ML030230439
| ML030230439 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 01/13/2003 |
| From: | Cooper D Nuclear Management Co |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| Download: ML030230439 (4) | |
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- Palisades Nuclear Plant Operated by Nuclear Management Company, LLC January 13, 2003 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSEE REPORT OF MONTHLY OPERATING DATA Attached are the Monthly Operating Data and Summary of Operating Experience for the Palisades Nuclear Plant for the month of December 2002.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Scott Hawn at (269) 764-3179.
Dougl s E. Cooper Palisa es Site Vice President CC Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region III NRC Resident Inspector, Palisades LBrandon, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality RJAben, Michigan Department of Labor RDWhale, Michigan Public Service Commission Records Center, INPO SMMclntyre, P-26-204 Attachments
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SUMMARY
OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR DECEMBER 2002 The plant operated at essentially full power (at greater than 99%) until December 1, 2002 at 21:54, when the plant automatically tripped due to a loss of load resulting from the failure of a static line between the plant and the switchyard. Repairs were completed and the reactor was brought critical on December 4, 2002 at 16:51. The plant was synchronized to the grid on December 5, 2002 at 11:59 hours The plant was returned to essentially full power on December 7, 2002, and completed the month at essentially full power.
OPERATING DATA REPORT DOCKET NO: 50-255 DATE (Mo-Da-Yr) 01-07-03 COMPLETED BY. HAReyner TELEPHONE (269) 764-2057 OPERATING STATUS* NOTES
- 1. UNIT NAME Palisades
- 2. REPORTING PERIOD (YrMoDa-YrMoDa) 021201-021231
- 3. LICENSED THERMAL POWER (Mwt) 2530 4 NAMEPLATE RATING (GROSS Mwe) 811.7
- 5. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET Mwe) 805 6 MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS Mwe) 770
- 7. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET Mwe) - 730 8 IF CHANGES OCCUR IN CAPACITY RATINGS (ITEM NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 7) SINCE LAST REPORT, GIVE REASONS
- 9. POWER LEVEL TO WHICH RESTRICTED, IF ANY (NET MWe) 10 REASONS FOR RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY.
This Month Yr-to-Date Cumulative
- 11. HOURS IN REPORTING PERIOD 7440 8760.0 2720550 12 NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL 677.1 8301.5 1695282
- 13. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS -
- 14. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE 657.9 81885 1639790 15 UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS -
16 GROSS THERMAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 1616317 20323890 371448467
- 17. GROSS ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 532932 6679007 118438035 18 NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 508342 6369371 112063186 19 UNIT SERVICE FACTOR 884% 935% 603%
20 UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR 884% 93.5% 603%
- 21. UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET)
- 936% 996% 593%
22 UNIT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET) 849% 903% 51 2%
23 UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE 116% 65% 253%
- Based on condenser backpressure
- Weighted Average (635 MWe used as MDC Net prior to October 1985)
V REPORT MONTH December 2002 DOCKET NO. 50.255 UNIT NAME Palisades DATE(Mo/Da/Yr) 01/06/03 COMPLETED BY HAReyner TELEPHONE 269-764-2057 UNIT SHUTDOWNS No Date Type Duration Reason1 Method of Cause ! Corrective 2
(YrMoDa) F: Forced (Hours) Shutting Down Actions Comments S: Scheduled 2 02/12/01 F 86.1 hrs A 3 Loss of load due to failure of a static line between the plant and the switchyard Made necessary repairs and will re-evaluate Palisades' Response to SOER 99-1, Loss of Grid, Recommendation 3
- 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-Other (Explain)
E-Operator Training & License Examination F-Administrative G-Operational Error (Explain)
H-Other (Explain)