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Attachment 3, Continuum Dynamics, Inc Technical Note No. 11-17NP, Limit Curve Analysis with ACM Rev. 4.1 for Power Ascension at Nine Mile Point Unit 2, Revision 1. (Non-Proprietary)

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ATTACHMENT 3 CONTINUUM DYNAMICS, INC TECHNICAL NOTE NO. 11-17NP,"LIMIT CURVE ANALYSIS WITH ACM REV. 4.1 FOR POWER ASCENSION AT NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2," REVISION 1 (NON-PROPRIETARY)

Certain information, considered proprietary by Continuum Dynamics, Inc., has been deleted from this Attachment.

The deletions are identified by double square brackets.Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC August 5, 2011 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information C.D.I. Technical Note No. 1 -17NP Limit Curve Analysis with ACM Rev. 4.1 for Power Ascension at Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Revision 1 Prepared by Continuum Dynamics, Inc.34 Lexington Avenue Ewing, NJ 08618 Prepared under Purchase Order No. 4500401845 for Westinghouse Electric Company LLC Nuclear Services Business Unit 20 International Drive Windsor, CT 06095 Approved by Alan J. Bilanin Prepared by Milton E. Teske August 2011 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information Table of Contents Section Page T able of C ontents .....................................................................

i 1. Introduction

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1 2 .A pproach ...............................................................................

2 3. L im it C urves ......................................................................

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1. Introduction During power ascension of Nine Mile Point Unit 2 (NMP2), from Current Licensed Thermal Power (CLTP) to Extended Power Uprate (EPU), Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC (NMPNS) is required to monitor the dryer stresses at plant power levels that have not yet been achieved.

Limit curves provide an upper bound safeguard against the potential for dryer stresses becoming higher than allowable, by estimating the not-to-be-exceeded main steam line pressure levels. In the case of NMP2, in-plant main steam line data have been analyzed at CLTP conditions to provide steam dryer hydrodynamic loads [1]. EPU is 120% of Original Licensed Thermal Power (OLTP); CLTP is 104.3% of OLTP. A finite element model stress analysis has been undertaken on the CLTP loads [2]. These loads provide the basis for generation of the limit curves to be used during NMP2 power ascension.

Continuum Dynamics, Inc. (C.D.I.) has developed an acoustic circuit methodology (ACM) that determines the relationship between main steam line data and pressure on the steam dryer [3]. This methodology and the use of a finite element model analysis provide the computational algorithm from which dryer stresses at distinct steam dryer locations can be tracked through power ascension.

Limit curves allow NMPNS to limit dryer stress levels, by comparing the main steam line pressure readings -represented in Power Spectral Density (PSD)format -with the upper bound PSD derived from existing in-plant data.This technical note summarizes the proposed approach that will be used to track the anticipated stress levels in the NMP2 steam dryer during power ascension, utilizing Rev. 4.1 of the ACM [3], and the options available to NMP2 should a limit curve be reached.

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2. Approach The limit curve analysis for NMP2, to be used during power ascension, is patterned after the approach followed by Entergy Vermont Yankee (VY) in its power uprate [4]. In the VY analysis, two levels of steam dryer performance criteria were described:

(1) a Level 1 pressure level based on maintaining the ASME allowable alternating stress value on the dryer, and (2) a Level 2 pressure level based on maintaining 80% of the allowable alternating stress value on the dryer. The VY approach is summarized in [5].To develop the limit curves for NMP2, the stress levels in the dryer were calculated for the current plant acoustic signature, at CLTP conditions, and then used to determine how much the acoustic signature could be increased while maintaining stress levels below the stress fatigue limit. During power ascension, strain gage data will be converted to pressure in PSD format at each of the eight main steam line locations, for comparison with the limit curves. The strain gage data will be monitored throughout power ascension to observe the onset of discrete peaks, if they occur.The finite element analysis of in-plant CLTP data found a lowest alternating stress ratio of 2.83 [2] as summarized in Table 1. The minimum stress ratio includes the model bias and uncertainties for specific frequency ranges as summarized in [1]. The results of the ACM Rev.4.1 analysis (based on Quad Cities Unit 2, or QC2, in-plant data) are summarized in Table 2 (a negative bias is conservative).

The additional bias and uncertainties, as identified in [6], [7], [8],[9], [10], and [11], are shown in Table 3. SRSS of the uncertainties, added to the ACM bias, results in the total uncertainties shown in Table 4. These uncertainties were applied to the finite element analysis, resulting in the minimum stress ratio of 2.83 for ASME Level A load combinations.

Table 1. Peak Stress Limit Summary for ACM Rev. 4.1 Peak Stress Limit ]13,600 psi (Level 1) 10,880 psi (Level 2)Minimum Stress Ratio 2.83 2.26 2

This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information Table 2. Bias and uncertainty for ACM Rev. 4.1 Table 3. NMP2 additional uncertainties (with references cited)(3)1[(3)]]Table 4. NMP2 total uncertainty (3)]]3 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information

3. Limit Curves Limit curves were generated from the in-plant CLTP strain gage data reported in [1].These data were filtered across the frequency ranges shown in Table 5 to remove noise and extraneous signal content, as suggested in [12]. The resulting PSD curves for each of the eight strain gage locations were used to develop the limit curves, shown in Figures 1 to 4. Level I limit curves are found by multiplying the main steam line pressure PSD base traces by the square of the corrected limiting stress ratio (2.832 = 8.01), while the Level 2 limit curves are found by multiplying the PSD base traces by 0.64 of the square of the corrected limiting stress ratio (recovering 80% of the limiting stress ratio, or (0.80 x 2.83)2 = 2.262 = 5.11), as PSD is related to the square of the pressure.Table 5. Exclusion frequencies for NMP2 at CLTP conditions Frequency Range (Hz) Exclusion Cause 0.0 -2.0 Mean 59.85 -60.15 EMF Frequency 119.85 -120.15 EMF Frequency 179.85 -180.15 EMF Frequency 239.85 -240.15 EMF Frequency 149.0 -149.4 Recirculation Vane Passing Frequency:

100%84.0 -84.5 Non-Coherent Electrical Source 4 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information I[[(3)]Figure 1. Level 1 (black) and Level 2 (red) limit curves for main steam line A, compared against the base curves (blue) over the frequency range of interest:

A upper strain gage location (top); A lower strain gage location (bottom).5 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information (3)]]1 Figure 2. Level 1 (black) and Level 2 (red) limit curves for main steam line B, compared against the base curves (blue) over the frequency range of interest:

B upper strain gage location (top); B lower strain gage location (bottom).6 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information (3)]]1 Figure 3. Level 1 (black) and Level 2 (red) limit curves for main steam line C, compared against the base curves (blue) over the frequency range of interest:

C upper strain gage location (top); C lower strain gage location (bottom).7 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information I(3)Figure 4. Level 1 (black) and Level 2 (red) limit curves for main steam line D, compared against the base curves (blue) over the frequency range of interest:

D upper strain gage location (top); D lower strain gage location (bottom).8 This Document Does Not Contain Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Proprietary Information

4. References

1. Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2010. Acoustic and Low Frequency Hydrodynamic Loads at CLTP Power Level on Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Steam Dryer to 250 Hz Using ACM Rev. 4.1 (Rev. 2). C.D.I. Report No. 10-10 (Proprietary).

2. Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2011. Stress Evaluation of Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Steam Dryer Using ACM Rev. 4.1 Acoustic Loads (Rev. 0). C.D.I. Report No. 11-04 (Proprietary).

3. Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2011. ACM Rev. 4.1: Methodology to Predict Full Scale Steam Dryer Loads from In-Plant Measurements (Rev. 3). C.D.I. Report No. 10-09 (Proprietary).

4. Entergy Nuclear Northeast.

2006. Entergy Vermont Yankee Steam Dryer Monitoring Plan (Rev. 4). Docket 50-271. No. BVY 06-056. Dated 29 June 2006.5. State of Vermont Public Service Board. 2006. Petition of Vermont Department of Public Service for an Investigation into the Reliability of the Steam Dryer and Resulting Performance of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station under Uprate Conditions.

Docket No. 7195. Hearings held 17-18 August 2006.6. Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. 2008. Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Strain Gage Uncertainty Evaluation and Pressure Conversion Factors (Rev. 1). SIA Calculation Package No. NMP-26Q-301.7. Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2005. Vermont Yankee Instrument Position Uncertainty.

Letter Report Dated 01 August 2005.8. Exelon Nuclear Generating LLC. 2005. An Assessment of the Effects of Uncertainty in the Application of Acoustic Circuit Model Predictions to the Calculation of Stresses in the Replacement Quad Cities Units 1 and 2 Steam Dryers (Rev. 0). Document No. AM-21005-008.9. Continuum Dynamics, Inc. 2007. Finite Element Modeling Bias and Uncertainty Estimates Derived from the Hope Creek Unit 2 Dryer Shaker Test (Rev. 0). C.D.I. Report No. 07-27 (Proprietary).

10. NRC Request for Additional Information on the Hope Creek Generating Station, Extended Power Uprate. 2007. RAI No. 14.79.11. NRC Request for Additional Information on the Hope Creek Generating Station, Extended Power Uprate. 2007. RAI No. 14.110.12. Structural Integrity Associates, Inc. 2009. Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Main Steam Line Strain Gage Data Reduction (Rev. 0). SIA Calculation Package No. NMP-26Q-302.

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