ML17146B102

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Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Unit 2 Cycle 3 Proposed Startup Physics Tests Summary Description.
ML17146B102
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Site: Susquehanna Talen Energy icon.png
Issue date: 11/30/1987
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PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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ML17146B090 List:
References
PROC-871130, NUDOCS 8801080091
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~r SUSUEHANNASESUNIT2CYCLE3PROPOSEDSTARTUPPHYSICSTESTSSUMMARYDESCRIPTIONSusquehannaSESUnitinspectionoutageoncommercialoperationteststoassurethat,proposedtestsalong2willbeshuttingdownforitssecondrefuelingandMarch5,1988.PriortoresumptionoffullpowerforCycle3,PPGLplanstoperformaseriesofstartupthereloadcoreconformstothedesign.Alistofthesewithabriefdescriptionforeachisprovidedbelow.1)CoreLoadinVerificationPurpose:Toassurethecoreiscorrectlyloadedperdesign.Description:Thecorewillbevisuallycheckedtoverifycorrectloading.Anunderwatervideocameraorsuitabledevicewillbeusedtorecordfuelassemblyserialnumbers,orientations,corelocations,andpropercoreplateseating.Areviewofthevideotapewillbeperformedandwillserveasanindependentverificationofthecoreloading.AnydiscrepanciesdiscoveredwillbepromptlycorrectedandtheaffectedareasreverifiedpriortoUnit2Cycle3startup.2)ControlRodFunctional(InsertandWithdrawalChecks)Purpose:Toassurepropercontrolrodfunction.Description:Acontrolrodfunctionaltest,whichincludesmobilityandovertravelchecks,willbeperformedoneachcontrolcellloadedinitsfinalconfiguration.Coresubcriticalitywillbedemonstratedanddocumentedaseachcontrolrodisfunctionallytested.3)SubcriticalShutdownMarginDemonstrationPurpose:ToassurethatatleasttheminimumrequiredShutdownMarginexistswiththestrongestworthcontrolrodfullywithdrawn.Description:ThistestwillverifythatatleasttherequiredamountofShutdownMarginismaintainedwithoutdeterminingtheactualamount.Theanalyticallydeterminedstrongestworthcontrolrod(oritssymmetriccounterpart)isfullywithdrawn;diagonallyadjacentcontrolrods(oneatatime)arethenslowlynotchedout,verifyingsubcriticalityateachstep,untiltheanalyticallydeterminedreactivityworthofthediagonallyadjacentcontrolrodsattheirrespectivenotchpositionjustequalsorslightlyexceedstherequiredamountofShutdownMargin.VerificationatthisstepthatthecoreisstillsubcriticaldemonstratesthatatleasttherequiredamountofShutdownMarginexists.

4)In-SeuenceCriticalandShutdownMarginDeterminationPurpose:a)TodeterminetheactualamountofShutdownMargin.b)Tocomparepredictedversusactualcriticalcontrolrodpositions.Description:Thistestwillbeperformedaspartofthenormalstartup.Controlrodsarepulledingrouporderintheirnormalsequenceuntilcriticalityisachieved.Takingintoaccounttheperiodandmoderatortemperaturecoefficientcorrections,theShutdownMarginisdeterminedbycalculation.Inaddition,toassurethatthereisnoreactivityanomaly,theactualcriticalcontrolrodpositionisverifiedtobewithin1%~k/kofthepredictedcriticalcontrolrodposition.Purpose:a)ToassureproperoperationoftheTIPsystem.b)Description:Tocheckcoresymmetry.IAgrossasymmetrycheckwillbeperformedaswellasadetailedstatisticaluncertaintyevaluationoftheTIPsystem.AcompletesetofTIPdatawillbeobtainedatasteady-statepowerlevelgreaterthan75%ofratedpower.AtotalaveragedeviationoruncertaintywillbedeterminedforallsymmetricTIPpairsaswellasamaximumabsolutedeviation.TheresultswillbeanalyzedtoassureproperoperationoftheTIPsystemandsymmetryofthecoreloading.