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Data Report or Intake Screen Sampling at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in 2014
ML19064B214
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Issue date: 12/31/2014
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Normandeau Associates
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Exelon Generation Co, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Hayes B, NRR-DMLR 415-7442
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DATA REPORT ON INTAKE SCREEN SAMPLING AT PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION IN 2014 December 2014

DATA REPORT ON INTAKE SCREEN SAMPLING AT PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION IN 2014 Prepared for PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 Prepared by NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES, INC.

1921 River Road Drumore, Pennsylvania 17518 Normandeau Associates' Project Number 23444. 002 December 2014

2014 Data Report on Intake Screen Sampling at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau) was contracted by Exelon Corporation to conduct intake screen sampling at their Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS) during fall 2014. The study objective was two-fold: it fulfills Exelon's obligation to support the Susquehanna River's American shad restoration program as stated in the 2014 annual work plan, and it provides juvenile American shad specimens to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) for otolith analysis, which compares the overall contribution of hatchery and wild fish to the population.

2.0 METHODS Due to an extended unit shut down for maintenance and refueling, scheduled for mid-October through mid-December, intake screen sampling was scheduled to occur three days per week, (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), with a two-person crew, from 1to17 October, 2014. A total of8 sampling events was conducted at the outer screen house during this portion of the juvenile American shad outmigration period. Normandeau personnel contacted PFBC personnel throughout the study period to keep them updated on collection/sampling activities.

Peach Bottom control room personnel were contacted before and after each sampling event. The intake screens were operated on an as needed basis during the sample period, and for a minimum of 30 minutes prior to each trash bin being pulled from the collection pit and the contents available for sampling. Peach Bottom personnel hoisted the trash bins out of the screen house to facilitate sampling and ensure the safety of the work crew. All fish observed in the trash bins (both Units 2 and

3) were identified and counted (if possible). In 2014, sub-sampling of certain species, (gizzard shad),

was not necessary as large numbers of fish or heavy debris loads occurred infrequently throughout the abbreviated study period. Juvenile American shad that were suitable for analysis, (head and body intact), were counted, measured (nearest mm total length), and preserved (frozen) prior to delivery to PFBC personnel.

3.0 RESULTS A total of 8,496 fish of 17 taxa was collected; 4,699 from Unit 2 and 3, 797 from Unit 3 (Table 1).

Gizzard shad (7,634), channel catfish (395), and bluegill (371) comprised nearly 99% of the total, while all other species combined accounted for 1.1 % of the total fish collected. Other species common in the collections were white perch (16) and comely shiner (16).

No juvenile American shad were collected at PBAPS or provided to the PFBC for analysis during this sampling period (Table 2).

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SUMMARY

Intake screen sampling was conducted during the early portion of the juvenile American shad outmigration period in Conowingo Pond. No sampling occurred after October 17, 2014 due to a refueling outage at the PBAPS. At this time, it is uncertain when these juvenile shad moved downstream into Conowingo Pond. A weekly haul seine project conducted by Normandeau for the PFBC, in the vicinity of City Island (Harrisburg, PA) and Columbia, PA, from mid-July through October 2014, resulted in the collection of31 juvenile American shad (24 from City Island; 7 from Columbia). Relatively low, stable river flows occurred throughout the sampling period with no discernible freshets which would move fish downstream. The river water temperature during the 2014 study ranged from 63.5° F to 75.4° F which is relatively warm and may not have triggered the urge for juvenile American shad to begin their downstream migration. No juvenile American shad were collected or provided to the PFBC from sampling activities at the PBAPS in 2014.

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Table 1 Number of fish collected during intake screen sampling by unit at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, 1to17 October 2014.

Species Unit2 Unit3 Total Alewife (residualized) 2 5 7 Gizzard shad 4,257 3,377 7,634 Common carp 4 4 8 Comely shiner 9 7 16 Spottail shiner 4 0 4 Channel catfish 238 157 395 Flathead catfish 7 5 12 White perch 7 9 16 Rock bass 0 3 3 Green sunfish 0 3 3 Pumpkinseed 0 1 Bluegill 155 216 371 Smallmouth bass 2 2 4 Largemouth bass 1 2 3 White crappie 6 4 10 Tessellated darter 5 6 Logperch 2 3 TOTAL 4,699 3,797 8,496

Table 2 Number of juvenile American shad collected during intake screen sampling by unit at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, I to 17 October, 2014.

Date Unit 2 Unit 3 Total OJ Oct 0 0 0 03 Oct 0 0 0 060ct 0 0 0 080ct 0 0 0 IOOct 0 0 0 13 Oct 0 0 0 15 Oct 0 0 0 17 Oct 0 0 0 TOTAL 0 0 0