asacondition whichwasfoundwhilethereactorwasshutdown,whichifithadbeenfoundwhilethereactorwasoperating, wouldhaveresultedinthenuclearpowerplantbeinginanunanalyzed condition.

AnENSnotification wasmadeonNovember3,1998,at1649hoursESTinaccordance with10CFR50.72(b)(2)(i),

foradegradedcondition foundwhileshutdown.

ThisLERistherefore submitted inaccordance with10CFR50.73(a)(2)(ii).

TheAFWsystemprovideswatertothesteamgenerators whenmainfeedwater isunavailable becauseofalossofmainfeedwater, unittrip,feedwater orsteamlinebreak,lossofoff-sitepower,orsmallbreakLossofCoolantAccident(SBLOCA).

Thiswaterremovescoreresidualheattopreventthereleaseofprimarywaterthroughthepressurizer safetyorpowerwperated reliefvalvesandallowstheplanttocooldowntothepointatwhichResidualHeatRemoval(RHR)canbeplacedinservice.EachunitisequippedwithoneturbinedrivenAFWpumpandtwomotordrivenAFWpumps.Eachpumpisequippedwithasuctionstrainerwithtwobaskets.Foreachunit,theTDAFPservesallfoursteamgenerators andeachMDAFWpumpservestwosteamgenerators.

ThesteamtotheAFWpumpturbineissuppliedfromtwoofthesteamgenerators.

Thepieferred sourceofwaterfortheAFWsystemisthenon-safety relatedCST.Eachunit'sCSTiscross-tied byanormallyclosedairoperatedvalvetoprovidecondensate totheoppositeunit'sAFW.IfbothCSTsareunavailable, waterissuppliedfromLakeMichiganviathesafetyrelatedESWsystem,whichisconnected upstreamoftheAFWpumpsuctionstrainers.

Aminimumof175,000gallonsisrequiredtomaintaintheunitathotshutdownforninehours.OnNovember4,1998,asecondstrainertestwasperformed usingthesamespecialtestprocedure, andthesuctionlineforthesameMDAFWpump.ESWflowwasagainestablished throughthesuctionbasketstrainer, however,sincethedebrishadbeenflushedoutduringtheinitialtest,theflowrateandstrainerdifferential pressurize stabilized at500gpmand0.7psid,respectively.

Thetestflowwasmaintained for7hours,duringwhichtheflowrateanddifferential pressureremainedrelatively constant.

Theresultsshowedthatwithoutdebrisinthesuctionline,theAFWsystemwouldmeetitsdesignflowrequirements whiletakingsuctionfromtheESWsystem.Theonlydebrisremovedfromthesuctionlinewasthedebristhathadcollected inthestrainerduringthefirsttest.Theresultsofthetwotestsshowedthatoncethestrainerhadremovedtheinitialsurgeofdebrisfromthestagnantsuctionline,shiftingtothesparestrainerbasketwouldhaveenabledtheMDAFWpumptomeetitsdesignflowrequirements whiletakingsuctionfromtheESWsystem.Theinitialdebrisloadcouldberemovedfromthefirststrainerbasketsothatitcouldbeplacedbackinserviceifthesecondstrainerbasketbecamefouled.Sincethesuctionlinethatwastestedwastheonemostsusceptible todebrisaccumulation, thereisreasonable assurance thattheperformance oftheothertwosuctionlineswouldbeequalorbetterforeachunit.Basedontheresultsofthetests,itispostulated thatiftheAFWsystemhadbeenrequiredtomitigateanaccident, withinashortperiodoftimetheaccumulated debrisintheESWlineswouldhaveloadedthesuctionstrainerbasket,bringinginthedifferential pressureannunciator intheControlRoom.Anoperatorwouldhavebeensenttoswitchstrainers, placingthecleanbasketstrainerinserviceinaccordance withapprovedplantprocedures.

Forapproximately 10minutes,theAFWpumpswouldhaveprovidedflowtothesteamgenerators atalowerflowratethanthedesignof450gpm.Afterthecleanstrainerbasketisplacedinservice,theflowratewouldhaveincreasetosomevaluegreaterthanthedesignvalue.Thus,itisanticipated thathadtheAFWsystembeenrequiredtooperatetomitigatetheconsequences ofanaccident, thesystemmayhaveoperatedatalowerthandesignflowrateforashortperiodoftime.NRCFORM366A(6-1998)

NRCSORM366A,U.S.NUCLEARREGULATORY COMMISSION (6-1998)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION FACILITYNAME(1).CookNuclearPlantUnittDOCKETNUMBER(2) 05000-3(5 YEAR98LERNUMBER(6)SEQUENTIAL NUMBER046REVISIONNUMBER00PAGE(3)4of4TEXT(Ifmorospaceisrequired, useadditional copiesofNRCForm(366A)(17)Basedontheshortdurationoftheidentified lowflowcondition, incombination withtheAFWdesigntotakeprimarysuctionfromtheCSTanduseESWasabackupsuctionsource,ithasbeenconcluded thatthecondition didnotposeathreattothehealthorsafetyofthepublic.Corrective ActionsAnexpedited requestformodification wasapprovedtocorrectthisdesignproblem.TherequeststatedthattheAFWsystemmustbemodifiedtoensurethatisitiscapableofmaintaining itsdesignflowratewhiletakingsuctionfromtheESWsystem.Althoughmorethanonepotential modification wasidentified intherequest,itisnotknownatthistimeprecisely howtheproblemwillberesolved.

Thishasbeenidentified asarestartissue.TheEngineering IssuesReviewGroupwaschartered toprovideanindependent reviewoftheactionsbeingtakentoboundandaddressidentified engineering issues.Thegroupwillassessthescopeandqualityofactionsbeingtakentoaddresssystem,structure, andcomponent performance including operability, designandlicensing basisissues.Thegroupwillalsospecifically reviewtheresultsoftheAFWSSFItoensurethatthelessons(earnedfromthisinspection havebeenidentified andfactoredintotherestartstrategies andothercorrective actionstakentoaddressengineering issues.PreviousSimilarEvents315/98-029-00 NRCFORM366A(6-1998)

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