METEOROLOGICAL DATA VALIDATION FOR NEW NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS COLA

By Mark Abrams Meteorologist/Technical Manager ABS Consulting, Inc.

Rockville, Maryland

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

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WHAT IS A COLA BUILDING A DATA BASE WHAT DATA DO YOU NEED TOOLS FOR EDITING A DATA BASE PROBLEMS WHAT IS A DATA BASE USED FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE NRC FORMATTED DATA

BUILDING A DATA BASE

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How Many Years Do You Need Most Sites Have More Than 20 Years to Choose From The NRC Requires That the Data Come From the Last 10 Years Use The 90% Recovery Test First What Data Do You Really Need Looking For Consistency It Is What It Is

TOOLS FOR EDITING A DATA BASE

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Information From the Site – Calibration Reports, Maintenance Records (Corrective Action Reports) Problem Reports Visual Tools For Looking At The Data Data Comparison Program (NUREG 0917) Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets

METEOROLOGICAL DATA TREND PLOT

EXAMPLE OF NUREG 0917 REPORT

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YR MO DAY HOUR -- -- --- --- 06 01 21 15 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR E FOR PREVIOUS 19 HOUR PERIOD 06 01 21 16 HEIGHT= 10M WIND FROM SECTOR E FOR PREVIOUS 20 HOUR PERIOD 06 01 23 18 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR ESE FOR PREVIOUS 18 HOUR PERIOD 06 01 28 23 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR E FOR PREVIOUS 19 HOUR PERIOD 06 02 01 09 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 87 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 02 21 08 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 76 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 03 02 08 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 124 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 03 04 10 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM E TO A FOR UPPER SENSOR 06 03 04 10 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM E TO A FOR LOWER SENSOR 06 03 10 20 HEIGHT= 10M WIND FROM SECTOR SE FOR PREVIOUS 39 HOUR PERIOD 06 03 10 20 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR SE FOR PREVIOUS 28 HOUR PERIOD 06 03 15 10 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM F TO B FOR UPPER SENSOR 06 03 15 10 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM F TO B FOR LOWER SENSOR 06 03 18 10 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM F TO A FOR UPPER SENSOR 06 03 18 10 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM F TO A FOR LOWER SENSOR 06 03 19 08 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 86 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 04 01 04 HEIGHT= 10M WIND FROM SECTOR E FOR PREVIOUS 32 HOUR PERIOD 06 04 09 04 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR S FOR PREVIOUS 18 HOUR PERIOD 06 04 10 14 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM A TO E FOR UPPER SENSOR 06 04 10 14 STABILITY CLASS JUMPED FROM A TO E FOR LOWER SENSOR 06 04 13 02 HEIGHT= 10M WIND FROM SECTOR NE FOR PREVIOUS 21 HOUR PERIOD 06 04 13 02 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR NE FOR PREVIOUS 21 HOUR PERIOD 06 04 20 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 93 DEGREES DURING DAY

EXAMPLE OF NUREG 0917 REPORT, cond.

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06 04 22 14 HEIGHT= 10M WIND FROM SECTOR SE FOR PREVIOUS 25 HOUR PERIOD 06 04 22 14 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR SE FOR PREVIOUS 25 HOUR PERIOD 06 04 23 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 111 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 05 01 03 HEIGHT= 10M WIND FROM SECTOR NE FOR PREVIOUS 22 HOUR PERIOD 06 05 01 03 HEIGHT= 60M WIND FROM SECTOR NE FOR PREVIOUS 22 HOUR PERIOD 06 05 06 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 166 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 05 06 08 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 102 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 05 16 14 PRECIPITATION OF 28.448MM FELL IN THE GIVEN 1 HOUR PERIOD 06 05 23 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 161 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 06 01 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 104 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 06 16 15 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 06 19 14 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 06 19 15 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 06 19 16 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 06 20 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 139 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 06 28 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 102 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 06 29 06 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 128 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 06 29 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 91 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 06 30 13 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 07 01 11 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 07 01 13 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 07 01 15 STABILITY FOR UPPER SENSOR IS A WHILE STABILITY FOR LOWER SENSOR IS D 06 07 06 08 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 78 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 07 07 06 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 174 DEGREES DURING DAY 06 07 07 07 60M DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM 10M DIRECTION BY 132 DEGREES DURING DAY

Julian Day 4 4 51 51 51 51 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 61 61 63 63 98 98 99 99 100 100 101 101 102 102 143 143 146 171

STABILITY/WIND SPEED CHECK (Hours of “A” stability with wind speeds greater than 16.0 mph)

Hour 11 12 11 13 14 15 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 12 13 11 12 11 12 14 15 10 13 15 16 17 13 WD-10m 339 345 130 136 138 138 90 92 89 85 138 141 143 141 142 342 340 107 104 121 117 113 115 104 102 119 105 55 59 45 132 WS-10m 18.6 17.1 17.6 16.8 17.0 16.8 19.1 20.3 19.0 19.0 19.9 22.4 19.3 19.4 18.3 17.9 17.2 19.3 19.3 19.2 19.6 17.1 17.1 17.6 16.8 17.5 18.1 16.9 17.4 16.9 17.2 Stab 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 WD-60m 335 342 127 134 135 137 85 87 84 80 136 139 140 140 141 339 337 104 100 118 116 111 111 100 98 116 103 50 54 40 131 WS-60m 25.3 23.0 21.0 20.1 20.5 19.8 22.8 24.0 23.1 22.9 25.3 27.9 23.6 24.0 22.8 24.0 23.9 23.0 22.5 23.7 24.7 20.2 19.8 19.9 19.6 20.8 20.7 24.1 24.8 24.2 20.6

DATA SUBSTITUTION

Date Time 200501152200 200501152300 200501160000 200501160100 200501160200 200501160300 200501160400 200501160500 200501160600 200501160700 200501160800 200502032000 200505231000 200505231100 200506231600 WS10M 4.10 Code 4.10 0 0 4.90 6.10 4.90 0 0 WS60M 9.70 9.60 Code WD10M Code WD60M Code TE10A Code DT60M-A Code RAIN 9.70 0 0 321.00 321.00 0 0 315.00 315.00 0 0 67.80 67.80 0 0 -2.00 -2.00 0 2 0.00 0.00 9.60 0 0 298.00 298.00 0 0 300.00 300.00 0 0 68.10 68.10 0 0 -2.50 -2.50 0 2 0.00 0.00 6.10 0 0 11.20 11.20 0 0 306.00 306.00 0 0 307.00 307.00 0 0 67.80 67.80 0 0 -2.60 -2.60 0 2 0.00 0.00 5.80 6.80 8.20 8.80 8.90 8.60 9.30 9.10 2.10 5.70 7.10 6.20 5.80 0 0 10.30 10.30 0 0 310.00 310.00 0 0 307.00 307.00 0 0 67.30 67.30 0 0 -2.40 -2.40 0 2 0.00 0.00 6.80 0 0 11.70 11.70 0 0 311.00 311.00 0 0 309.00 309.00 0 0 67.00 67.00 0 0 -2.40 -2.40 0 2 0.00 0.00 8.20 0 0 13.00 13.00 0 0 316.00 316.00 0 0 312.00 312.00 0 0 66.70 66.70 0 0 -2.50 -2.50 0 2 0.00 0.00 8.80 0 0 12.70 12.70 0 0 332.00 332.00 0 0 328.00 328.00 0 0 66.00 66.00 0 0 -2.60 -2.60 0 2 0.00 0.00 8.90 0 0 13.80 13.80 0 0 337.00 337.00 0 0 332.00 332.00 0 0 64.20 64.20 0 0 -2.60 -2.60 0 2 0.00 0.00 8.60 0 0 12.30 12.30 0 0 328.00 328.00 0 0 326.00 326.00 0 0 63.30 63.30 0 0 -2.50 -2.50 0 2 0.00 0.00 9.30 0 0 13.60 13.60 0 0 330.00 330.00 0 0 325.00 325.00 0 0 62.80 62.80 0 0 -2.80 -2.80 0 2 0.00 0.00 9.10 0 0 14.00 14.00 0 0 337.00 337.00 0 0 334.00 334.00 0 0 62.00 62.00 0 0 -2.80 -2.80 0 2 0.00 0.00 2.10 0 0 5.70 0 0 7.10 0 0 6.20 0 0 2.30 6.40 8.00 9.00 2.30 0 0 9.00 0 0 2.00 6.40 0 0 218.00 218.00 0 0 221.00 221.00 0 0 70.30 70.30 0 0 -4.20 -4.20 0 2 0.00 0.00 8.00 0 0 213.00 213.00 0 0 213.00 213.00 0 0 78.70 78.70 0 0 -3.80 -3.20 0 0 0.00 0.00 13.00 2.00 0 2 177.00 177.00 0 0 66.80 66.80 0 0 -0.70 -0.70 0 0 0.00 0.00 13.00 0 0 5.00 5.00 0 0 71.10 71.10 0 0 4.30 4.30 0 2 0.40 0.40 200507090900 30.40 30.40 0 0 41.10 41.10 0 0 131.00 131.00 0 0 138.00 138.00 0 0 77.10 77.10 0 0 0.40 -0.50 0 0 0.43 0.43 200507101300 11.60 11.60 0 0 14.20 14.20 0 0 141.00 141.00 0 0 149.00 149.00 0 0 83.20 83.20 0 0 -0.50 -1.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 200507101400 10.20 10.20 0 0 13.00 13.00 0 0 154.00 154.00 0 0 161.00 161.00 0 0 83.20 83.20 0 0 -0.50 -0.90 0 0 0.00 0.00 200507101500 9.40 9.40 0 0 11.50 11.50 0 0 146.00 146.00 0 0 153.00 153.00 0 0 83.40 83.40 0 0 -0.60 -1.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 200507101600 200508010100 9.50 7.00 9.50 0 0 11.20 11.20 0 0 137.00 137.00 0 0 145.00 145.00 0 0 83.60 83.60 0 0 -0.70 -1.10 0 0 0.00 0.00 7.00 0 0 11.80 11.80 0 0 100.00 100.00 0 0 105.00 105.00 0 0 83.30 83.40 0 0 0.60 0.50 0 0 0.00 0.00 200508010200 10.20 10.20 0 0 15.30 15.30 0 0 109.00 109.00 0 0 115.00 115.00 0 0 84.20 84.20 0 0 200508010300 9.70 9.70 0 0 14.30 14.30 0 0 107.00 107.00 0 0 114.00 114.00 0 0 84.00 84.00 0 0 200508010400 200508010500 200508010600 200508010700 8.60 8.00 7.20 7.70 8.60 0 0 13.60 13.60 0 0 105.00 105.00 0 0 112.00 112.00 0 0 83.60 83.60 0 0 8.00 0 0 12.80 12.80 0 0 106.00 106.00 0 0 113.00 113.00 0 0 83.40 83.40 0 0 7.20 0 0 11.90 11.90 0 0 102.00 102.00 0 0 110.00 110.00 0 0 83.20 83.20 0 0 7.70 0 0 12.10 12.10 0 0 105.00 105.00 0 0 112.00 112.00 0 0 83.70 83.80 0 0 0.10 0.10 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.10 0.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.20 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.30 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.40 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.00 0.00

SPREADSHEET COMPARING COUNTS FOR THREE FORMS OF DATA

Format Data Set Height Stability Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 (bad) Total Unit 2 60 m 299 387 668 2673 2758 1177 694 78 8734 ARCON Unit 1 Unit 2 60 m 10 m 493 652 967 3272 2044 807 460 65 8760 299 387 669 2680 2776 1177 694 78 8760 Unit 1 10 m Data Set NRCMET Unit 2 Unit 1 Hours 493 652 967 3271 2044 807 460 66 469 524 362 2680 2776 1177 694 8760 8682 775 370 967 3272 2094 886 331 65 8760 Unit 2 60 m Joint Frequency Unit 1 Unit 2 61 m 10 m Unit 1 10 m 299 387 668 2673 2758 1145 726 104 8760 493 652 967 3272 2044 807 460 65 8760 299 387 668 2680 2776 1145 726 78 8759 493 652 967 3271 2044 807 460 66 8760

PROBLEMS

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Instrumentation – Delta Temperatures, Dew Point Temperature, Precipitation Calibration Procedures ANS 3.11 Appendix F Recommended Calibration Practices Maintenance Birds

WHAT IS THE DATA USED FOR

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Joint Frequency Distributions ARCON96 MACC2 FSAR Updates ER Dose Calculations NRC Formatted Data

QUALITY ASSURANCE

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Safety Related 10CFR50 AppendixB Paperwork Multiple Checkers

NRC FORMAT

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Regulatory Guide 1.23 Formatted Data Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC

CONCLUSIONS

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90% Data Recovery Data Consistency Spreadsheets Know What The NRC is Looking for Let’s Keep The New Plants Coming!!