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April 2002 Monthly Operating Report for Peach Bottom, Units 2 & 3
	ML021420386
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	05/01/2002
From:	Davison P; Exelon Nuclear
To:	; Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
	RG-10.001, Rev. 4
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Exekn.m Exelon Nuclear Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station 1848 Lay Road Delta, PA 17314-9032 Telephone 717.456.7014 www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear May 1, 2002 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 Gentlemen:

Enclosed is the monthly operating report for Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 for the month of April 2002 forwarded pursuant to Technical Specification 5.6.4 under the guidance of Regulatory Guide 10.1, Revision 4.

Sincerely, Paul J. Davison Director, Site Engineering Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station PJD/PRR/CSL:cmg Enclosures cc:

H. J. Miller, Administrator, Region I, USNRC A.C. McMurtray, USNRC, Senior Resident Inspector, PBAPS ccn 02-14041 sc 7-T

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 2 April 1 through April 30, 2002 Narrative Summary of Operating Experiences Unit 2 began the month of April at 100% power.

At 0540 on April 2 8th, Unit 2 reduced power to 85% for 2A recirc MG set tuning, turbine control valve testing and a rod pattern adjustment. The Unit returned to 100% power by 0000 on April 2 9th Unit 2 ended the month of April at 100% power.

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 3 April 1 through April 30, 2002 Narrative Summary of Operating Experiences Unit 3 began the month of April at 100% power.

At 0252 on April 1St, Unit 3 reduced power to 90% for a rod pattern adjustment. The Unit returned to 100% power by 0353 on April 1st.

Unit 3 ended the month of April at 100% power.

Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for April 2002 Page 1 UNIT 2 REFUELING INFORMATION

1.

Name of facility:

Peach Bottom Unit 2

2.

Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown:

Reload 14 is scheduled for September 10, 2002.

3.

Scheduled date for restart following refueling:

Restart following refueling forecast for September 30, 2002.

4.

Will refueling or resumption of operation therefore require a technical specification change or other license amendment?

Yes If answer is yes, what, in general, will these be?

a. Potential Cycle 15 Safety Limit MCPR Change.

5.

Scheduled date(s) for submitting proposed licensing action and supporting information:

a. Submittal anticipated July, 2002.

6.

Important licensing considerations associated with refueling, e.g., new or different fuel design or supplier, unreviewed design or performance analysis methods, significant changes in fuel design, new operating procedures:

a. The 2R14 reload will consist of approximately 284 GE-14 bundles. This will be the second reload of GE-14 fuel.

Docket No. 50-277 Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for April 2002 Page 2 UNIT 2 REFUELING INFORMATION (Continued)

7.

The number of fuel assemblies (a) in the core, (b) in the spent fuel storage pool and (c) dry storage.

(a) Core - 764 Fuel Assemblies (b) Fuel Pool - 3032 Fuel Assemblies, 58 Fuel Rods (c) Interim Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 272 fuel assemblies

8.

The present licensed spent fuel pool storage capacity and the size of any increase in licensed storage capacity that has been requested or is planned, in number of fuel assemblies:

The spent fuel pool storage capacity has been relicensed for 3819 fuel assemblies.

9.

The projected date of the last refueling that can be discharged to the spent fuel pool assuming the present capacity:

A full core discharge surplus of 23 licensed rack locations will remain available until the summer 2002 dry cask storage campaign. Based on projected dry cask storage schedules and reload batch sizes, a surplus of not less than 87 licensed rack locations will be available from that time, through end of plant life.

Docket No. 50-278 Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for April 2002 Page 1 UNIT 3 REFUELING INFORMATION

1.

Name of facility:

Peach Bottom Unit 3

2.

Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown:

Reload 14 is scheduled for September 22, 2003.

3.

Scheduled date for restart following refueling Restart following refueling forecast for October 7, 2003.

4.

Will refueling or resumption of operation thereafter require a technical specification change or other license amendment?

Yes If answer is yes, what, in general, will these be?

a.) Potential Cycle 15 Safety Limit MCPR Change.

5.

Scheduled date(s) for submitting proposed licensing action and supporting information.

a.) Submittal anticipated July 2003.

6.

Important licensing considerations associated with refueling, e.g., new or different fuel design or supplier, unreviewed design or performance analysis methods, significant changes in fuel design, new operating procedures:

(a) The 3R14 reload will consist of approximately 284 GE-14 bundles. This will be the second reload of GE-14 fuel.

7.

The number of fuel assemblies (a) in the core, (b) in the spent fuel storage pool and (c) dry storage.

(a) Core - 764 Fuel Assemblies (b) Fuel Pool - 2997 Fuel Assemblies, 6 Fuel Rods (c) Interim Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 340 fuel assemblies

8.

The present licensed spent fuel pool storage capacity and the size of any increase in licensed storage capacity that has been requested or is planned, in number of fuel assemblies:

The spent fuel pool storage capacity has been relicensed for 3819 fuel assemblies.

Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for April 2002 Page 2 UNIT 3 REFUELING INFORMATION (Continued)

9.

The projected date of the last refueling that can be discharged to the spent fuel pool assuming the present capacity:

A full core discharge surplus of 38 accessible licensed rack locations is available.

Based on projected dry cask storage schedules and reload batch sizes, a surplus of not less than 74 licensed rack locations will be available starting with 3R14 (2003), running through the end of plant life.

OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO.

50-277 DATE MAY 1, 2002 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION TELEPHONE (717) 456-3245 OPERATING STATUS

1. UNIT NAME:

2. REPORTING PERIOD:

3. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWE):

4. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWE):

5. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWE):

THIS MONTH 719.0

6. NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL

7. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS

8. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE

9. UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS

10. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 0.0 719.0 0.0 802,450 YR-TO-DATE 2,879.0 0.0 2,879.0 0.0 3,219,380 PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 2 APRIL,_2002 1119 1159 1093 CUMULATIVE 175,962.6 0.0 171,609.8 0.0 168,266,214

OPERATING DATA REPORT (CONTINUED)

THIS MONTH

11. UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 100.0%

12. UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 100.0%

13. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET) 102.1 %

14. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 99.7%

15. UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE

.0%

16. SHUTDOWNS SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS (TYPE, DATE AND DURATION OF EACH):

(717) 456-4248

17. IF SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF REPORT PERIOD, ESTIMATED DATE OF STARTUP:

(717) 456-4248

18. UNITS IN TEST STATUS (PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS):

FORECAST INITIAL CRITICALITY INITIAL ELECTRICITY COMMERCIAL OPERATION YR-TO-DATE 100.0%

100.0 %

102.3%

99.9 %

.0%

CUMULATIVE 70.4%

70.4%

64.6 %

63.5 %

9.9 %

ACHIEVED 09/16/73 02/18/74 07/05/74 PAGE 2 OF 2 DOCKET NO.

DATE 50 - 277 MAY 1, 2002

UNIT SHUTDOWNS REPORT MONTH DOCKET NO. 50-277 UNIT NAME PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 2 DATE MAY 1, 2002 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION APRIL, 2002 TELEPHONE (717) 456-3245 METHOD OF CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE TYPE DURATION REASON SHUTTING DOWN ACTION TO NO.

DATE (1)

(HOURS)

(2)

REACTOR (3)

PREVENT RECURRENCE TOTAL HOURS (1)

F - FORCED S - SCHEDULED (2)

(3)

REASON A - EQUIPMENT FAILURE (EXPLAIN)

B - MAINTENANCE OR TEST C - REFUELING D - REGULATORY RESTRICTION E - OPERATOR TRAINING + LICENSE EXAMINATION F - ADMINISTRATIVE G - OPERATIONAL ERROR (EXPLAIN)

H - OTHER (EXPLAIN)

METHOD 1 -MANUAL 2-MANUAL SCRAM 3 - AUTOMATIC SCRAM 4 - OTHER (EXPLAIN)

OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO.

50-278 DATE MAY 1, 2002 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION TELEPHONE (717) 456-3245 OPERATING STATUS

1. UNIT NAME:

2. REPORTING PERIOD:

3. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWE):

4. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWE):

5. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWE):

THIS MONTH 719.0 0.0

6. NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL

7. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS

8. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE

9. UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS

10. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 719.0 0.0 806,235 YR-TO-DATE 2,879.0 0.0 2,859.4 0.0 3,133,920 PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 3 APRIL, 2002 1119 1159 1093 CUMULATIVE 174,258.5 0.0 170,352.8 0.0 165,602,503

OPERATING DATA REPORT (CONTINUED)

THIS MONTH UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 100.0 %

UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 100.0%

UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET) 102.6 %

UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 100.2%

UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE

.0 %

SHUTDOWNS SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS (TYPE, DATE AND DURATION OF EACH):

(717) 456-4248 IF SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF REPORT PERIOD, ESTIMATED DATE OF STARTUP:

(717) 456-4248 UNITS IN TEST STATUS (PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS):

FORECAST INITIAL CRITICALITY INITIAL ELECTRICITY COMMERCIAL OPERATION YR-TO-DATE 99.3 %

99.3 %

99.6 %

97.3 %

.7%

CUMULATIVE 71.0%

71.0%

65.5 %

63.8 %

8.6 %

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DATE 50 - 278 MAY 1, 2002 ACHIEVED 08/07/74 09/01/74 12/23/74

UNIT SHUTDOWNS REPORT MONTH DOCKET NO. 50-278 UNIT NAME PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 3 DATE MAY 1, 2002 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION TELEPHONE (717) 456-3245 APRIL, 2002 METHOD OF CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE TYPE DURATION REASON SHUTTING DOWN ACTION TO NO.