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Review of Spring 2017 Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report for Refueling Outage 39
ML18137A115
Person / Time
Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/30/2018
From: V Sreenivas
Plant Licensing Branch 1
To: Bryan Hanson
Exelon Generation Co
Sreenivas V, NRR/DORL/LPL1, 415-2596
References
EPID L-2017-LRO-0029
Download: ML18137A115 (3)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20555-0001 May 30, 2018 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

R. E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REVIEW OF SPRING 2017 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTION REPORT FOR REFUELING OUTAGE 39 (EPID L-2017-LR0-0029)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

By letter dated September 26, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML17276A348), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) submitted information to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) summarizing the results of the steam generator inspections performed at R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna). These inspections were performed during spring 2017 for refueling outage 39.

The NRC staff has completed its review of the submittal and concludes that the licensee provided the information required by Ginna's technical specifications. No additional follow-up is required at this time. The results of the NRC staff's review and observations are enclosed.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-2597 or via e-mail at v.sreenivas@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

. reenivas, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-244

Enclosure:

Review of the Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report cc: ListServ

REVIEW OF SPRING 2017 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTION REPORT EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC R. E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-244 By letter dated September 26, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML17276A348), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) submitted information to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) summarizing the results of the steam generator (SG) tube inspections performed at R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna).

These inspections were performed during spring 2017 for refueling outage 39.

Ginna has two SGs designed and fabricated by Babcock and Wilcox International (BWXT).

Each SG contains 4,765 thermally treated Alloy 690 tubes. Each tube has a nominal outside diameter of 0.750 inches and a nominal wall thickness of 0.043 inches. The tubes were hydraulically expanded at both ends for the full length of the tubesheet and are supported by a number of Type 410 stainless steel lattice grid supports.

The licensee provided the scope, extent, methods, and results of its SG tube inspections in the document referenced above. In addition, the licensee described corrective actions (e.g., tube plugging) taken in response to the inspection findings.

Based on its review of the report submitted, the NRC staff has the following observations and comments:

  • Denting of tubes at the top of the tubesheet (on the cold-leg side of both SGs) was first identified in 2008. After reporting additional denting in 2011, the licensee reported in 2014 that progression of the denting phenomenon appeared to have stopped. A comparison of the 2014 and 2017 inspection results indicates that there continues to be no active denting.
  • The licensee reported that both visual and laser profilometry inspections were performed on all 85 secondary separator base plates in both SGs, to assess degradation caused by flow-accelerated corrosion that was reported during the 2014 inspecti.ons. The majority of the plates showed minor (less than 30 percent through-wall) or moderate (from 30-50 percent through-wall) degradation. The most significant degradation was 51 percent through-wall, and was in only one plate. The licensee reported that these results are consistent with the results from other utilities with BWXT SGs.

Based on a review of the information provided, the NRC staff concludes that the licensee provided the information required by its technical specifications. In addition, the staff concludes there are no technical issues that warrant follow-up action at this time, since the inspections appear to be consistent with the objective of detecting potential tube degradation, and the inspection results appear to be consistent with industry operating experience at similarly designed and operated units.

Enclosure

SUBJECT:

R. E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - REVIEW OF SPRING 2017 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTION REPORT FOR REFUELING OUTAGE 39 (EPID L-2017-LR0-0029) DATED MAY 30, 2018 DISTRIBUTION:

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