ML092600018
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Issue date: | 09/15/2009 |
From: | Dominion Energy Kewaunee |
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GSI-191 RESOLUTION FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION 1
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- KEWAUNEE TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS:
- DOMINION:
- JACK DILLICH, DIRECTOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- MICHAEL L. MILLER, MANAGER NUCLEAR DESIGN ENGINEERING
- SCOTT PUTMAN, PROJECT MANAGER
- LORI CHRISTENSEN, MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING
- TOM BREENE, LICENSING
- JACK GADZALA, LICENSING
- PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING, INC. (PCI)
- JIM BLEIGH, ENGINEERED SYSTEMS MANAGER
- CHRIS KUDLA, CONSULTANT
- ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. (ARL)
- STU CAIN, PRESIDENT
- ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED (AECL)
- DAVID GUZONAS, PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
- DAVID RHODES, PRINCIPAL ENGINEER 2
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- THE FINAL RAI RESPONSE WILL BE PREPARED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CORRESPONDENCE PROCESS 3
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- REPLACEMENT STRAINER
- DESIGNED BY PCI
- TESTED BY PCI/AREVA/ARL 4
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- INSTALLED 2006 REFUELING OUTAGE
- STRAINER SURFACE AREA 768.7 FT2 5
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- ORIGINAL CONTAINMENT SUMP STRAINER MODULES
- 39 FT2 TOTAL SURFACE AREA (TWO MODULES COMBINED) 6
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- KEWAUNEE IS A SINGLE UNIT, 2-LOOP PWR
- 597 MWe
- NSSS BY WESTINGHOUSE
- KEWAUNEE DESIGN BASIS DEBRIS
- REFLECTIVE METAL INSULATION (RMI) ON RCS
- 40.3 FT3 TEMPMAT ON PRESSURIZER SURGE LINE PIPE SUPPORTS
- ENCASED IN STAINLESS STEEL RIVETED PANELS
- THIS DEBRIS SOURCE REPRESENTS 85% OF KEWAUNEES FIBROUS DEBRIS
- OTHER FIBER IS PIPE COVER (2.44 FT3), CABLE INSULATION, THERMOBESTOS FIBER AND LATENT FIBER
- PARTICULATE DEBRIS CONSISTS OF COATINGS, LATENT AND SMALL QUANTITY OF THERMOBESTOS 7
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION PRESSURIZER SURGE TEMPMAT LINE (TEMPMAT)
NUKON 8
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- KEWAUNEE DESIGN BASIS
- DESIGN BASIS RECIRCULATION FLOW
- SINGLE TRAIN OPERATION
- 1990 GPM RHR PUMP FLOW (INCLUDES PUMP RECIRC FLOW)
- 1870 GPM THROUGH RECIRCULATION STRAINER
- RECIRCULATION STRAINER
- 768.7 FT2 SURFACE AREA, 0.066 IN. PERFORATIONS
- LOW APPROACH VELOCITY 0.0056 FT/SEC @ 1920 GPM FLOW THROUGH STRAINER (1870 GPM + 50 GPM MARGIN ADDED)
- LOW APPROACH VELOCITY RESULTS IN MINIMAL TURBULENCE
- DEBRIS INTERCEPTORS INSTALLED TO PREVENT MATERIAL MOVING ALONG THE SUMP FLOOR FROM REACHING THE STRAINER 9
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- DEBRIS INTERCEPTORS 10
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- LARGE BREAK LOCA SCENARIO
- USING MAXIMUM RWST INJECTION FLOWS:
T (TIME) + 0 MIN.
START OF LOCA - START RCS INJECTION AND CONTAINMENT SPRAY T + 21 MIN.
RWST REACHES 37% SWITCHOVER LEVEL (MANUAL SWITCHOVER)
T+ 29 MIN.
RECIRCULATION BEGINS SUMP LEVEL 43.44 INCHES (MINIMUM) (40.5 IN. CONSERVATIVELY USED IN ANALYSES)
STRAINER SUBMERGED 6.19 INCHES (43.44 - 37.25 INCH STRAINER HEIGHT)
RCS INJECTION AND CONTAINMENT SPRAY CONTINUES T + 43 MIN.
RCS INJECTION FLOW ENDS, CONTAINMENT SPRAY ENDS SUMP LEVEL > 5.75 FT OF WATER LONG TERM RECIRCULATION CONTINUES (NO RECIRC SPRAY) 11
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD (NPSH) MARGIN HEAD PARAMETER COMMENT (FT)
NPSH AVAILABLE 24.108 TOTAL WATER HEIGHT AT THE ONSET OF RECIRCULATION, MINUS PIPING FRICTION LOSSES [26.224 - 2.116];
USES 43.44 IN. SUMP LEVEL NPSH REQUIRED 8 AT MANUFACTURER-SPECIFIED DESIGN FLOW RATE 2000 GPM (BOUNDS DESIGN BASIS FLOW DURING RECIRCULATION)
NPSH MARGIN 16.108 12
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- OVERVIEW OF FLUME TESTING
2006 - STRAINER HEAD LOSS FLUME TESTS
2007 - FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS
2008 - STRAINER HEAD LOSS FLUME TESTS (LARGE SCALE FLUME) 13
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- 2006 TESTS
- ARL SMALL FLUME
- DESIGN BASIS DEBRIS LOAD
- POWDERED SODIUM ALUM SILICATE CHEM SURROGATE
- TESTED AT 2X DESIGN BASIS FLOW
- DEBRIS STIRRED IN FLUME AND OVERHEAD SPRAYS USED TO MINIMIZE SETTLING
- MAX HEAD LOSS WAS THIN BED TEST 3.79 FT OF WATER (CSHL +
DEBRIS BED LOSSES) AT 2 X DESIGN BASIS FLOW
- SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW 10 FT OF WATER ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA 14
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2006 TEST FLUME - MANUAL STIRRING 15
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- 2007 TESTS
- FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS
- ARL SMALL FLUME
- DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR (C8X18.75 CHANNEL) IN FLUME; 3/8 IN. GAP MODELED
- DEBRIS SCALED TO DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR LENGTH (9.6% OF TOTAL DEBRIS)
- TESTED AT FLOW RATE EQUIV. TO CROSS SECTIONAL FLUID VELOCITY OVER SOUTH DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR, 0.113 FT/SEC
- TESTS RESULTED IN < 5% TRANSPORT OF FIBER DOWNSTREAM OF DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR
- NO THIN BED OCCURRED USING 12.2 FT2 STRAINER
- DEBRIS INTERCEPTORS IN COMBINATION WITH LOW SUMP POOL VELOCITIES AND LOW STRAINER APPROACH VELOCITY PROTECTS STRAINER FROM THIN BED 16
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2007 TEST FLUME - FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR FLUME INLET (UPSTREAM SIDE)
FLOW 17
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) ANALYSIS
- TWO FLOW SIMULATIONS MODELED
- INITIAL START OF RECIRC WITH INJECTION AND RECIRC FLOW OUT THE RCS BREAK, INJECTION SPRAY, AND RECIRC SUMP FLOW
- LONG TERM RECIRCULATION - RCS BREAK FLOW EQUAL TO RECIRCULATION FLOW, NO SPRAY
- MOST CONSERVATIVE SIMULATION (START OF RECIRC) USED WHEN DETERMINING DEBRIS SUBJECT TO TRANSPORT TOWARD THE STRAINER/DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR AREA
- PLANT CONDITION LASTS APPROX. 14 MINUTES
- FOR SIMPLICITY, BOTH MODELS USE 40.5 INCH SUMP WATER LEVEL
- MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN 43.44 IN. MIN. LEVEL AND LONG TERM SUMP LEVEL (> 5.75 FT) 18
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION N
STRAINER 19
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- SIMULATION AT START OF RECIRC (INJECTION & RECIRC IN PROGRESS) 20
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- SIMULATION DURING LONG TERM RECIRCULATION 21
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- 2008 STRAINER TESTS
- ARL LARGE SCALE FLUME
- ALL FINE AND SMALL DEBRIS SUBJECT TO TRANSPORT PLACED IN FLUME
- WCAP-16530-NP USED TO CREATE CHEMICAL SURROGATE (ALOOH)
- DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR & 3/8 IN. GAP MODELED IN FLUME
- DEBRIS INTRODUCED FROM UPSTREAM DROP ZONE
- TOTAL HEAD LOSS (DEBRIS BED + CSHL) FOR DESIGN BASIS DEBRIS LOAD AT DESIGN BASIS FLOW RATE = 1.1 FT OF WATER
- TOTAL HEAD LOSS (DEBRIS BED + CSHL) FOR DESIGN BASIS DEBRIS LOAD PLUS ADDITIONAL FIBROUS, LATENT DEBRIS AND DOUBLE CHEMICAL DEBRIS CONCENTRATION FOR ADDED DEBRIS LOAD MARGIN = 3.28 FT OF WATER
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2008 TESTS - LARGE SCALE FLUME TESTS 23
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- DESIGN BASIS CASE; WATER TEMP 105.8 F
- MAX HL 0.51036 + CSHL = 1.1034 FT WHEN TEMP-CORRECTED 24
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- DB CASE W/ADDL FIBER, LATENT AND 200% CHEMICALS
- WATER TEMP 116.1 F; MAX HL 1.6697 + CSHL = 3.286 FT WHEN TEMP. CORRECTED 25
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- CHEMICAL EFFECTS USING WCAP
- AREVA PREPARED A CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS FOR KEWAUNEE USING WCAP-16530-NP
- PRECIPITATE IS SODIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE (NaAlSi308)
- DESIGN BASIS CASE CALCULATED 8.286 mg/L CONCENTRATION 26
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- CHEMICAL EFFECTS EVALUATION BY AECL
- Al RELEASE FROM SPRAYED ALUMINUM
- SHORT INJECTION SPRAY TIME (< ONE HOUR LBLOCA), NO RECIRCULATION SPRAY
- ICET TESTS SHOW VERY LITTLE Al RELEASE FOR SPRAY < 4 HOURS
- SPRAYED COUPONS IN TEST 1 (PH 10, NO TSP) GAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT, SUBMERGED COUPONS LOST OVER 25%
- SEM IMAGES OF SPRAYED AL COUPONS SHOWED LITTLE CORROSION, WHILE SEM IMAGES OF SUBMERGED COUPONS SHOWED A THICK CRUST OF CORROSION PRODUCTS
- OVER 90% OF AL RELEASED INTO SOLUTION FROM 3 SUBMERGED COUPONS
- LESS THAN 10% FROM FIBERGLASS AND THE 56 SPRAYED ALUMINUM COUPONS
- TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS = 0.15%, TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LESS THAN SUBMERGED COUPONS
- LACK OF MECHANISM FOR CORROSION PRODUCT TRANSPORT AFTER SPRAY CEASES
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
-1.0
- Precipitation zones for sodium -1.5 precipitation aluminosilicates at 25oC and -2.0 0.89 M hydroxide log[Al] mol/kg
-2.5
- No aluminosilicate species -3.0 expected -3.5 no precipitation
-4.0 Kewaunee
-4.5
-5.0
- Maximum sump Al concentration: -5.0 -4.5 -4.0 -3.5 -3.0 -2.5 -2.0 -1.5 -1.0 1000 log[Si] mol/kg
- AECL calculation = 0.37 mg/L
- WCAP prediction = 0.82 mg/L 100
- Worst case Al concentration
[Al] (mg/L) 10 below experimentally measured Al solubility (Bahn et al. [2008])
1
- No Precipitation Expected WCAP AECL 0.1 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 pH 28
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD (NPSH) MARGIN HEAD PARAMETER COMMENT (FT)
NPSH AVAILABLE 24.108 TOTAL WATER HEIGHT AT THE ONSET OF RECIRCULATION, MINUS PIPING FRICTION LOSSES [26.224 - 2.116]
MAXIMUM 3.286 CLEAN STRAINER HEAD LOSS AND MEASURED DEBRIS DEBRIS LADEN STRAINER HEAD LOSS LADEN STRAINER COMBINED, TEMPERATURE-CORRECTED TO 65 DEG F HEAD LOSS
- NPSH REQUIRED 8 AT MANUFACTURER-SPECIFIED DESIGN FLOW RATE 2000 GPM (BOUNDS DESIGN BASIS FLOW DURING RECIRCULATION)
NPSH MARGIN 12.822
- MAXIMUM STRAINER HEAD LOSS (CSHL+DEBRIS BED HL) IS LIMITED TO 10 FT UNLESS STRUCTURAL REANALYSIS IS PERFORMED 29
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- ITEMS REMAINING FOR GSI-191 RESOLUTION
- REACTOR VESSEL CORE COOLING DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS
- REACTOR VESSEL DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR KEWAUNEE USING WCAP-16406-P AND WCAP-16793-NP
- KEWAUNEE WILL REASSESS ITS EVALUATIONS UPON NRC ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL SAFETY EVALUATION FOR WCAP-16793-NP 30
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS A. BREAK SELECTION 1.A THREE ANALYZED BREAKS RESULTING IN WORST DEBRIS QUANTITY/COMBINATION 1.B ADDITIONAL BREAKS NOT ANALYZED AS WOULD NOT CHANGE DEBRIS SOURCE TERM DUE TO LARGE ZONES OF INFLUENCE 1.C RCS LOOP B CONTAINS PRESSURIZER 1.D RX VESSEL NOZZLE BREAK NOT A LIMITING BREAK 31
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS
- BREAK SELECTION o REFER TO SECOND KPS HANDOUT, PAGES 1 - 4 32
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS B. DEBRIS GENERATION / ZONE OF INFLUENCE
- 2. USE OF 5.45D FOR THERMOBESTOS
- 3. REPAIRS TO THERMOBESTOS & FIBERGLASS INSULATIONS
- 4. VERIFY LATENT DEBRIS IS FINES
- 5. TEMPMAT FINES
- 6. FIBER EROSION OVER MISSION TIME 33
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS C. DEBRIS CHARACTERISTICS 7.A THERMOBESTOS AS 100% FINES 7.B FIBERGLASS PIPE COVER SIZE DISTRIBUTION 34
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS D. LATENT DEBRIS
- 8. LATENT DEBRIS SAMPLING METHODOLOGY 35
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS E. DEBRIS TRANSPORT
- 9. DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR TESTS 10.A FIBERGLASS EROSION TESTS 10.B MINIMUM TUMBLING VELOCITY & DEBRIS SETTLING 10.C DURATION OF EROSION TESTS
- 11. EROSION OF THERMOBESTOS - SEE QUESTION B.6
- 12. EROSION OF DEBRIS IN TEST FLUME
- 13. CFD IDENTIFICATION 13.A HOW DEBRIS INTERCEPTORS MODELED IN INPUT DECK 13.B LOCATIONS OF DRAINAGE 36
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2007 FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS
- 33% FIBROUS DEBRIS, 0.113 FT/SEC OVER DI (TEST 3B)
FLOW 37
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2007 FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS
- 33% FIBROUS DEBRIS, 0.113 FT/SEC OVER DI (TEST 3B) 38
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2007 FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS
- 100% FIBROUS DEBRIS; 0.113 FT/SEC OVER DI (TEST 1B)
DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR FLOW 39
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION 2007 FIBER TRANSPORT TESTS
- 100% FIBROUS DEBRIS; 0.113 FT/SEC OVER DI (TEST 1B) 40
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS
- RAI E.9.j, E.13.a - e, E.15 AND E.16 o REFER TO SEPARATE HANDOUT BY ARL 41
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS E. DEBRIS TRANSPORT 13.C SIZE OF COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN 13.D MAIN PHYSICAL MODELS 13.E BOUNDING SIMULATIONS
- 14. SETTLING ON UPPER ELEVATIONS
- 15. CONTOUR PLOTS OF VELOCITY AND TURBULENCE
- 16. DISTANCE OF DEBRIS ADDED IN TEST FLUME
- 17. DEBRIS FLOATATION 42
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS F. HEAD LOSS AND VORTEXING
- 18. CLEAN STRAINER HEAD LOSS METHODOLOGY 19.A MEASURED HEAD LOSS AND CSHL 19.B HEAD LOSS TEMPERATURE CORRECTION 19.C HED LOSS TEST METHODOLOGY 19.C.I DEBRIS INTRODUCTION 19.C.II DEBRIS ADDITIONS AT < 100% FLOW RATE 19.C.III DEBRIS PREPARATION AND SURROGATE SIZE 19.C.IV DEBRIS CHARACTERISTICS FOR SURROGATES 19.C.V PROCEDURE STEPS 19.C.VI DESCRIPTION OF TEST FACILITY 19.C.VII DEBRIS INTRODUCTION TECHNIQUES 43
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS F. HEAD LOSS AND VORTEXING 19.C.VIII THIN BED INCREMENTAL FIBER 19.C.IX DEBRIS BY EACH DEBRIS ADDITION 19.C.X SCALING FACTORS 19.C.XI FLOW RATES 19.C.XII DENSITY-CORRECTED SURROGATES 19.C.XIII STIRRING 19.C.XIV DEBRIS THAT SETTLED 19.C.XV AGGLOMERATION OF DEBRIS
- 20. VORTEX EVALUATION CONDITIONS, ASSUMPTIONS
- 21. VOIDING EVALUATION
- 22. FLASHING
- 23. HEAD LOSS PLOTS 44
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS F. HEAD LOSS AND VORTEXING
- 24. VENTED STRAINER
- 25. TEST TERMINATION
- 26. HEAD LOSS EXTRAPOLATION TO MISSION TIME
- 27. SCHEMATIC OF TEST FLUME
- 28. DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR DESIGN IN PLANT AND FLUME 45
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS G. NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD (NPSH)
- 29. BASIS FOR DESIGN FLOW RATES
- 31. SUCTION LINE FRICTION LOSSES
- 33. HOT LEG INJECTION (NOT USED), UPI AND COLD LEG INJECTION BOUNDED BY NPSH CALC
- 34. HOLD UP VOLUMES IN CONTAINMENT
- 35. MANUAL OPERATION OF TWO TRAINS RHR IN RECIRC MODE 46
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS H. STRUCTURAL ANALYSES
- 36. DESIGN CODE
- 37. DESIGN MARGINS
- 38. NO IMPINGEMENT ON STRAINER MODULES
- 39. DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY 47
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS I. UPSTREAM EFFECTS
- 40. REFUELING CAVITY DRAIN LINE 48
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS J. DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS / IN-VESSEL
- 41. FINAL RESPONSE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF SER ISSUANCE 49
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS K. CHEMICAL EFFECTS
- 42. NO PLANT-SPECIFIC REFINEMENTS TO WCAP-16530-NP BASE MODEL
- 43. MIN/MAX PH 50
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION - GSI-191 RESOLUTION RAI QUESTIONS L. LICENSING BASIS
- 44. STRAINER SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS
- NO CURRENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- TRANSITION TO IMPROVED TS WILL REQUIRE INSPECTION FOR DEBRIS, STRUCTURAL DISTRESS, ABNORMAL CORROSION
- CONTAINMENT INSPECTION PROCEDURES ALREADY IMPLEMENT THE NEW INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS 51