Please respond to following questions regarding fuel performance indicator. Thank you in advance.

Beaver Valley (FENOC) issues Fuel Reliability Indicator (FRI) data monthly to be used internally (within FENOC) as a performance indicator. As such, the calculated FRI is used in conjunction with "any fuel defects" and assigned the following color-coded ranking:

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Currently, the BV-1 FRI is calculated to be 1.78E-6 uCi/gm, which places us outside the top decile (there are currently 28/67 PWRs in the top decile - all calculating a FRI of 1E-6). Naturally, this "uptick" (going from GREEN to WHITE) in the performance indicator is raising many eyebrows from upper management, even though none of our other indicators shows any indication of a fuel defect.

Please respond to the following:

1. What combination of indicators do you use as input to your monthly fuel performance indicators (internal)? (i.e. no fuel defects, FRI, DEI, Xe-133 etc) 2. Please provide your method of ranking and any basis for the values used (i.e. either GREEN or RED; basis: no defects or some defects OR 1, 2, 3; basis: 1- fuel defects and in some admin action level, 2 - no definite fuel defects identified but some admin limits exceeded, 3 - no defects and no admin limits exceeded OR any other ranking method) 3. Please provide the frequency of your radiochemistry sampling for a) iodines (I-131 and I-134) and b) strip gases (Xenons & Kryptons) (i.e. Daily, 2/week, weekly, monthly) 4. Please feel free to add any other comments you feel is pertinent.

Anthony (A.R.) Burger Supervisor, Reactor Engineering FENOC - Beaver Valley Power Station Phone: (724) 682-4108 Cell: (724) 601-3224 FAX: (724) 682-4250 Email: aburger@firstenergycorp.com

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