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ANSI/ANS Meteorological ANSI/ANS Meteorological Voluntary Consensus Standards Voluntary Consensus Standards

Carl Mazzola, CCMCarl Mazzola, CCM

Senior Consultant, Shaw Environmental, Inc.Senior Consultant, Shaw Environmental, Inc.PAMS Mini-ConferencePAMS Mini-Conference

Columbia, SC; March 15, 2006Columbia, SC; March 15, 2006

March 15, 2006 2006 PAMS Mini-Conference 2

ANSI/ANS STRUCTUREANSI/ANS STRUCTURE

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ANS (SDO) Standards CommitteeANS (SDO) Standards Committee ANS Nuclear Facilities Standards Committee ANS Nuclear Facilities Standards Committee

(NFSC)(NFSC) ANS-21: Nuclear Power Plant Design Criteria & ANS-21: Nuclear Power Plant Design Criteria &

Operations Operations ANS-22:Nuclear Power System Level Design ANS-22:Nuclear Power System Level Design ANS-23:Decommissioning and Site Remediation ANS-23:Decommissioning and Site Remediation ANS-24:Analysis ANS-24:Analysis


ANS SDO STRUCTUREANS SDO STRUCTURE

ANS Nuclear Facilities Standards ANS Nuclear Facilities Standards Committee (NFSC)Committee (NFSC) ANS-25: SitingANS-25: Siting ANS-26: Emergency PlanningANS-26: Emergency Planning ANS-27:Fuel Cycle and Waste ANS-27:Fuel Cycle and Waste

Management Management ANS-28:Gas-Cooled Reactor Standards ANS-28:Gas-Cooled Reactor Standards


ANS-25 METEOROLOGICAL ANS-25 METEOROLOGICAL STANDARDSSTANDARDS

ANS-25 Meteorological StandardsANS-25 Meteorological Standards ANSI/ANS-3.11, ANSI/ANS-3.11, Determining Meteorological Determining Meteorological

Information at Nuclear FacilitiesInformation at Nuclear Facilities ANSI/ANS-2.3ANSI/ANS-2.3, , Determining Tornado and Other Determining Tornado and Other

Extreme Wind Characteristics at Nuclear Facility Extreme Wind Characteristics at Nuclear Facility SitesSites

ANSI/ANS-2.15, ANSI/ANS-2.15, Criteria for Modeling and Criteria for Modeling and Calculating Atmospheric Transport of Routine Calculating Atmospheric Transport of Routine Releases from Nuclear FacilitiesReleases from Nuclear Facilities


ANS-25 METEOROLOGICAL ANS-25 METEOROLOGICAL STANDARDSSTANDARDS

ANS-25 Meteorological Standards ANS-25 Meteorological Standards (Continued):(Continued): ANSI/ANS-2.16, ANSI/ANS-2.16, Criteria for Modeling Design-Criteria for Modeling Design-

Basis Accidental Releases from Nuclear FacilitiesBasis Accidental Releases from Nuclear Facilities ANSI/ANS-2.21, ANSI/ANS-2.21, Criteria for Assessing Criteria for Assessing

Atmospheric Effects on the Ultimate Heat SinkAtmospheric Effects on the Ultimate Heat Sink ANSI/ANS-3.8.10ANSI/ANS-3.8.10, Criteria for Modeling Real-, Criteria for Modeling Real-

Time Releases at Nuclear FacilitiesTime Releases at Nuclear Facilities


ANS-25 STANDARDS THAT ADDRESS ANS-25 STANDARDS THAT ADDRESS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINESOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINES

ANSI/ANS-2.2,ANSI/ANS-2.2,Earthquake Instrumentation Criteria for Earthquake Instrumentation Criteria for Nuclear Power PlantsNuclear Power Plants

ANSI/ANS-2.6,ANSI/ANS-2.6,Guidelines for Estimating Present and Guidelines for Estimating Present and Forecasting Future Population Distributions Surrounding Forecasting Future Population Distributions Surrounding Power Reactor SitesPower Reactor Sites

ANSI/ANS-2.8ANSI/ANS-2.8,Determining Design Basis Flooding at Power ,Determining Design Basis Flooding at Power Reactor SitesReactor Sites

ANSI/ANS-2.9ANSI/ANS-2.9, Evaluation of Ground Water Supply for , Evaluation of Ground Water Supply for Nuclear FacilitiesNuclear Facilities

ANSI/ANS-2.17, ANSI/ANS-2.17, Evaluation of Radionuclide Transport in Evaluation of Radionuclide Transport in Ground Water for Nuclear FacilitiesGround Water for Nuclear Facilities

ANSI/ANS-2.18, ANSI/ANS-2.18, Standards for Evaluating Radionuclide Standards for Evaluating Radionuclide Transport in Surface Water for Nuclear Power SitesTransport in Surface Water for Nuclear Power Sites


ANS-25 STANDARDS THAT ADDRESS ANS-25 STANDARDS THAT ADDRESS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINESOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISCIPLINES

ANSI/ANS-2.22ANSI/ANS-2.22, , Environmental Radiological Monitoring at Environmental Radiological Monitoring at Nuclear Facilities Nuclear Facilities

ANSI/ANS-2.25ANSI/ANS-2.25, Surveys of Terrestrial Ecology Needed to , Surveys of Terrestrial Ecology Needed to License Thermal Power PlantsLicense Thermal Power Plants

ANSI/ANS-2.27ANSI/ANS-2.27, Criteria for Investigations of Nuclear , Criteria for Investigations of Nuclear Facility Sites for Seismic Hazard AssessmentsFacility Sites for Seismic Hazard Assessments

ANSI/ANS-2.29ANSI/ANS-2.29, , Probabilistic Seismic Hazard AnalysisProbabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis ANSI/ANS-2.30ANSI/ANS-2.30, , Assessing Capability for Surface Faulting Assessing Capability for Surface Faulting

at Nuclear Facilitiesat Nuclear Facilities ANSI/ANS-16.1ANSI/ANS-16.1, , Measurement of the Leachability of Measurement of the Leachability of

Solidified Low-Level Radioactive Wastes by a Short-Term Solidified Low-Level Radioactive Wastes by a Short-Term Test ProcedureTest Procedure

ANSI/ANS-40.21ANSI/ANS-40.21, , Siting and Operating Commercial Burial Siting and Operating Commercial Burial GroundsGrounds


ANSI/ANS-3.11ANSI/ANS-3.11

DMCC and NUMUG joint ventureDMCC and NUMUG joint venture Initiated in June 1996Initiated in June 1996 Issued February 16, 2000 Issued February 16, 2000 ANS’ best selling standard (2000-2002)ANS’ best selling standard (2000-2002) Stan Marsh (SCE) and Carl Mazzola (Shaw Stan Marsh (SCE) and Carl Mazzola (Shaw

Environmental) co-chairsEnvironmental) co-chairs Working Group of 30 Subject Matter ExpertsWorking Group of 30 Subject Matter Experts



Faced a December 2005 sunsetFaced a December 2005 sunset Needed reaffirmation, revision or withdrawnNeeded reaffirmation, revision or withdrawn Questionnaire in 2002 showed strong support Questionnaire in 2002 showed strong support

for revision (advances in in situ and remote for revision (advances in in situ and remote sensing)sensing)

Working group approved preparation of a Working group approved preparation of a revision in February 2003revision in February 2003

Revised standard approved by ANSI in Revised standard approved by ANSI in December 2005. Available in March 2006December 2005. Available in March 2006


ANSI/ANS-3.11 MAJOR REVISIONSANSI/ANS-3.11 MAJOR REVISIONS

Added sensor accuracy and stability class Added sensor accuracy and stability class definitionsdefinitions

Made supplemental measurements Made supplemental measurements discussion more genericdiscussion more generic

Revised specifications for winds, solar and Revised specifications for winds, solar and net radiation, and barometric pressurenet radiation, and barometric pressure

New method for accuracy calculationsNew method for accuracy calculations


ANSI/ANS-3.11 MAJOR REVISIONSANSI/ANS-3.11 MAJOR REVISIONS

Required calibrations to be part of a Quality Required calibrations to be part of a Quality Assurance programAssurance program

Added calibration requirementsAdded calibration requirements Made numerous editorial and clarity revisionsMade numerous editorial and clarity revisions


METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS STANDARD DEVELOPMENTSTANDARD DEVELOPMENT

ANSI/ANS-3.11 WG meeting in January ANSI/ANS-3.11 WG meeting in January 2004: Pursue development of additional 2004: Pursue development of additional standards related to standards related to applicationapplication of of meteorological datameteorological data

Carl Mazzola and Doyle Pittman selected as Carl Mazzola and Doyle Pittman selected as co-chairs in March 2004co-chairs in March 2004

PINS for ANSI/ANS-2.15, -2.16, and -2.21 PINS for ANSI/ANS-2.15, -2.16, and -2.21 sent to NFSC in July 2004 for commentsent to NFSC in July 2004 for comment

ANSI/ANS-3.8.10 needed for real-time ANSI/ANS-3.8.10 needed for real-time transport and dispersion modelingtransport and dispersion modeling


METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS STANDARD DEVELOPMENTSTANDARD DEVELOPMENT

20-member WG assembled: September 200420-member WG assembled: September 2004 ANSI/ANS-2.15 WG kickoff meeting: ANSI/ANS-2.15 WG kickoff meeting:

November 2004November 2004 All PINS have been approved All PINS have been approved First draft of ANSI/ANS-2.15 scheduled for First draft of ANSI/ANS-2.15 scheduled for

June 2006June 2006 Other three standards will followOther three standards will follow Need more SMEs for ANSI/ANS-2.21Need more SMEs for ANSI/ANS-2.21


ANSI/ANS-2.15, -2.16, -2.21, -3.8.10 Working Group MembersANSI/ANS-2.15, -2.16, -2.21, -3.8.10 Working Group Members

Mark Abrams ABS Group

Tom Bellinger IEMA

Chris Cook PNNL

Y. J. Lin Bechtel

Jim Fairobent NNSA/NA-41

Cliff Glantz PNNL

Brad Harvey NRC

Chuck Hunter SRNL

Marsha Kinley Duke Power

Joe Laznow Consultant

Ed McCarthy PG&E

John Nasstrom LLNL NARAC

Kevin O’Kula WSMS

Darryl Randerson NOAA ARL/SORD

Ali Simpkins SRNL

Steve Vigeant Shaw Environmental

Ping Wan Bechtel

Ken Wastrack TVA



Criteria for Modeling and Calculating Atmospheric Transport of Criteria for Modeling and Calculating Atmospheric Transport of Routine Releases from Nuclear FacilitiesRoutine Releases from Nuclear Facilities

To establish criteria for use of meteorological data collected at To establish criteria for use of meteorological data collected at nuclear facilities to evaluate the atmospheric effects on routine nuclear facilities to evaluate the atmospheric effects on routine radioactive releases, inclusive of dilution, dispersion, plume rise, radioactive releases, inclusive of dilution, dispersion, plume rise, plume meander, aerodynamic effects of buildings, dry plume meander, aerodynamic effects of buildings, dry deposition, and wet deposition (e.g., precipitation scavenging).deposition, and wet deposition (e.g., precipitation scavenging).

ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), R. G. 1.111, ANSI/ANS 5.10, ANSI/ANS ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), R. G. 1.111, ANSI/ANS 5.10, ANSI/ANS 18.1 18.1


ANSI/ANS-2.16 and ANSI/ANS-3.8.10ANSI/ANS-2.16 and ANSI/ANS-3.8.10

Criteria for Modeling Design-Basis Accidental Releases from Criteria for Modeling Design-Basis Accidental Releases from Nuclear FacilitiesNuclear Facilities

To establish criteria for use of meteorological data collected at To establish criteria for use of meteorological data collected at nuclear facilities to evaluate the atmospheric effects on nuclear facilities to evaluate the atmospheric effects on accidental radioactive and hazardous chemical releases, accidental radioactive and hazardous chemical releases, inclusive of dilution, dispersion, plume rise, plume meander, inclusive of dilution, dispersion, plume rise, plume meander, aerodynamic effects of buildings, dry deposition, and wet aerodynamic effects of buildings, dry deposition, and wet

deposition (e.g., precipitation scavenging)deposition (e.g., precipitation scavenging) ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), ANSI/ANS-3.8.6-1995, ANSI/ANS 5.4, ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), ANSI/ANS-3.8.6-1995, ANSI/ANS 5.4,

ANSI/ANS 5.10, ANSI/ANS 58.8, RG 1.78, RG 1.145, and RG ANSI/ANS 5.10, ANSI/ANS 58.8, RG 1.78, RG 1.145, and RG 1.1941.194

WG decided to separate design basis and emergency WG decided to separate design basis and emergency applications into two standardsapplications into two standards



Criteria for Assessing Atmospheric Effects on the Ultimate Heat Criteria for Assessing Atmospheric Effects on the Ultimate Heat SinkSink

To establish criteria for use of meteorological data collected at To establish criteria for use of meteorological data collected at nuclear facilities to evaluate the atmospheric effects on ultimate nuclear facilities to evaluate the atmospheric effects on ultimate heat sink performance.heat sink performance.

ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), R.G. 1.27ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), R.G. 1.27



Standard for Estimating Tornado, Hurricane and Extreme Standard for Estimating Tornado, Hurricane and Extreme Straight Wind Characteristics at Nuclear Facility SitesStraight Wind Characteristics at Nuclear Facility Sites

To establish criteria for use of meteorological data to evaluate To establish criteria for use of meteorological data to evaluate the effects of extreme winds on nuclear facility design.the effects of extreme winds on nuclear facility design.

ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), R.G. 1.76ANSI/ANS-3.11 (2000), R.G. 1.76


ANSI/ANS-2.3 Working Group MembersANSI/ANS-2.3 Working Group Members

John Stevenson (Chairman) J. Stevenson and Associates

Carl Mazzola Shaw Environmental

Brad Harvey NRC

Jeff Kimball NNSA

Emil Simiu NIST

Mo Amin Sargent & Lundy

Antonio Godoy IAEA

Quazi Hossein LLNL

Jim McDonald Consultant

Art Buslick NRC



Reconcile different methodologies of DOE Reconcile different methodologies of DOE and NRC using PNNL and NRC technical and NRC using PNNL and NRC technical reportsreports

Address straight line winds as well as Address straight line winds as well as tornadoestornadoes

Include new information as a result of Include new information as a result of Category V Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Category V Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and WilmaWilma

Draft for consensus review by Fall 2006Draft for consensus review by Fall 2006


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