ML032900941

September 2003 Monthly Operating Report for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

ML032900941
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	10/09/2003
From:	Salas P Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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October 9, 2003 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Gentlemen:

In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-327 Tennessee Valley Authority ) 50-328 SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT - SEPTEMBER MONTHLY OPERATING REPORT The enclosure provides the September Monthly Operating Report as required by Sequoyah Technical Specification Section 6.9.1.10.

This letter is being sent in accordance with NRC RIS 2001-05.

If you have any questions concerning this matter, please call me at (423) 843-7170 or J. D. Smith at (423) 843-6672.

Sincerely, Original signed by:

Pedro Salas Licensing and Industry Affairs Manager Enclosure cc (Enclosure):

Mr. Michael L. Marshall, Jr., Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS O-8G9A One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2739

ENCLOSURE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN)

MONTHLY OPERATING REPORT SEPTEMBER 2003 UNIT 1 DOCKET NUMBER 50-327 LICENSE NUMBER DPR-77 UNIT 2 DOCKET NUMBER 50-328 LICENSE NUMBER DPR-79

OPERATING DATA REPORT Docket No. 50-327 Unit Name SQN Unit 1 Date October 2, 2003 Completed By Renee McKaig Telephone (423) 843-8963 Reporting Period September 2003

1. Design Electrical Rating (Net MWe): 1160

2. Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe-Net) 1125 Month Yr-to-Date Cumulative

3. Number of Hours Reactor was Critical 720.0 4,313.7 129,779.5

4. Hours Generator On-Line 703.2 4,235.1 127,775.7

5. Unit Reserve Shutdown Hours 0.0 0.0 0.0

6. Net Electrical Energy Generated (MWh) 799,174 4,762,223 139,046,313 Docket No. 50-328 Unit Name SQN Unit 2 Date October 2, 2003 Completed By Renee McKaig Telephone (423) 843-8963 Reporting Period September 2003

1. Design Electrical Rating (Net MWe): 1160

2. Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe-Net): 1126 Month Yr-to-Date Cumulative

3. Number of Hours Reactor was Critical 720.0 6,121.6 135,347.1

4. Hours Generator On-Line 720.0 6,071.5 133,169.1

5. Unit Reserve Shutdown Hours 0.0 0.0 0.0

6. Net Electrical Energy Generated (MWh) 803,782 6,797,843 142,521,945 E-1

UNIT SHUTDOWNS DOCKET NO: 50-327 UNIT NAME: SQN-1 DATE: October 2, 2003 COMPLETED BY: Renee McKaig TELEPHONE: (423) 843-8963 REPORT PERIOD: SEPTEMBER 2003 No. Date Type Duration Reason1 Method of Cause and Corrective Action to Prevent Recurrence F:Forced (Hours) Shutting S:Scheduled Down Reactor2 3 030901 F 16.8 H 2 Unit 1 remained offline at the beginning of September. Unit 1 had been manually tripped on August 28, 2003. Unit 1 was tied online at 1651 EDT on September 1, 2003.

Summary:Unit 1 gross maximum dependable capacity factor was 98.3 percent for the month of September.

1 2 Reason: Method A-Equipment Failure (Explain) 1-Manual B-Maintenance or Test 2-Manual Trip/Scram C-Refueling 3-Automatic Trip/Scram D-Regulatory Restriction 4-ContinuationOutage E-Operator Training / License Examination 5-Other (Explain)

F-Administrative G-Operational Error (Explain)

H- Other (Explain)

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UNIT SHUTDOWNS DOCKET NO: 50-328 UNIT NAME: SQN-2 DATE: October 2, 2003 COMPLETED BY: Renee McKaig TELEPHONE: (423) 843-8963 REPORT PERIOD: SEPTEMBER 2003 No. Date Type Duration Reason1 Method of Cause and Corrective Action to Prevent Recurrence F:Forced (Hours) Shutting S:Scheduled Down Reactor2 Summary:Unit 2 gross maximum dependable capacity factor was 98.8 percent for the month of September.

1 2 Reason: Method A-Equipment Failure (Explain) 1-Manual B-Maintenance or Test 2-Manual Trip/Scram C-Refueling 3-Automatic Trip/Scram D-Regulatory Restriction 4-ContinuationOutage E-Operator Training / License Examination 5-Other (Explain)

F-Administrative G-Operational Error (Explain)

H- Other (Explain)

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