ML22087A490

10 CFR 50.46 Annual Report of Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) Evaluation Model Changes

ML22087A490
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/28/2022
From:	Benham R Wolf Creek
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RA 22-0029
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Ron Benham Director Nuclear and Regulatory Affairs

March 28, 2022 RA 22-0029

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001

Reference:

Westinghouse Letter SAP-LOCA-TM-A5-000001, dated February 7, 2022, Wolf Creek 10 CFR 50.46 Annual Notification and Reporting for 2021

Subject:

Docket No. 50-482: 10 CFR 50.46 Annual Report of Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) Evaluation Model Changes

Commissioners and Staff:

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.46, Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems for light-water nuclear power reactors, paragraph (a)(3)(ii), Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) is submitting the attached information to fulfill the annual reporting requirement for the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS).

WCNOC has reviewed the above Reference, which addresses 10 CFR 50.46 reporting information pertaining to the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) Evaluation Model changes that were implemented by Westinghou se for 2021. The Evaluation Model changes and errors (except any plant-specific errors in the application of the model) have been provided to the NRC via Westinghouse letter. The review concludes that there were no plant specific changes to, or errors in, the Evaluation Models on the limiting transient peak cladding temperature (PCT) for 2021.

The Attachment provides PCT rack-up forms for the calculated Large Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) and Small Break LOCA PCT margin allocations in effect for the 2021 WCGS Evaluation Models. The PCT values determined in the Large Break and Small Break LOCA analyses of record, combined with all of the PCT allocations, remain below the 10 CFR 50.46(b)(1) regulatory limit of 2200 °F. Therefore, WCGS is in compliance with 10 CFR 50.46 requirements and no reanalysis or other action is required.

P.O. Box 411 l Burlington, KS 66839 l 620-364-8831

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This letter contains no commitments. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at (620) 364-4204.

Sincerely,

Ron Benham

RDB/rlt

Attachment:

Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) Evaluation Model Peak Cladding Temperature (PCT) Margin Utilization Rack -up Forms

cc: S. S. Lee (NRC), w/a S. A. Morris (NRC), w/a G. E. Werner (NRC), w/a Senior Resident Inspector (NRC), w/a

Attachment to RA 22-0029 Page 1 of 3 Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) Evaluation Model Peak Cladding Temperature (PCT) Margin Utilization Rack-up Forms

LOCA Peak Cladding Temperature (PCT) Summary Plant Name: WOLF CREEK EM: NOTRUMP AOR

Description:

Appendix K Small Break Summary Sheet Status: Current WOLF CREEK SAP_LOCA-50.46_SAP_Base_Appendix_K_SBLOCA - 1.1 V.V

PCT (°F) Reference # Note #

ANALYSIS-OF-RECORD 936 1

Delta PCT Reporting ASSESSMENTS* (°F) Reference # Note # Year**

1. Loose Part Evaluation 45 2 (a) 1990

AOR + ASSESSMENTS PCT = 981.0 °F

• The licensee should determine the reportability of these assessments pursuant to 10 CFR 50.46.

• • The Reporting Year refers to the annual reporting year in which this assessment was included.

REFERENCES 1 WCAP-16717-P, Rev. 0, Wolf Creek Generating Station (SAP), MSIV/MFIV Replacement Project, Small Break Loss of Coolant Accident Analysis Engineering Report, January 2007.

2 SAP-90-148/NS-OPLS-OPL-I-90-239, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, RCS Loose Part Evaluation, April 1990.

NOTES:

(a) This penalty will be carried to track the loose part which has not been recovered.

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LOCA Peak Cladding Temperature (PCT) Summary Plant Name: WOLF CREEK EM: ASTRUM (2004)

AOR

Description:

Best Estimate Large Break Summary Sheet Status: Current WOLF CREEK SAP_LOCA-50.46_SAP_Base_ASTRUM - 1.2 V.V

PCT (°F) Reference # Note #

ANALYSIS-OF-RECORD 1900 1

Delta PCT Reporting ASSESSMENTS* (°F) Reference # Note # Year**

1. Containment Fan Cooler Capacity 0 2,4 (a) 2014

2. Decay Group Uncertainty Factors Errors -10 3 2014

AOR + ASSESSMENTS PCT = 1890.0 °F

• The licensee should determine the reportability of these assessments pursuant to 10 CFR 50.46.

• • The Reporting Year refers to the annual reporting year in which this assessment was included.

REFERENCES 1 WCAP-17107-P, Revision 1, Best-Estimate Analysis of the Large-Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident for the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant Using the ASTRUM Methodology, January 2014.

2 LTR-LIS-14-400, 10 CFR 50.46 Report for the Wolf Creek Large Break LOCA Evaluation of the Change in Containment Cooling Capacity, August 2014.

3 LTR-LIS-14-492, Wolf Creek Unit 1 10 CFR 50.46 Report for the Correction of the Decay Group Uncertainty Factors Errors, November 2014.

4 LTR-LIS-19-282, Wolf Creek 10 CFR 50.46 PCT Summary Sheet Updates for Replacement Fan Cooler Tube Bundles Installation and Planned Retirement of Cycle 23 Sheets, August 2019.

NOTES:

(a) The estimated effect includes the corrected fan cooler heat removal rates and implementation of replacement tube bundles in the containment fan coolers, which were installed for Cycle 24.

Attachment to RA 22-0029 Page 3 of 3

10 CFR 50.46 Reporting SharePoint Site Check:

EMs applicable to Wolf Creek:

Realistic Large Break - ASTRUM (2004)

Appendix K Small Break - NOTRUMP

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