ML021500229

April 2002 Monthly Operating Report for Braidwood Station Units 1 and 2

ML021500229
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	05/13/2002
From:	Schwartz G Exelon Nuclear
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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BW020043
Download: ML021500229 (4)

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Exelon Generation Company, LLC www.exeloncorp.com Exekn,. Nuclear Braidwood Station 35100 South Rt 53, Suite 84 Braceville, IL 60407-9619 Tel. 815-417-2000 May 13, 2002 BW020043 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 Braidwood Station, Units I and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 NRC Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457

Subject:

Monthly Operating Report In accordance with Technical Specification 5.6.4, "Monthly Operating Reports," we are submitting the Monthly Operating Report for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2. This report covers the period of April 1, 2002 through April 30, 2002.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Ms. Amy Ferko, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 417-2699.

Respectfully, "G.K. Schwartz Plant Manager Braidwood Station Attachment cc: Regional Administrator - NRC Region III NRC Senior Resident Inspector - Braidwood Station

ATTACHMENT BRAIDWOOD STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 MONTHLY OPERATING REPORT EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. NPF-72 AND NPF-77 NRC DOCKET NOS. STN 50-456 AND STN 50-457

Docket No: 50-456 Unit: Braidwood 1 Date: 05/08/2002 Completed by: Don Hildebrant Telephone: (815)417-2173 Braidwood Unit 1 REPORTING PERIOD: April 2002 A. OPERATING DATA REPORT Design Electrical Rating (MWe Net) 1187 Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe Net) 1168 Month Year To Date Cumulative Hours Reactor Critical (Hours) 719.0 2,879.0 100,623.5 Hours Generator on Line (Hours) 719.0 2,879.0 99,661.8 Unit Reserve Shutdown Hours (Hours) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Net Electrical Energy (Mwh) 878,320 3,513,210 105,998,390 B. UNIT SHUTDOWNS TYPE REASON METHOD F - Forced A - Equipment Failure (explain) I - Manual S - Scheduled B - Maintenance or Test 2 - Manual Trip ! Scram C - Refueling 3 - Automatic Trip / Scram D - Regulatory Restriction 4 - Continuation E - Operator Training I Licensee Examination 5 - Other (explain)

F - Administrative G - Operator Error (explain)

H - Other (explain)

No. Date Type Duration Reason Method Cause and Corrective Actions and Hours Comments None

SUMMARY

Unit performed normally at full load for the entire month.

C. SAFETY / RELIEF VALVE OPERATIONS Date Valves Actuated No. & Type Actuation I Plant Condition Description of Event NoneII Data From: Production Data Bank and Operator Logs

Docket No: 50-457 Unit: Braidwood 2 Date: 05/08/2002 Completed by: Don Hildebrant Telephone: (815)417-2173 Braidwood Unit 2 REPORTING PERIOD: April 2002 A. OPERATING DATA REPORT Design Electrical Rating (MWe Net) 1155 Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe Net) 1122 Month Year To Date Cumulative Hours Reactor Critical (Hours) 455.0 2,615.0 104,473.4 Hours Generator on Line (Hours) 455.0 2,615.0 103,962.7 Unit Reserve Shutdown Hours (Hours) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Net Electrical Energy (Mwh) 520,225 3,048,610 110,805,761 B. UNIT SHUTDOWNS TYPE REASON METHOD F - Forced A - Equipment Failure (explain) 1 - Manual S - Scheduled B - Maintenance or Test 2 - Manual Trip / Scram C - Refueling 3 - Automatic Trip I Scram D - Regulatory Restriction 4 - Continuation E - Operator Training / Licensee Examination 5 - Other (explain)

F - Administrative G - Operator Error (explain)

H - Other (explain)

No. Date Type Duration Reason Method Cause and Corrective Actions and Hours Comments 1 04/20/2002 S 264 C 1 Scheduled Refuling Outage A2R09

SUMMARY

Unit performed normally at full load until 04/20/2002. On 04/20/2002, the Unit was removed from service for the scheduled A2R09 refueling outage.

C. SAFETY I RELIEF VALVE OPERATIONS Date j Valves Actuated No. & Type Actuation Plant Condition Description of Event None I Data From: Production Data Bank and Operator Logs