ML043280406

October 2004 Monthly Operating Report for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2

ML043280406
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Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	11/12/2004
From:	Polson K Exelon Generation Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear Braidwood Station 35100 South Rt 53. Suite 84 Braceville, IL 60407-9619 Tel. 815-417-2000 November 12, 2004 BWO401 00 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 Braidwood Station, Units 1 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 October 1,2004 through October 31, 2004.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Mr. Dale Ambler, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (815) 417-2800.

Respectfully, Keith J.Polson Plant Manager Braidwood Station Attachment DH/law cc: Regional Administrator- NRC Region IlIl 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: 11/02/2004 Completed by. Don Hildebrant Telephone: (815)417-2173 Braidwood Unit I Reporting Period: October 2004 A. OPERATING DATA REPORT Desi n Electrical Rating (MWe Net) 1187 lMaximum Dependable Capacit (MWe Net) 161 l I Month I Year To Date I Cumulative I Hours Reactor Critical (Hours) 286.1 6,861.1 121,728.7 Hours Generator on Line (Hours) 271.0 6,846.0 120,740.8 Unit Reserve Shutdown (Hours) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Net Electrical Energy (MWh) 247,244 8,050,560 131,242,747 B. UNIT SHUTDOWNS TYPE REASON METHOD F - Forced A- Equipment Failure (explain) 1 - Manual S - Scheduled B - Maintenance or Test 2 - Manual Trip I Scram C - Refueling 3 - Automatic Trip / 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 I 10/04/2004 S 474 C 1 Scheduled refueling outage

SUMMARY

Unit operated normally In coastdown until 10/04/2004 when It was removed from service for a scheduled refueling outage (Al R1 1). On 10/24/2004 the Unit was returned to service. During power ascension, incore instrumentation problems caused a delay of approximately 33 hours3.819444e-4 days <br />0.00917 hours <br />5.456349e-5 weeks <br />1.25565e-5 months <br /> (IR#266631). The Unit reached full power on 10/28/2004 22:00 and operated normally for the remainder of the month.

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

Docket No: 50-457 Unit: Braidwood 2 Date: 11/02/2004 Completed by. Don Hildebrant Telephone: (815)417-2173 Braidwood Unit 2 Reporting Period: October 2004 A. OPERATING DATA REPORT lDesi n Electrical Rating (MWe Net) I 1155 l iMaximumDependableCapacity(MWe Net) l 1129 I Month I Year To Date I Cumulative I Hours Reactor Critical (Hours) 745.0 7,320.0 125,753.3 Hours Generator on Line (Hours) 745.0 7,320.0 125,104.9 Unit Reserve Shutdown (Hours) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Net Electrical Energy (MWh) 873.692 8,530,172 135,668,972 S. 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 / 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 None

SUMMARY

Unit operated normally at full power for the entire month.

C. SAFETY / RELIEF VALVE OPERATIONS Date Valves Actuated No. 8 Type Plant Condition Description of Event nActuation NoneIII Data From: Production Data Bank and Operator Logs