ML040540859

January 2004 Monthly Operating Report for Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2

ML040540859
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	02/06/2004
From:	Pearce L FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
GL-97-002, L-04-014
Download: ML040540859 (3)

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FENOC Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077 L-04-014 February 6, 2004 Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1 - Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 Unit 2 - Docket No. 50-412, License No. NPF-73

--- Monthlv Operating Report----

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

In accordance with NRC Generic Letter 97-02, "Revised Contents of the Monthly Operating Report", and Unit 1 and 2 Technical Specification 6.9.4, the "Monthly Operating Report" is-submitted for Unit 1 and Unit 2 for the month of January, 2004. This information has also been inputted into the INPO Consolidated Data Entry (CDE) System.

No, regulatory commitments are contained in this submittal.

Respectfully L.W. Pearce -

Vice-President BVPS DTJ/cmg Enclosures cc:

NRC Regional Office King of Prussia, PA

OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO.

50 UNIT NAME WC

'DATE Fe COMPLETED BY Da TELEPHONE (7,

REPORTING PERIOD:

-334

?aver Valley 1 bruary 02, 2004 avid T. Jones

'4) 682-4962 January 2004

1. Design Electrical Rating

2.

Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe-Net) 835.00 821.00 This Month Yr-to-Date Cumulative

3. Number of Hours the Reactor was Critical 744.00 744.00 168,771.27

4. Number of Hours Generator On-line 744.00 744.00 166,241.82

_ _5._ Reserve..ShutdownHours

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6. Net Electrical Energy Generated (MWHrs) 622,990.00 622,990.00 125,264,362.0 UNIT SHUTDOWNS NONE:

1 2

Reason:

A Equipment Failure (Explain)

B Maintenance or Test C

Refueling D

Regulatory Restriction E

Operator Training & License Examination F

Administration G

Operational Error (Explain)

H Other (Explain)

Method:

1 Manual 2

Manual Trip/Scram 3

Automatic Trip/Scram 4

Continuation 5

Other (Explain)

SUMMARY

The Unit began the report perdop at a nominal value of 100%output.-On-1I/0/04-at0127.hours..the Unit began a Technical Specification required shutdown due to an inoperable Solid State Protection System (SSPS) relay associated with the train WBW safety injection and feedwater Isolation circuits. Upon replacement of the relay and return of the train ABE SSPS to operable status, the plant shutdown to Mode 3 was discontinued at approximately 70% output at 0255 hours0.00295 days <br />0.0708 hours <br />4.21627e-4 weeks <br />9.70275e-5 months <br /> on 1/10/04. The Unit continued to operate at approximately 70% output while additional troubleshooting and testing of the SSPS continued. At 1600 hours0.0185 days <br />0.444 hours <br />0.00265 weeks <br />6.088e-4 months <br /> on 1/10/04, the Unit commenced to return to full power. A nominal value of 100%

output was achieved at 1930 hours0.0223 days <br />0.536 hours <br />0.00319 weeks <br />7.34365e-4 months <br /> on 1/10/04. The Unit continued to operate at a nominal value of 100% output for the remainder of the report period.

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- _e OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO.

UNIT NAME DATE COMPLETED BY TELEPHONE REPORTING PERIC 50-412 Beaver Valley 2 February 02, 2004 David T. Jones (724) 682-4962 January 2004

• 1. Design Electrical Rating

2. Maximum Dependable Capacity (MWe-Net) 836.00 831.00

3. Number of Hours the Reactor was Critical

4. Number of Hours Generator On-line

_-__5._Reserve Shutdown Hours

6. Net Electrical Energy Generated (MWHrs)

This Month 744.00 744.00 0.00 628,667.00 Yr-to-Date Cumulative 744.00 118,352.48 744.00 117,608.38 0.00 0.00 628,667.00 92,448,065.00 UNIT SHUTDOWNS Type Method of F: Forced Duration Shutting I Cause & Corrective Action No.

Date S: Scheduled (Hours) Reason I Down 2 Comments NONE.

1 2

Reason:

A Equipment Failure (Explain)

B Maintenance or Test C

Refueling D

Regulatory Restriction E

Operator Training & License Examination F

Administration G

Operational Error (Explain)

H Other (Explain)

Method:

1 Manual 2

Manual Trip/Scram 3

Automatic Trip/Scram 4

Continuation 5

Other (Explain)

SUMMARY

The Unit began the report period operating at a nominal value of 100% output. On 1/18/04 at 1230 hours0.0142 days <br />0.342 hours <br />0.00203 weeks <br />4.68015e-4 months <br />, the Unit reduced output by approximately 2% as a conservative measure while a control card was replaced in the #2.Turbine-..--

Governor Valve in order to repair a position indication problem. The Unit was subsequently returned to full power at 1600 hours0.0185 days <br />0.444 hours <br />0.00265 weeks <br />6.088e-4 months <br /> on 1/18/04.

The Unit continued to operate at a nominal value of 100% output until 0035 hours4.050926e-4 days <br />0.00972 hours <br />5.787037e-5 weeks <br />1.33175e-5 months <br /> on 1/24/04 when a 4% load reduction was commenced in order to support a planned calibration of Loop 2 and Loop 3 Delta-T/Tavg. Output was reduced to approximately 96% at 0100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br /> on 1/24/04 in order to gain extra margin as a conservative measure in order to prevent a possible Turbine runback or plant trip during the calibration of Loop 2 and Loop 3 with Loop 1 experiencing fluctuations high.

Following completion of the calibration, the Unit commenced to return to full power at 1210 hours0.014 days <br />0.336 hours <br />0.002 weeks <br />4.60405e-4 months <br /> on 1/24/04. A nominal value of 100% output was achieved at 1313 hours0.0152 days <br />0.365 hours <br />0.00217 weeks <br />4.995965e-4 months <br /> on 1/24/04. The Unit continued to operate at a nominal value of 100%

output for the remainder of the report period.

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