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Coyne. Kevin Beasley. Beniamin RE: Hardened vent Friday, March 18, 2011 11:00:00 AM

Thanks Ben! From: Beasley, Benjamin Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:14 AM To: Coyne, Kevin Subject: FW: Hardened vent Kevin, Just to let you know that we got back to Jeanne on the Eric Leeds material. We also noted for her that the Generic Letter number was wrong. It should be GL 89-16 not GL 89-10. Ben From: Lane, John Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:55 AM To: Beasley, Benjamin; Dion, Jeanne Subject: Hardened vent Ben and Jeanne, I didn't find anything off about the discussion. I am providing an attachment that provides a little more background about LOOP and the early Mark I venting studies. jcl

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1. Latest weather-related LOOP data for U.S plants. From our latest 2009 summary of Loss of Offsite Power Events: http://nrcoe.ine.qcov/results/index.cfm?fuseaction=LOSP.showDoc&doc=loop%2Dsummary%2D update%2D2009%2Epdf, it looks like the incidence of occurrence of LOOP due to weatherrelated effects is not declining:

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2. A study of the effectiveness of the hardened vent was performed by INL in 1989, "An Overview of BWR Mark-1 Containment Venting Risk Implications" NUREG/CR-5225 (I have a copy). The report provides dose effects resulting from core melt sequences. It was reported that the TW sequence, loss of loss of long term DHR, pressure in containment builds up slowly enough that the venting procedure would likely be effective in risk reduction provided core cooling was eventually brought on line: "HigherTW core melt frequencies, typical of some Mark I plants, show the potential for 50-mile population doses in the thousands of man-rem per ry. Based upon questions about vital equipment performance, the safety of onsite personnel, and the ability to continue repair operations,a reliable hard pipe system makes good engineering sense." and equipment necessary to maintain an alternate vessel injection But, "procedures source during venting operationsare needed."