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Rev 0 to Design Analysis Reactor Trip Sys Reliability.
ML17254A646
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Issue date: 10/18/1985
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EWR-3698, EWR-3698-R, EWR-3698-R00, NUDOCS 8511260271
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DesignSxalysisReactorTria&~stemreliabilityRochesterGasandElectricCorporation89EastAvenueRochester,NewYork14649Em3698PHV0October18,198585112b0271851119PDR*DOCK05000244PPDR

1.01.2~PuruseTheprimaryobjectiveofthisanalysisistoestablishanestimatedfailureratefor,theReactorTrip(RT)breakers.TheanalysiswillbebasedonhistoricaldatatakenatGinnaStationovera16yearperiod.Anassessmentwillalsobemadeoftheimpactof12additionalRTbreakertestsonthederivedmaximumfailurerate.Thevalidityofthean'alysisisbasedonspecificmaintenanceactivitiesbeingperformedandthetestingprogrambeingsufficientlycomprehensive.Therefore,themaintenanceandtestactivitiesaredescribedalongwiththeanalysis.jTheprimarypurpose,of,Generic'etter83-28wastoachieveahighreactoi"trip'systemreliabilityby,requiringtheadditionofadiversetrippi.ngfeature(STA)oneachbreaker,theinclusionofindependenttestingofeachfeature,"responsetimetesting,andtrendingofboth"m'echanical'andelectricalparameters.Thetrendingactivitiesresultedinadditionalelectricalandmechanicaltriptests.Theparametersselectedfortrendingareconsideredtobegoodindicatorsofanimpendingfailure.Ifunchanged,thesetrendswillgivefurtherassurancethattheRTbreakerswillbeavailable,whenrequired.Trending,discussedinSection5,providesameansofdetectingincipientfailures.Italsomonitorstheeffectivenessofthetestandmaintenanceprograms.GenericLetter83-28proposesthatadditionalmonthlyon-linetestingbeperformed.Thistestingwilladd12moreelectricaltestsperyearperbreaker.Section4ofthisanalysisestablishesabasisfortheprobabilityofasinglebreakerfailure.Theresultswillshowthatadditionaltestingwillproducenosignificantchangein'heconfidencelevelsassociatedwiththehistoricaldatafailureprobability.2.0RTTestinProram2.1TheRTbreakertripdata,takenoverasixteenyearperiod,consistsoftheverificationofatripondemandbyeachofthetworeactortripbreakersandtheverificationofeachRPSlogicfunctionduringchanneltesting.TheRTbreakertestsareperformedeachrefuelingoutageandusetheoutputoftheRP'Ssystemlogic(RTrelays)totripthebreakers.ThelogicorchanneltestsareperformedmonthlyandconsistofbothsetpointandlogicverificationuptobutnotincludingtheRTrelays.ThetestintervalassociatedwitheachtypetesthasbeeninexistanceDESIGNANALYSISEWRNO.3698PAGE1OF4REV.DATE10/18/85 2.2duringthe16yearperiod.The"asfound"functionaltestdatatakenduringthe1985outagewasfoundtoberepeatablewiththetestresultsoftheprioryearwhichindicatesnosignificantchangesinbreakeroperability.Specifically,theRTbreaker"asfound"responsetimeswerefoundtoberepeatablewiththepostmaintenanceresponsetimesrecordedtheprioryearinthemaintenanceandtestsoftheRTbreakerspriortotheissuance'fgenericletter83-28.AfailureratefortheRTbreakerscanbedeterminedusinghistoricaldata.Thetworeactortripbreakersandthebypassbreaker.havebeentriptestedeachrefuelingoutagesince1969.PriortotheissuanceofGenericLetter83-28,eachof'the,reactor',tripbreakerswere;trippedaminimumof23,timese'achyear.'welveof'thesetripswereelectricaltrips.The24'triptestsonthetwoRTbreakersovera16yearperiodplustheadditional46testsperformedduringthe1985refuelingoutagetotals430test's.;,Nofailures,,werefoundoverthe16yearperi'od.This'atawi:llbeusedinSection4.2.3Whileon-line,thereactortriplogicsystemistestedmonthly.Specifically,theindividualrelaysassociatedwithananalogsignaloneachprotectionchannelaretestedtoverifytheirsetpoints.Thetestsareperformedoneachofthefourchannelsandconsistofinputtingtestsignalsandverifyingthesetpointsandoutputrelaylogic.ThistestverifiestheRPSystemuptothereactortriprelays.TheRTrelaysandbreakersaretestedconcurrentlyeachrefuelingoutage.3.0Maintenance3.1AcomprehensiveRTbreakermaintenanceprogramhasbeenfollowedsince1969.Asaresult,thetwoDB50breakersperformasthoughtheywerenewattheendofeachrefuelingoutage.3.2ThemaintenanceprogramassociatedwiththetwoRTbreakersandthebypassbreakerhasbeenenhancedfollowingtheissuanceofGenericletter83-28.Mechanicalandelectricalparametersarenowbeingmeasuredandtrendedtoforecastanydegradationinoperability.Fourparametershavebeenselected,consistentwith4.2.2ofGenericLetter83-28,fortrending.Theyare;(1)undervoltagetripattachmentDESIGNANALYSISEWRNO.3698PAGE2OF4REV.0DATE10/18/85 CLtf,lg1 dropoutvoltage,(2)tripperbartripforce,(3)breakerresponsetimeforboththeUVTAandtheSTAand(4)breakerinsulationresistance.TheparametersaredeterminedwiththeRTbreakersintheasfoundconditionpriortomaintenance.Followingthe,maintenancethebreakersareagaintestedpriortogoingintoservice.4.0FailureRateEstimate4.14.2Atotalof430electricallyactuatedautomaticRTbreakertripshavebeenrecordedwithoutasinglefailure.Anestimateofthemaximumfailurerateataconfidencelevelof99.5%servesasabenchmarktoassesstheimpactofthe12additionalyearlytestsrequestedbytheNRCStaff.Fromactualtestdata,themaximumfailurerateis0.0122at99.5%confidence.EachRTbreakerhasbeentestedusingonlyoneofthetripattachmentswhicharenowredundantoneachbreaker.Seriestripbreakersrequirethatfourindependentfailuresoccurbeforeth'e'RTbreakerfunctus.'onwillnotbesuccessful'lycompletedupondemand.If12additional'estshadbeenperformedeachyear(withoutafailure)thefailureratewouldhavebeen0.0069.Thissmalldecreaseinfailure.ratedoesnotsignicantlychangetheprobabilityoftheseriesbreake'rstosuccessfullyperformthetripfunctionanddoesnotjustifythepotentiallyincreasedriskassociatedwithonlinetestingoftheRTbreakers.5.0TrendinLimitsandResults5.1TheRTbreakersresponsetimeshavebeenmeasuredoverseveralyears,however,thedatahasonlybeenrecordedsincethe1985refuelingoutage.ThedataforeachbreakerhasbeenconsistentandshowsthattheelapsedtimefromtheSTAbeingenergizeduntiltheRTbreakerisphysicallyopenrangesfrom57-60milliseconds.Thiscorrespondstoapproximately3.5cycles.ThedatafortheUVTAundersimilarconditionrangesfrom79-85miliseconds.Thiscorrespondstoapproximately5cycles.TheDB50breakerisnormallya4cyclebreakerwhentrippedbyitsshuntcoil.TheresponsetimesindicatethattheasfoundconditionoftheRTbreakersaresimilartowhatwouldbeexpectedofnewbreakers.Theasfoundresponsetimesmaybeusedtodemonstratethatthebreakershavebeenoperationalbetweenrefuelingoutages.Thisconditioncouldonlyberepeatedprovidedthatthemaintenanceissufficientlycomprehensiveandthatthetestfrequencyisnotexcessive.DESIGNANALYSISEWRNO.3698PAGE3OF4REV.DATE10/18/85 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5.2TheresponsetimeassumedintheGinnaStationaccidentanalysesis10cycles.Asignificantmarginexistsbetweenthemeasuredandtherequiredvalues;Therefore,basedonthetestdata(overatwoyearperiod)thetestandmaintenanceintervalshavebeenadequate.However,shouldthe"as-found"responsetimeofeithertheUVTAortheSTAexceed8cycles,on-linetestingandmaintenancewillbeperformedconsistentwiththeWestinghouseOwner'sGrouprecommendations.6.0ResultsandConclusion6.1A16yearaccumulationofhistoricaltestdata'hasindicatedthattheRTbreakersandthebypassbreakerhaveperformedasahighlyreliablecomponentinthereactorprotectionsystem.Inaddition,theperformanceofadditionalon-linetestingwillnotsignificantlydecreasetheprobabilityofRTbreakerfailureupondemandandmaycontributetofailuremodescausedbyexcessivebreakeroperatingcycles.6.2ThemaintenanceandtestingprogramassociatedwiththeRTandbypassbreakers,whichincludesmeasuringandtrendingmechanicalandelectricalparametersandindependenttestingoftheUVTAandSTAcomponents,willprovidebetterassurancethattheprobabilityoffailureupondemandwillbeminimized.Shoulddriftinginthetrendedparametersbenotedthatindicatesanyformofdegradationthenincreasedmonitoringbymonthlyon-linetesting,willbeperformed.6.3InlieuofchangingtheRTbreakertestintervalstothosesuggestedbyGenericletter85-09,thisanalysissupportscontinuedon-linechanneltestsonamonthlybasisandbreakertestingonarefuelingoutagebasis.'IDESIGNANALYSISEWRNO.3698PAGE4,OF4NREV.0DATE10/18/851

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