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Forwards Responses to Questions Posed at 760521 Meeting Re Spent Fuel Pool Mod
ML17258A570
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Issue date: 08/05/1976
From: WHITE L D
ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To: SCHWENCER A
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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DearMr.Schwencer:

ThisletterisinresponsetoyourletterofJune24,1976,whichrequestedadditionalinformationregardingourproposedspentfuelpoolmodification.EnclosedpleasefindtheresponsestoyourquestionsandtheresponsestotheStaff'squestionsre-sultingfromtheMay21,1976meetingbetweentheNRCStaffandRG&E.Verytrulyyours,LeonD.White,Jr.LDW/cernEnclosures820224022782021'8PDRADOCN05000244P.PDRJ fp<>

Question15Theproposaltoincreasethestoragecapabilityofthespentfuelstoragepoolfrom210fuelassembliesto595appearstochangethepossibleconsequencesifanobjectsuchasatornadomissileoi.droppedcraneloadimpactsonthestoredspentfuel.Providethefollowingadditionalinformation:RESPONSE:(a)Whatconsiderationhasbeengiventoreducingtheprobabilityorconsequencesofatornadomissileimpactingonstoredspentfuel?Theconsequencesofapostulatedmissileimpactingstoredspentfuelintheproposedracks(595lo-cations)hasbeendecreasedbelowthatoftheexistingracks(210locations)'bypreventingthefuelassembliesinthelatestdischargebatchfrombeingallgroupedtogether.Thefissionproductdensityisgreatestinfuelassembliesthathavetheshortestcooldowntime,assumingsimilarirradiation.Therefore,thestoredfissionproductdensitycanbereducedbysurroundingarecentlydischargefuelassembly'withfuelassembliesthathavebeenstoredforayearormore.Figure15-1illustratesasectionoftheproposedspentfuelstoragerackswiththerecent.discharcrestoredasillustrated.There-mainingstoragelocationswereassumedtobefilledwithfuelassembliesthathavebeenoutofthereactorforoneyear(SeeFigure15-2).ThepossibleconsequencesofapostulatedmissileimpactingstoredfuelwasevaluatedbycomparingthesumofthefissionproductperunitofspentfuelpoolvolumedividedbytheMPCforthatnuclide,orxiMPC~iunitofspentfuelpoolvolumewhere:X.istheifissionproduct..th3.MPC.istheMaximumPermissive3..thConcentrationoftheifissionproduct(10CFR20).15-1 Question15(Continued)Thisquantityweightsthefissionproductdensitysothatthenuclidesmostimportantindosecalculationsaregivenmoreweight.Thisweightingrepresentsamoremeaningfulcomparisonthanifthecomparisonweredoneonfissionproductdensityonly.TheabovequantitywascalculatedfortheexistingspentfuelracksandtheproposedspentfuelrackswiththeloadingpatternillustratedonFigure15-2.Sincethisquantityislessfortheproposedrackandloadingpatternthanfortheexistingracks,theconsequencesofamissilewhichtransversesthesamespentfuelpoolvolumewillalsobelessthanfortheexistingpoolstructure.15-2 Figure15-1ProposedSpentFuelRackWithRecentDischargeStoredAsXllustratedRecentDischargedFuelAssemblyWaterBoxEmptyFuelBox igure15-2OFOFOFOFOFOFOF'FRDF=RecentDischargedFuelOF=OldFuel