ML17312A688

Monthly Operating Repts for Mar 1996 for PVNGS.W/960411 Ltr

ML17312A688
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/31/1996
From:	Fulton J, James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
182-06132-JML-J, 182-6132-JML-J, NUDOCS 9604170071
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'N FACIAL:STN-50-528 Palo Verde Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Arizona Publi 05000528 STN-50-529 Palo Verde Nuclear. Station, Unit 2, Arizona Publi 05000529 STN-50-530 Palo Verde Nuclear Station, Unit 3, Arizona Publi 05000530 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION FULTON,J.D. Arizona Public Service Co. (formerly Arizona Nuclear Power LEVINE,J.M. Arizona Public Service Co. (formerly Arizona Nuclear Power RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION.

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SUBJECT:

Monthl operating repts for Mar 1996 for PVNGS,units 1,2 6 3 W 960411 ltr.

DISTRIBUTION CODE: IE24D COPIES RECEIVED:LTR ENCL SIZE:

TITLE: Monthly Operating Report (per Tech Specs) E NOTES:STANDARDIZED PLANT 05000528 G Standardized plant. 05000529 Standardized plant. 05000530 Q RECIPIENT COPIES RECIPIENT COPIES ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL PD4-2 PD 1 1 THOMAS,C 1 1 INTERNAL: ACRS 10 10 AEOD/SPD/RRAB 1 1

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NOTE TO ALL "RIDS" RECIPIENTS:

PLEASE HELP US TO REDUCE WASTEl CONTACT THE DOCUMENT CONTROL DESK, ROOM OWFN SD-5(EXT. 415"2083) TO ELIMINATE YOUR NAME FROM DISTRIBUTION LISTS FOR DOCUMENTS YOU DON'T NEEDl TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 19 ENCL 19

)iri Arizona Public Service Company PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION P.O. BOX 52034 ~ PHOENIX, ARIZONA85072-2034 JAMES M. LEVINE VICE PRESIDENT NUCLEAR PAODUCTIDN 182-06132-JML/J LT/J DF April 11, 1996 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-37 Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)

Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Nos. STN 50-528/529/530 Monthly Operating Reports for MARCH 1996 Enclosed are the Monthly Operating Reports for MARCH 1996, prepared and submitted pursuant to Specification 6.9.1.6 of Appendix A (Technical Specifications) to the PVNGS Units 1, 2, and 3 Operating Licenses.

By copy of this letter, Arizona Public Service Company is also forwarding the Mionthly Operating Reports to the Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV.

If you have any questions, please contact Judy Fulton at (602) 393-5277.

Sincerely, JML/JLT/JDF/clj

Enclosures:

MARCH 1996 Monthly Operating Reports cc: L. J. Callan (all w/enclosures)

K. E. Perkins NRC Senior Resident Inspector <EOO8O INPO Records Center Utility Data Institute 9604i7007i 96033i PDR ADQCK 05000528 R

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AVERAGE DAILYUNIT POWER LEVEL DOCKET NO.'NIT NAME DATE COMPLETED BY ~I, 6LLllK ltQll MONTH: March 1996 DAY AVERAGE DAILYPOWER LEVEL DAY AVERAGE DAILYPOWER LEVEL 17 1242 18 1242 3 19 1242 538 20 1239 1195 21 1240 1240 22 1237 1241 23 1242 1242 24 1245.

1239 25 1244 10 1239 26 1244 1240 27 1244 12 1238 28 1242 13 1239 '29 1242 14 1237 30 1244 15 1241 31 1243 16 1242

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REFUELING INFORMATION DOCKET NO.

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DATE COMPLETED BY JJ3 ~~

@11L95 Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown.

The 6th refueling outage is scheduled to begin on 09/07/96.

Scheduled date for restart following refueling.

10/27/96.

Will refueling or resumption of operation thereafter require a Technical Specification change or other license amendments No Scheduled date for submitting proposed licensing action and supporting information.

5/20/96

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Important Licensing considerations associated with refueling, e.g., new or different fuel design or sup'plier, unreviewed design or performance analysis methods, significant changes in fuel design, and new operating procedures.

None.

The number of fuel assemblies.

b) In the spent fuel storage pool.

Licensed spent fuel storage capacity.

Intended change in spent fuel storage capacity. ~0t Projected date of last refueling that can be discharged to spent fuel storage pool assuming present capacity.

2005 (18 Month reloads and full core discharge capabiiity).

SUMMARY

OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR THE MONTH DOCKET NO ~0 UNIT NAME ~UGLY DATE 2481K COMPLETED BY JJ~tltQQ uRIER4Ru 03/01 0000 Unit began the month with RX in Mode 3.

03/02 0113 Entered Mode 2.

03/02 0214 RX critical.

03/02 0235 RX power to POAH (Point Of Adding Heat).

03/02 0300 Raised RX power to 1.5%.

03/02 1639 Commenced RX power increase to 11%.

03/02 1653 Entered Mode 1.

03/02 1750 Completed RX power increase to 11%.

03/03 2133 Synchronized the Main Generator to the grid.

03/03 2340 RX power at19%.

03/04 0810 RX power at 50%.

03/05 0215 RX power at 90%.

03/05 0620 RX power at100%.

03/31 2359 Ended the month in Mode 1 with RX power at 100%.

SHUTDOWNS AND POWER REDUCTIONS March 1996 DOCKET NO QL529 UNIT NAME @VV'~

DATE ~/'ll95 COMPLETED BY ~D@lgg Outage Method of Duration Shutting Down System Component Cause and Corrective Action No. Date Type" Hours Reason2 Reactor3 LER No. Code4 Code5 to Prevent Occurrence 96-01 02/25/96 F 69.6 H 2 N/A N/A N/A Continuation of outage from previous month. Unit returned to power on 3/3/96.

1F Forced 2Reason: 3Method: 4Exhibit F - Instructions for Preparation S-Scheduled A-Equipment Failure(Explain) 1-Manual of the Data Entry Sheets for Licensee B-Maintenance or Test 2-Manual Scram Event Report (LER) File (NUREG 0161)

C-Refueling 3-Automatic Scram D-Regulatory Restriction 4-Continuation from Previous Month E-Operator Training 8 License 5-Reduction of 20% or Greater in the Exhibit H-Same Source Examination Past 24 Hours F-Administrative 9-Other-(Explain)

G-Operational Error H-Other (Explain)

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DOCKET NO. ~KB UNIT NAME LVHGR2 DATE dLLUK COMPLETED BY ~~~ggQ MONTH: March 1996 DAY AVERAGE DAILYPOWER LEVEL DAY AVERAGE DAILYPOWER LEVEL 1261 17 1260 18 1258 19 1257 20 1247 21 1230 22 1220 23 1203 24 1191 25 10 1177 26 1169 27 12 1150 28 13 1139 29 14 1119 30 15 1060 31 16

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REFUELING INFORMATION DOCKET NO. ~KB UNIT NAME ElblGR2 DATE ~gQ COMPLETED BY JJ2.Eggs Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown.

The 6th refueling outage is scheduled for 03/16/96.

Scheduled date for restart following refueling.

05/05/96.

Will refueling or resumption of operation thereafter require a Technical Specification change or other license amendment?

Technical Specification 3.2.6 "Reactor Coolant Cold Leg Temperature" figure 3.2-1 to establish new 100%

power operation allowable temperature from 560'F to 550'F.

Scheduled date for submitting proposed licensing action and supporting information.

Submitted 01/05/96.

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, and new operating procedures.

Change megawatts thermal stretch power from 3800 to 3876.

a) tn the cere. ~

The number of fuel assemblies.

b) In the spent fuel storage pool. ~l~

Licensed spent fuel storage capacity. ~29 Intended change in spent fuel storage capacity. ~

Projected date of last refueling that can be discharged to spent fuel storage pool assuming present capacity.

2005 (18 Month reloads and full core discharge capability).

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OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR THE MONTH DOCKET NO. ~29 UNIT NAME DATE E~~

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~~QQ COMPLETED BY 03/01 0000 Unit began the month in Mode 1 at 100% RX power.

03/05 0800 Commenced RX power coastdown.

03/15 2049 Commenced RX power decrease for shut down.

03/16 0005 Tripped RX at 23%, entered mode 3 03/16 0610 Started RCS cooldown.

03/16 1022 Entered Mode 4.

03/17 0155 Entered Mode 5.

03/20 2211 Entered Mode 6.

03/31 2359 Unit ended the month with RX in Mode 6 for 6th refueling outage.

SHUTDOWNS AND POWER REDUCTIONS March 1996 DOCKET NO ~50-5 9 UNIT NAME ~PV GS-DATE 4~/1 1/

COMPLETED BY J. D ~FI ~

Outage Method of Duration Shutting Down System Component Cause and Corrective Action No. Date Type" Hours Reason2 Reactor3 LER No. Code4 Code5 to Prevent Occurrence 96-02 03/16/96 S 383.9 N/A N/A N/A RX manually tripped to begin the sixth refueling outage.

1F-Forced Reason: 3Method: 4Exhibit F - Instructions for Preparation S-Scheduled A-Equipment Failure(Explain) 1-Manual of the Data Entry Sheets for Licensee B-Maintenance or Test 2-Manual Scram Event Report (LER) File (NUREG 0161)

C-Refueling 3-Automatic Scram D-Regulatory Restriction 4-Continuation from Previous Month E-Operator Training 8 License 5-Reduction of 20% or Greater in the Exhibit H-Same Source Examination Past 24 Hours F-Administrative 9-Other-(Explain)

G-Operational Error H-Other (Explain) 0

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AVERAGE DAILYUNIT POWER LEVEL DOCKET NO. 5%53Q UNIT NAME ERHGR2 DATE dLL1lK COMPLETED BY ~MQQ 6LUJSZW MONTH: March 1996 DAY AVERAGE DAILYPOWER LEVEL DAY AVERAGE DAILYPOWER LEVEL 1250 17 1248 1245 18 1249 1257 19 1253 1258 20 1255 1255 21 1252 1254 22 1252 1257 23 1246 1255 24 1249 1256 25 1249 10 1255 26 1247 1257 27 1247, 12 1252 28 1247 13 1250 29 1249 14 1254 30 1249 15 1255 1250 16 1245

REFUELING INFORMATION DOCKET NO. 59-l539 UNIT NAME ElHGR2 DATE dLLUK COMPLETED BY ~~QQ Scheduled date for next refueling shutdown.

The 6th refueling outage is scheduled for 3/15/97.

Scheduled date for restart following refueling.

5/7/97.

Will refueling or resumption of operation thereafter require a Technical Specification change or other license amendments None.

Scheduled date for submitting proposed licensing action and supporting information.

None.

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, and new operating procedures.

None.

The number of fuel assemblies.

t Licensed spent fuel storage capacity.

Intended change in spent fuel storage capacity.

Projected date of last refueling that can be discharged to spent fuel storage pool assuming present capacity.

2005 (18 Month reloads and full core discharge capability).

SUMMARY

OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR THE MONTH DOCKET NO UNIT NAME

~Q DATE 9~95 COMPLETED BY J D~FQQ Ehm~%5 03/01 0000, Unit began the month in Mode 1 at 100% RX power.

03/31 2359 Unit ended the month in Mode 1 at 100% RX power.

F' SHUTDOWNS AND POWER REDUCTIONS March 1996 DOCKET NO QQ-QQ UNIT NAME DATE Q~gg COMPLETED BY ~Ii]31 Outage Method of Duration Shutting Down System Component Cause and Corrective Action No. Date Type" Hours Reason2 Reactor3 LER No. Code4 Code5 to Prevent Occurrence No reactor shutdowns or significant power reductions occurred during the month of March 1996.

"F-Forced- Reason: 3Method: 4Exhibit F - Instructions for Preparation S-Scheduled A-Equipment Failure(Explain) 1-Manual of the Data Entry Sheets for Licensee B-Maintenance or Test 2-Manual Scram Event Report (LER) File (NUREG 0161)

C-Refueling 3-Automatic Scram D-Regulatory Restriction 4-Continuation from Previous Month E-Operator Training 8 License 5-Reduction of 20% or Greater in the Exhibit H-Same Source Examination Past 24 Hours F-Administrative 9-Other-(Explain)

G-Operational Error H-Other (Explain)

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