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Summary of 860828 Meeting W/Util,Bechtel,Drexel Univ & Franklin Research Ctr in Bethesda,Md Re Licensee Evaluation of Adequacy of Certain Masonry Walls at Plant.List of Attendees & Viewgraphs Encl
ML20211L298
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Site: Palo Verde  Arizona Public Service icon.png
Issue date: 12/08/1986
From: Licitra E
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8612150422
Download: ML20211L298 (14)


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DEC 8 1986 Docket Nos.: 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530 LICENSEE: Arizona Public Service Company FACILITY: Palo Verde, Units 1, 2 and 3

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF MEETING ON MASONRY WALLS A meeting was held in Bethesda, Maryland on August 28, 1986, with representatives of the licensee. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the licensee's evaluation of the adequacy ~of certain masonry walls at Palo Verde. The meeting was a follow-up to the August 20, 1986 meeting on the same subject (see Meeting Sunnary, dated October 6,1986). Enclosure 1 lists the meeting attendees and the meeting is summarized as follows:

Summary The licensee's presentation was based on the viewgraphs provided as Enclosure 2.

The licensee stated that, following the August 20, 1986 meeting, it has been performing further research and evaluations to address the staff's concerns regarding the adequacy of the mase ialls at the 74 foot elevation of the Palo Verde Control Building. The .r.cific concerns and the licensee's additional efforts are identified in Enclosure 2.

The licensee indicated that it plans to submit additional information for staff review after the licensee completes its additional evaluations. The staff stated that it would review any material submitted by the licensee. The staff indicated, however, that based on its preliminary understanding of the cdditional efforts being undertaken, it did not expect that its concerns would be resolved solely by analysis of the as-built condition of the 74 foot elevation masonry walls.

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Arizona Nuclear Power Project Palo Verde cc:

Arthur C. Gehr, Esq. Kenneth Berlin, Esq.

Snell & Wilmer Winston & Strawn 3100 Valley Center Suite 500 Phoenix, Arizona 85073 2550 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Mr. James M. Flenner, Chief Counsel Arizona Corporation Commission Ms. Lynne Bernabei 1200 West Washington Government Accountability Project Phoenix, Arizona 85007 of the Institute for Policy Studies 1901 Que Street, NW Charles R. Kocher, Esq. Assistant Washington, DC 20009 Council James A. Boeletto, Esq.

Southern California Edison Company Mr. Ron Rayner P. O. Box 800 P. O. Box 1509 Rosemead, California 91770 Goodyear, AZ 85338 Mr. Mark Ginsberg Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Energy Director Washington Nuclear Operations Office of Economic Planning Combustion Engineering, Inc.

and Development 7910 Woodmont Avenue Suite 1310 1700 West Washington - 5th Floor Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Mr. Wayne Shirley Assistant Attorney General Bataan Memorial Building Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 Mr. Roy Zimmerman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 239 Arlington, Arizona 85322 Ms. Patricia Lee Hourihan 6413 S. 26th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Regional Administrator, Region V U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1450 Maria Lane Suite 210 Walnut Creek, California 94596

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Enclosure 1 PALO VERDE MASONRY WALLS MEETING AIIENDEES (August 28, 1986)

Name Affiliation Manny Licitra NRC/NRR/PBD7 Bill Quinn ANPP Mgr. Licensing Ken Schechter Bechtel Civil /Struct. Eng.

Ahmad Hamid Drexel University Stephen Triolo Franklin Pesearch Center John Ma NRC/NRR/EB Dennis Crutchfield NRC/NRR/PWRB C. Y. Cheng NRC/NRR/PWRB/EB Mark Hartzman NRC/NRR/PWRB/EB Mike Davis NRC/NRR/PBD7 R. M. Butler ANPP Director Technical Services Lucien Hersh Bechtel C/S Chief Eng.

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A. NRC

-FREQUENCY SENSITIVITY TO ASSUMED PARAMETERS

-I 3-STAGE NOT SUPPORTED BY TESTS

-INADEQUATE MARGINS

-SCHEDULE B. ANPP

-WALLS ARE SAFE BUT UNACCEPTABLE TO NRC

-APPLICATION OF CODE ALLOWABLES

-AGGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY

-CONSTRUCTION IMPACT ON SAFETY OF OPERATING PLANT i

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  • MULTIPLE SAFETY RELATED COMPONENTS PENETRATING AND ATTACHED TO WALL, OR IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
  • HOWEVER MINIMAL SAFE SHUTDOWN RELATED COMP 0NENTS SUPPORTED FROM DIRECTLY OFF WALL OR PENETRATING WALL.
  • STRINGENT WORKING CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO MINIMIZE (

THE RISK OF DAMAGE TO SAFETY RELATED COMPONENTS.

  • CONSTRUCTION RISK IS ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER THAN THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SSE.

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III. RESOLUTION OF CONCERNS

-REVIEW AVAILABLE TEST DATA AND ITS APPLICABILITY -

  • A. HAMID'S PAPER

- COMPARIS0N OF SPECIMENS TEST BY A. HAMID AND PVNGS WALLS

  • ATKINSON, N0 LAND & ASSOC. REPORT

- MODULUS OF RUPTURE FROM WALL TESTS SONGS 1 DYNAMIC TESTING

- COMPARISON OF PVNGS METHODOLOGY TO SONGS 1 TEST DATA

-REVIEW 0F EXISTING ANALYSIS

  • MAX. CALCULATED M0MENTS VERSUS CRACKING MOMENT WALL FREQUENCY 2

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COMPARIS0N OF SPECIMENS TESTED BY A. HAMID

, AND PVNGS MASONRY WALLS TEST (1) PVNGS REMARKS GROUT STRENGTH 3060 PSI 2600+ PSI DIFFERENCE IN GROUT STRENGTH DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT b (TEST DATA).

MORTAR STRENGTH 2520 PSI 2200- PVNGS VALUES ARE SIMILAR TO 2800 PSI TEST DATA.

MASONRY STRENGTH 3640 PSI 2000 PSI DIFFERENCE IN MASONRY STRENGTH DOES NOT AFFECT fe.SINCE FAILURE OCCURS AT BED JOINTS.

REINFORCEMENT NONE REINFORCED bnnISINDEPENDENTOF REINFORCEMENT.

BLOCK SIZE 8"x8"x16" 4"x 12"x 16" LOWER HEIGHT OF PVNGS UNITS REDUCES STRESS CONCENTRATIONS.

MODULUS OF 203 PSI APPLICABLE FULLY GROUTED CELLS HAVE RUPTURE-MEAN(fr.) HIGHER fr..

STANDARD DEVIATION 34 PSI APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAINTIES MODULUS OF 169 PSI APPLICABLE REALISTIC VALUE FOR PNVGS RUPTURE ANALYSIS (FRM - 1.00$

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(1): EFFECT OF GROUTING ON THE FLEXURAL TENSILE STRENGTH l OF CONCRETE BLOCK MASONRY BY ROBERT G. DRYSDALE AND i

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  • A. HAMID'S PAPER: 203 PSI
  • ATKINSON, N0 LAND & ASSOCIATES' REPORT: 219 PSI FOR .Q' - 2000 PSI

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  • MAXIMUM TENSILE STRESS - 155 PSI

-MARGINS TO ACCOUNT FOR UNCERTAINTIES ,

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-WALLS ARE ACCEPTABLE BASED ON JUNE ANALYSIS

  • CODE ALLOWABLES MET
  • ANALYSIS INCLUDES CONSERVATISM

-JUNE ANALYSIS SUPPORTED BY CONFIRMATORY ANALYSIS

  • CODE ALLOWABLES MET
  • ADDITIONAL CONSERVATISM IS PROVIDED

-REVIEW 0F TEST DATA VALIDATES ANALYSES A SIS IS E IVE - H GH R 47 THAN CODE VALUE

-NRC CONCERNS RESOLVED

  • WALL REMAINS UNCRACKED (3-STAGE MODEL IS NOT USED)
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DEC 8 1986 MEETING

SUMMARY

DISTRIBUTION M ket No(s): 50-528/529/530 NRC PDR Local PDR PBD-7 Reading JPartlow BGrimes ACRS(10)

EJordan Attorney, OELD GWKnighton Project Manager E. A. Licitra JLee NRC PARTICIPANTS Manny Licitra John Ma Dennis Crutchfield C. Y. Cheng Mark Hartzman Mike Davis bec: Applicant & Service List 1