LR-N04-0169, March 2004 Monthly Operating Report for Hope Creek Generating Station

March 2004 Monthly Operating Report for Hope Creek Generating Station

ML041180372
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/15/2004
From:	Hutton J Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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LR-N04-0169
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PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 APR 1 5 2004 0 PSEG NuclearLlLC LR-N04-01 69 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 MONTHLY OPERATING REPORT HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 In compliance with Section 6.9, Reporting Requirements for the Hope Creek Technical Specifications, the operating statistics for March 2004 are being forwarded.

Sincerely, Ji es A. Hutton Hope Creek Plant Manager Attachments C Distribution

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DOCKET NO.: 50-354 UNIT: Hope Creek DATE: 4/7/04 COMPLETED BY: F. Todd TELEPHONE: (856) 339-1316 Reporting Period March 2004 OPERATING DATA REPORT Design Electrical Rating (MWe-Net) 1083 ________________ _ ___IIIN__

Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe-Net) 1049 _i Month Year-to-date Cumulative No. of hours reactor was critical 470 1825 130350 No. of hours generator was on line (service 465 1789 127745 hours)

Unit reserve shutdown hours 0 1 100 Net Electrical Energy (MWH) 495484 11828316 1129567588 UNIT SHUTDOWNS NO. DATE TYPE DURATION REASON METHOD OF CORRECTIVE ACTION/

F=FORCED (HOURS) (1) SHUTTING COMMENT S=SCHEDULED DOWN THE REACTOR (2) 2 3/20/04 S 279 Hrs. B 1 Repair F020 Valve Steam Leak and Control

. 3/31/04 Rod Drive Mechanisms (1) Reason (2) Method A - Equipment Failure (Explain) 1 - Manual B - Maintenance or Test 2 - Manual Trip/Scram C - Refueling 3 - Automatic Trip/Scram D - Regulatory Restriction 4 - Continuation E - Operator Training/License Examination 5 - Other (Explain)

F - Administrative G - Operational Error (Explain)

H - Other

DOCKET NO.: 50-354 UNIT: Hope Creek DATE: 417/04 COMPLETED BY: R. Ritzman TELEPHONE: (856) 339-1445 Summary Of Monthly Operating Experience

• Hope Creek entered the month at 100% reactor power.

• Hope Creek was manually shutdown on March 20 for planned corrective maintenance due to a steam leak on a main steam line drain valve.

• At the end of the month, Hope Creek remained in the planned outage.