ML040230269

December 2003 Monthly Operating Report for Peach Bottom, Units 2 and 3

ML040230269
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Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	01/07/2004
From:	Stathes G Exelon Nuclear
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Exelon Nuclear Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Telephone 717.456.7014 www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear 1848 Lay Road Delta, PA 17314-9032 January 7, 2004 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 December 2003 forwarded pursuant to Technical Specification 5.6.4 under the guidance of Regulatory Guide 10.1, Revision 4.

Sincerely, Director, Site Engineering Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station GLS/PRR/CSL:cmg V; CsL-Enclosures cc:

H. J. Miller, Administrator, Region I, USNRC C. Smith, USNRC, Senior Resident Inspector, PBAPS ccn 04-14001

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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station

- Unit 2 December 1 through December 31, 2003 Narrative Summary of Operating Experiences Unit 2 began the month of December at 100% of maximum allowable power (3496 MWth).

At 0115 on December 7th, Unit 2 reduced power to 93%, for planned turbine control valve testing.

The Unit returned to maximum allowable CTP (3496 MWth) by 0500 on December 7th.

At 2314 on December 12th Unit 2 reduced power to 22%, in order to repair a steam leak in a turbine feedwater heater extraction steam line. During this evolution, a rod sequence exchange was also completed. The Unit returned to maximum allowable CTP (3496 MWth) by 0900 on December 16th At 2300 on December 16 th, Unit 2 reduced power to 42% for the first of two follow-up rod pattern adjustments after the December 12th load reduction. The Unit returned to .100% power by 1900 on December 1 8 th.

At 2356 on December 19t, Unit 2 reduced power to 80% for the second of two follow-up rod pattern adjustments after the December 12 th load reduction. The Unit returned to 100% power by 1405 on December 2 0 th.

Unit 2 ended the month of December at 100% of maximum allowable power (3496 MWth).

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

Unit 3 remained at 100% power (3514 MWth) for the entire month of December.

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

Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for December 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 14, 2004.

3. Scheduled date for restart following refueling:

Restart following refueling forecast for September 30, 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 informnation:

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 December 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 December 2003 Page 1 UNIT 3 REFUELING INFORMATION

1. Name of facility:

Peach Bottom Unit 3

2. Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown:

Reload 15 is scheduled for September 20, 2005.

3. Scheduled date for restart following refueling Restart following refueling forecast for October 9, 2005.

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 16 Safety Limit MCPR Change.

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

Nothing to report 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.

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 - 2941 Fuel Assemblies, 6 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.

Attachment to Monthly Operating Report for December 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 JANUARY 7, 2004 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: DECEMBER; 2003

3. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWE): 1138

4. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWE):- 1182

5. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWE): 1112 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

6. NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL 744.0 8,500.9 189,766.3

7. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

8. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE 744.0 8,431.2 185,311.0

9. UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

10. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 794,313 9,265,772 183,151,538

OPERATING DATA REPORT (CONTINUED)

DOCKET NO. 50 - 277 DATE JANUARY 7, 2004 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

11. UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 100.0 % 96.2 % 71.7 %

12. UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 100.0 % 96.2 % 71.7 %

13. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET) 96.0 % 95.1 % 65.8 %

14. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 93.8 % 92.9 % 64.6 %

15. UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE .0 % 3.8 % 9.4 %

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 09116/73 INITIAL ELECTRICITY 02/18/74 COMMERCIAL OPERATION 07/05/74 PAGE 2 OF 2

OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO. 50 - 278 DATE JANUARY 7, 2004 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: DECEMBER. 2003

3. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWE): 1138

4. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWE): 1182

5. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWE): 1112 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

6. NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL 744.0 8,131.0 188,270.5

7. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

8. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE 744.0 8,089.9 184,323.6

9. UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 0.0 0.0 0.0

10. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 854,497 8,937,811 181,053,776

OPERATING DATA REPORT (CONTINUED)

DOCKET NO. 50 - 278 DATE JANUARY 7,2004 THIS MONTH YR-TO-DATE CUMULATIVE

11. UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 100.0 % 92.4 % 72.4 %

12. UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 100.0 % 92.4 % 72.4 %

13. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET) 103.3 % 91.8 % 66.8 %

14. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 100.9 % 89.7 % 65.1 %

15. UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE .0 % 4.5 % 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): FORECAST ACHIEVED INITIAL CRITICALITY 08/07174 INITIAL ELECTRICITY 09101/74 COMMERCIAL OPERATION 12123/74 PAGE 2 OF 2

UNIT SHUTDOWNS DOCKET NO. 50 - 277 UNIT NAME PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 2 DATE JANUARY 7, 2004 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION REPORT MONTH DECEMBER, 2003 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) (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)

UNIT SHUTDOWNS DOCKET NO. 50-278 UNIT NAME PEACH BOTTOM UNIT 3 DATE JANUARY 7, 2004 COMPLETED BY EXELON C. S. LEWIS PLANT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION REPORT MONTH DECEMBER, 2003 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) (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)