ML031070451

March 2003 Monthly Operating Report for Peach Bottom, Units 2 & 3

ML031070451
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Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	04/11/2003
From:	Stathes G Exelon Nuclear
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Exe l o n M Exelon Nuclear Telephone 717.456.7014 NuElear Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station www.exeloncorp.com 1848 Lay Road Delta, PA 17314-9032 April 11, 2003 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 March 2003 forwarded pursuant to Technical Specification 5.6.4 under the guidance of Regulatory Guide 10.1, Revision 4.

Sincerely, Garey L. Stathes Director, Site Engineering Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station GLS/PRR/CSL:cmg q*. C-9L Enclosures cc:

H. J. Miller, Administrator, Region L USNRC A.C. McMurtray, USNRC, Senior Resident Inspector, PBAPS ccn 03-14033

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 2 March 1 through March 31, 2003 Narrative Summary of Operating Experiences Unit 2 began the month of March at 100% power.

At 0644, on March 3r, Unit 2 decreased power to 99.7%, due to problems with the 3D Monicore and PMS computers. Following resets of these computers, the Unit returned to 100% power by 1818 on March 3d.

At 2300 on March 21',, Unit 2 reduced power to 92.7% for planned main turbine stop valve testing.

The Unit returned to 100% power by 0616 on March 22nd.

Unit 2 ended the month of March at 100% power.

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Unit 3 March 1 through March 31, 2003 Narrative Summary of Operating Experiences Unit 3 began the month of March at 100% power.

At 2350 on March 29 h,Unit 3 reduced power to 85%, for a planned rod pattern adjustment. The Unit returned to 100% power by 0250 on March 30th.

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

Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for March 2003 Page 1 UNIT 2 REFUELING INFORMATION

1. Name of facility:

Peach Bottom Unit 2

2. Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown:

Reload 15 is scheduled for September 22, 2004.

3. Scheduled date for restart following refueling:

Restart following refueling forecast for October 7, 2004.

4. Will refueling or resumption of operation there after require a technical specification change or other license amendment?

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

a. Potential Cycle 16 Safety Limit MCPR Change.

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

Nothing to report for this period.

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:

Nothing to report this period.

Docket No. 50-277 Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for March 2003 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 - 2908 Fuel Assemblies, 58 Fuel Rods (c) Interim Spent Fuel Storage Installation - 680 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:

Based on projected dry cask storage schedules and reload batch sizes, a full core discharge will remain available throughout plant life.

Docket No. 50-278 Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for March 2003 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 21, 2003.

3. Scheduled date for restart following refueling Restart following refueling forecast for October 9, 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 288 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 March 2003 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:

Based on projected dry cask storage schedules and reload batch sizes, a full core discharge will remain available throughout plant life.

OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO. 50 - 277 DATE APRIL 1, 2003 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION TELEPHONE (717) 456-3245 OPERATING STATUS

1. UNIT NAME: PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 2

2. REPORTING PERIOD: MARCH,2003

3. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWE): 1143

4. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWE): 1182

5. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWE): 1116 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

6. NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL 744.0 2,160.0 183,425.5

7. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

8. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE 744.0 2,160.0 179,039.9

9. UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

10. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 854,160 2,417,523 176,303,289

OPERATING DATA REPORT (CONTINUED)

DOCKET NO. 50 - 277 DATE APRIL 1, 2003 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

11. UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 100.0 % 100.0 % 71.1 %

12. UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 100.0 % 100.0 % 71.1 %

13. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET) 102.9 % 100.3 % 64.9 %

14. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 100.4 % 97.9 % 63.8 %

15. UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE .0% .0% 9.6 %

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 ACHIEVED INITIAL CRITICALITY 09/16/73 INITIAL ELECTRICITY 02/18/74 COMMERCIAL OPERATION 07/05/74 PAGE 2 OF 2

UNIT SHUTDOWNS DOCKET NO. 50 - 277 UNIT NAME PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 2 DATE APRIL 1, 2003 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION REPORT MONTH MARCH, 2003 TELEPHONE (717) 458-3245 METHOD OF CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE TYPE DURATION REASON SHUTTING DOWN ACTION TO NO. DATE (1) (HOURS) (2) REACTOR (3) PREVENT RECURRENCE TOTAL HOURS (1) (2) (3)

F-FORCED REASON METHOD S - SCHEDULED A - EQUIPMENT FAILURE (EXPLAIN) 1 - MANUAL B - MAINTENANCE OR TEST 2- MANUAL SCRAM C - REFUELING 3 - AUTOMATIC SCRAM D - REGULATORY RESTRICTION 4 - OTHER (EXPLAIN)

E - OPERATOR TRAINING + LICENSE EXAMINATION F - ADMINISTRATIVE G - OPERATIONAL ERROR (EXPLAIN)

H - OTHER (EXPLAIN)

OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO. 50 - 278 DATE APRIL 1. 2003 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION TELEPHONE (717) 456-3245 OPERATING STATUS

1. UNIT NAME: PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 3

2. REPORTING PERIOD: MARCH, 2003

3. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWE): 1119

4. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWE): 1159

5. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWE): 1093 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

6. NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL 744.0 2,160.0 182,299.5

7. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

8. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE 744.0 2,160.0 178,393.8

9. UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

10. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 831,865 2,414,084 174,530,050

OPERATING DATA REPORT (CONTINUED)

DOCKET NO. 50 - 278 DATE APRIL 1, 2003 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

11. UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 100.0 % 100.0 % 72.0 %

12. UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 100.0 % 100.0 % 72.0 %

13. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET) 102.3 % 102.3 % 66.7%

14. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 99.9 % 99.9 % 64.9 %

15. UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE .0 % .0% 8.2%

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): FORECASTr ACHIEVED INITIAL CRITICALITY 08/07/74 INITIAL ELECTRICITY 09/01/74 COMMERCIAL OPERATION 12/23/74 PAGE 2 OF 2

UNIT SHUTDOWNS DOCKET NO. 50 - 278 UNIT NAME PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 3 DATE APRIL 1, 2003 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION REPORT MONTH MARCH, 2003 TELEPHONE (717) 458-3245 METHOD OF CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE TYPE DURATION REASON SHUTTING DOWN ACTION TO NO. DATE (1) (HOURS) (2) REACTOR (3) PREVENT RECURRENCE TOTAL HOURS (1) (2) (3)

F-FORCED REASON METHOD S - SCHEDULED A - EQUIPMENT FAILURE (EXPLAIN) I - MANUAL B - MAINTENANCE OR TEST 2- MANUAL SCRAM C - REFUELING 3 - AUTOMATIC SCRAM D - REGULATORY RESTRICTION 4 - OTHER (EXPLAIN)

E - OPERATOR TRAINING + LICENSE EXAMINATION F - ADMINISTRATIVE G - OPERATIONAL ERROR (EXPLAIN)

H - OTHER (EXPLAIN)