ML17037B908
| ML17037B908 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 02/23/1978 |
| From: | Stolz J F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Sherwood G G General Electric Co |
| References | |
| NEDM-20988 | |
| Download: ML17037B908 (24) | |
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~~D",stribution:NRCPDR1.R.DeYoungI.PeltiercalPDR(8)D.VassalloE.HyltonocketFile(8)F.WilliamsR.MattsonLWR-1FileJ.StolzD.RossR.BoydGeneralElectricCompanyATTfi:Dr.G.G.Sherwood,ManagerSafetyandSecurity175CurtnerAvenueSanJose,California95114FEB33J.KnightR.Tedesco'H.DentonV.MooreR.VollmerM.ErnstW.GammillELDbcc:J.Buchanan,NSICT.Abernathy,TICACRS-(16)
SUBJECT:
MARKIICONTAINNENTS-REQUESTFORADDITIONALINFORMATIONGentlemen:Asaresultofourongoingreviewofyourreport,NEDft-20988,"CaorsoReliefValveLoadsTests-TestPlan,"wehavethefollowingcommentsandsignificantareasofconoern.1.EffectsofleakingSRVonquencherloadshasbeenidentifiedasanareaofconcern.TheQaorsotestplan,however,hasnotaddressedthisconcern.ItisourpositionthattestsonleakingSRVshouldbeconductedandthatatestmatrixaddressingthisconcernshouldbeprovidedforourreview.2.Thetestmatrixshowsthattheparametersofinterestwillberepeatedonlyonce.Webelievethatthisisnotsufficienttodemonstratetherepeatabilityoftestdata.We,thevefore,suggestthatadditionaltestsbeconductedtodemonstraterepeatability.Etshouldbenotedthatourreviewtodatehasnotconsideredfluid/structureinterattioneffects.Enclosedisarequestforadditionalinformation.WebelieveyouwereadvisedofthisneededinformationinJuly1977.Sincerely,OdghmISigningalohaP.QahJohnF.Stolz,ChiefLightHaterReactorsBranchNo.1DivisionofProjectfianagement
Enclosure:
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PennsylvaniaPowerandLightCompanyATTN:Hr.NormanW.CurtisVicePresident-EngineeringandConstruction2NorthNinthStreetAllentown,Pennsylvania18101Hr.EarleH.HeadProjectManagerPennsylvaniaPower&LightCompany2NorthNinthStreetAl'lentown,Pennsylvania18101GeraldCharnoff,Esq.Shaw,Pittman,Potts,Trowbridge&Madden1800HStreet,N.W.Washington,D.'.20036Hr.WilliamE.BarberichLicensingEngineerPennsylvaniaPower&LightCompany2NorthNinthStreetAllentown,Pennsylvania18101Mr.RobertJ.Shovlin,Project,Manager'usquehannaPennsylvaniaPower&LightCompany2NorthNinthStreetAllentown,Pennsylvania.18101HubertBarnes,Esq.PennsylvaniaPower&LightCompany901HamiltonStreetAllentown,Pennsylvania18101EdwardH.Nagel,EsquireGeneralCounselandSecretaryPennsylvaniaPower&LightCompany2NorthNinthStreetAllentown,Pennsylvania18101
tCommonwealthEdisonCompanyATTN:,Nr.ByronLee,Jr.VicePresidentP.0.Box767Chicago,Illinois60690RichardE.Powell,Esq.Isham,.Lincoln8BealeOneFirstNationalPlaza2400Chicago,Illinois60670FEB23$978
NorthernIndianaPublicServiceCompanyATTN:Mr.H.P.Lyle,VicePresidentElectricProduction5Engineering5265HolmanAve.'ammond,Indiana46325MeredithHemphill,Jr.Esq.AssistantGeneralCounselBethlehemSteelCorporationMartinTowerBethlehem,Pennsylvania18016WilliamH.Eichhorn,Esq.Eichhorn,/1orrow8Eichhorn5243HohmanAvenueHammond,Indiana46320aEdwardW.Osann,Jr.,Esq.Wolfe,Hubbard,-Leydid,Voit&Osann,Ltd.Suite4600OneIBMPlazaChicago,Illinois60611MarvinN,Berm,Esq.SpecialAssistantAttorneyGeneral134NorthLaSalleStreetSuite2222Chicago,Illinois60602RobertJ.Vollen,Esq.109North
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'TheCin'cinnatiGas&ElectricCompanyATTN:Mr.FarlA.BorgmannVicePresident-EngineeringP.0.Box960Cincinnati,Ohio45201Mr.WilliamJ.MoranGeneralCounselTheCincinnatiGas&ElectricCo.P.0.Box960Cincinnati,Ohio45201Mr.WilliamG.Porter,Jr.Porter,Stanley,Arthur,&Platt37-WestBroadStreetColumbus,Ohio43215.Mr.Robertfli11en,ChairmanoftheBoard&ChiefExecutiveOfficerTheDaytonPower&LightCompanyPE0.Box1034Dayton,Ohio'5401fir.J.RobertNewlin,CounselTheDaytonPower&LightCompanyP.0.Box1034Dayton,Ohio45401Mr.StephenSchumacherMianiValleyPowerProjectP.0.Box252Dayton,.Ohio45401FEB231978DavidB.Fankhauser,PhD3569NineMileRoadCincinnati,Ohio45230ThomasA.Luebbers,Esq.CincinnatiCitySolicitorRoom214-CityHallCincinnati,Ohio45202TroyB.Conner,Esq..Conner,Moore&Cober1747PennsylvaniaAve.N.W.Washington,D.C.20006Ms.AugustaPrice601Stanley'AvenueCincinnati,Ohio45226Mr.JamesD.FlynnManager,Licensing&EnvironmentalAffairsTheCincinnatiGas&ElectricCompanyP.0.Box960Cincinnati,Ohio45201Mr.J.P.FenstermakerSeniorVicePresident-OperationsColumbus&-SouthernOhioElectricCo.215NorthFrontStreetColumbus,Ohio43215
PhiladelphiElectricCompanyATTN;Mr.FdwardG.Bauer,Jr.VicePresidentandGeneralCounsel2301MarketStreetPhiladelphia,Pensylva'nia19101TroyB.Conner,Jr.Ewq.Conner,Moore&Corber1747'PennsylvaniaAvenue,N.W.Washington,D..C.20006W.WilliamAnderson,Esq.DeputyAttorneyGeneralRoom512,MainCapitolBuildingHarrisburg,Pennsylvania17120FrankR.Clokey,Esq.SpecialAssistantAttorneyGeneralRoom218,TowneHouseApartmentsP.0.Box2063Harrisburg,Pensylvania17105HonorableLawrenceCoughlinHouseof.RepresentativesCongressoftheUnitedStatesWashington,D.C.20515RogerB.Reynolds,Jr.,Esq.324SwedeStreetNorristown,Pennsylvania19401WillardC.Hetzel,Esq.312mainStreetEastGreenville,Pennsylvania18041LawrenceSager,Esq.Sager8Sager'ssociates45HighStreetPottstown,Pennsylvania19464FEB231978EugeneJ.BradleyPhiladelphiaElectricCompanyAssociateGeneralCounsel2301MarketStreetPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania19101JosephA.SmythAssistantCountySolicitorCountyofMontgomeryCourthouse'Norristown,Pennsylvania19404
LongIslandLightingCompanyATTN:-Mr.And>ewW.WoffordVicePresident175EastOldCountryRoadHicksvilie,NewYork11801EdwardH.Barrett,Esq.GeneralCounselLongIslandLightingCompany250OldCountryRoadMineola,NewYork11501EdwardJ.Walsh.Esq.GeneralAttorneyLongIslandLightingCompany250OldCountryRoadMineola,NewYork11501Hr.ThomasBurkeProjectManagerShorehamNuclearPowerStationP.0.Box618WadingRiver,NewYork11792Director,TechnicalDevelopmentProgramsStateofNewYorkEnergyOfficeAgencyBuilding2EmpireStatePlazqAlbany,NewYork12223HawardL.BlauBlauandCohn,P.C.380NorthBroadwayjericho,NeviYork11753IrvingLike,'Esq.Reilly,Like.andSchnieder200,WestMainStreetBabylon,NewYork11702HUBTechnicalAssociates366CaliforniaAvenueSuite6PaloAlto,California94306FEB231978lf~'
FEB231978RequestforAdditionalInformationGeneralElectricCompanyTopicalReport:NEON-20988,Revision2TestPlan-December,19761.EffectsofaleakingSRVonquencherloadshasbeenidentifiedasanareaofconcern.TheCaorsotestplan,however,doesnotaddressthisIconcern.ItisourpositionthattestsonaleakingSRVshouldbeconducted.Therefore,atestplanconsideringaleakingSRVshouldbeprovided'forourreview.2.TheCaorsotestmatrixindicatesthatmostoftheparametersofinterestwillberepeatedonlyonce.Testsperfor'medeitherforramshead(squadCityandNonticello)orforquencher(NEDE-11314-08)exhibitedagreatdegreeofdatascatter.Th'erefore,webelievethatthecurrentCaorsotestmatrixisinsufficienttodeterminetherepeatabilityofthetestdata.MerecommendadditionaltestsbeconductedforfirstactuationofaSRVandsubsequentactuationsofthesameSRVtodemonstraterepeatability.Thenumberoftestsshouldresultintestdatawith~statistical'significance.3.BasedonourevaluationofpreviousSRVtestdata,wefindthattheSRVdischargetimeanddurationbetweenfirstactuationandsubsequentactuationinfluencethequencherloadduetosubsequentactuation.Therefore,providethevalueandthebasisfortheselectionofthetimesfortheCaorsotests.
I ~F88319784.Page4-6statesthatacompleteunderstandingofthesubsequentactuationeffectrequiresdataonpooltemperatureinthevicinityofthequencher,pipetemperatureandpressurefollowingvalveclosure,flowrateofairthroughthevacuumbreakeranddynamicsofbackflowofwater.Weagreethattheairtemperaturehistoryinsidethepipecouldbeimportant.However,insufficientinformationhasbeengiveninthetestplanregardingthemeasurementofairtemperatureinthepipe.Clarify.whatmeasurementsorcalculationswi11bemadeto'monitorthis.temperature.5.ThesensorfailureratewasfoundtobequitehighintheMonticelloPlanttestprogram.Sensorsofthe.samemanufacturermodelusedintheMonticellowillalsobeusedintheCaorso..Inlightofthisexperience,we.believethatredundantinstrumentationisneededincriticalareas.Forinstance,redundantsensorsshouldbeprovidedinthefollowinglocations:a.ThevicinityofquencherAandtheplacebywhichcombinedloadsfrommultipleSRV'sactuationwillbedetermined.'b.SRVlinebetweenelevation51.612and45.770.Inaddition,levelprobesshouldbeaddedbetweenLlandL12.
J 4~w3FFR2819786.Submergedstructureloadshavebeenidentifiedasaprimary'esijnloadfortheMarkIIcontainment.Mebelievethattheana1yticalprogramindicatedintheMarkIIownergroupmeetingwhichwasheldonFebruary16and17,1977,isinsufficienttosupportthedesignloadsforsubmergedstructurewithoutexperimentaldata.Therefore,werecommendthatadditionalpressuresensorsshouldbeinstalledonsupportcolumnsanddowncomerstomeasurethedragloadduringSRYoperation.7.Providethelocationsforpressuresensor'sNos.19,23,35,36and37.
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