ML18064A885

Monthly Operating Rept for Aug 1995 for Palisades Nuclear Plant

ML18064A885
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	08/31/1995
From:	Berles B, Anthony Williams CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9509110175
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consumers Power POWERING MICHIGAN'S PROGRESS Palisades Nuclear Plant: 27780 Slue Star Memorial Highway, Covert. Ml 49043 September 5, 1995 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 LICENSEE REPORT OF MONTHLY OPERATING DATA DPR-20, DOCKET NO 50-255 Enclosed is a copy of the Monthly Operating Data and Summary of Operating Experience for the Palisades Nuclear Plant for the month of August, 1995.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at (616) 764-8913, extension 0113.

Sincerely, Jf/b. (_ fB;Jk-AL Williams Reactor Engineer CC:

RAVincent, Palisades Senior Resident Inspector, Palisades DRHahn, Div of Rad Health Services, Lansing, MI BWJorgensen, Michigan Dept of Labor, Lansing, MI*

JPadgett, Michigan Public Service Commission Records Center, INPO, Atlanta, GA CWMain, Palisades SMMcintyre, P13-121 Region III Administrator, USNRC Document Control, 950*22*35*10/L Cycle 12 Reports

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OPERATING STATUS:

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REPORTING PERIOD:

3. - LICENSED THERMAL POWER (MWt)

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NAMEPLATE RATING (GROSS MWe)*

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DESIGN ~LE~TRICAL RATING (NET MWe)

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MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWe)

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MAXIMU!4 DEPENDABLE CAPACITY CNET MWe)

OPERATING DATA REPORT Palisades 950801-950831 2530.0 811. 7 805.0

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• • 730 DOCKET NO DATE COMPLETED BY TELEPHONE NOTES:

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IF CHANGES OCCUR IN CAPCITY RATINGS (ITEM NUMBERS,3 THROUGH ?AND 7). SINCE LAST_ REPORT, GIVE REASONS:

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POWER LEVEL TO WHICH RESTRICTED, IF ANY (NET MWe):*

10. REASONS FORRESTRICTIONS, IFANY:

This Month'* *

11. HOURS IN REPORTING PERIOD

12. NUMBER OF.HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL. : *

13. REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOIJN HOURS

14. HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE

15. UNIT RESERVE* SHUTDOWN HOURS

16. G.ROSS THERMAL ENERGY GENERATED CMWH)

17. GROSS ELECTRI°CAL ENERGY GENERATED CMWH)

18. NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED CMWH) 19; UNIT SERVICE FACTOR.

20. UNIT AVAILABILITY FACTOR

21. UNiT CAPACITY FACTOR (USING MDC NET)

22. UNIT.CAPACITY FACTOR (USING DER NET).

23. UNIT FORCED OUTAGE RATE.

- 744.0..

- 316.1 246.7 419870. 7.

127051.0.

. 117403.0 33.2%

33.2%.

21:6%

1.9.6%.

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24. SHUTDOWNS. SCHEDULED __ ov.~R _THE_ NEXT 6 MONTHS CTYPE, DATE AND DURATION OF EACH):

Th~ 1995 Refueling Outage began on 5/22/95 and ended on 8/21./95

25. IF SHUTDOWN AT END OF REPORT PERIOD, ESTIMATED DATE OF STARTUP: -.

26.* UNITS IN TEST. STATUS CPR I OR TO COMMERCIAL OPERATION):

INITIAL CRITICALITY INITIAL ELECTRICITY COMMERCIAL OPERATION

~* Based on condenser backpressure

• Weighted Average (635. MWe used as MDC Net pr_i or. to October 1985)

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j Yr-to-Date 5831.0 3710.3.

3640.9 8804127.7 2847440.0 -.

2705210.0 62.4%.

62.4%

63.6%

57.6%

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Forecast

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AVERAGE DAILY UNIT POWER LEVEL MONTH ---'-"AU~G~U""-ST'----

DAY AVERAGE DAILY POWER LEVEL DAY (MWe Net)

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0 INSTRUCTIONS:

DOCKET NO 50-255 UNIT Palisades DATE 09/05/95 COMPLETED BY BWBerles TELEPHONE (616)764-8913 AVERAGE DAILY POWER LEVEL (MWe Net) 0 0

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14 187 279 365 532 580 715 733 751 419 318 On this format, list the average daily unit power level in MWe-NET for each day in the reporting month.

Compute to the nearest whole megawatt.

SUMMARY

OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR AUGUST 1995 The unit began the month in a scheduled Refueling Outage.

The reactor was taken critical on 8/17/95 at 0244 hours0.00282 days <br />0.0678 hours <br />4.034392e-4 weeks <br />9.2842e-5 months <br />.

At 1133 hours0.0131 days <br />0.315 hours <br />0.00187 weeks <br />4.311065e-4 months <br /> on 8/17/95 the reactor was tak~n sub-critical due to problems with control rod motions.

On 8/19/95 at 0442 hours0.00512 days <br />0.123 hours <br />7.308201e-4 weeks <br />1.68181e-4 months <br />, the reactor was again taken critical.

The unit was placed on-1 ine on 8/21/95 at 1716 hours0.0199 days <br />0.477 hours <br />0.00284 weeks <br />6.52938e-4 months <br />, officially ending the Refueling Outage.

On 8/29/95 at 0000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> power was stabl i zed at 99. 6% of rated power.

A power reduction to 49% was initiated at 0000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> on 8/30/95 due to a Motor Operated Disconnect overheating in the switchyard.

The unit ended the month at 49%, preparing to go off-line on 9/2/95.

REPORT MONTH ---'A=U=GU=-=S~T_l=-=9=9-=-5 __

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Date Type1 5/22/95 s

2 8/30/95 s

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Forced S:

Scheduled UNIT SHUTDOW~S AND POWER REDUCTIONS Duration Reason2 Method of Licensee (Hours)

Shutting Event Down Reactor3 Report #

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Reason:

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A-Equipment Failure (Explainr B-Maintenance or Test C-Refue ling D-Regulatory Restriction E-Operator Training & License Examination F-Administrative G-Operational Error (Explain)

H-Other (Explain) 4

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Method:

I-Manual 2-Manual Scram 3-Automatic Scram 4-0ther (Explain)

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System Code4 Component Code5 Exhibit G - Instructions for Preparation of Data Entry Sheets for Licensee Event Report (LER) File (NUREG-0161)

Cause & Corrective Action to Prevent Recurrence DOCKET NO 50-255 UN IT Pali sades DATE 09/05/95 **

COMPLETED BY -:-----:-B~W=B~e~r l"°'e~s TELEPHONE (616)764-89i3 On 8/21/95, ended refueling outage which began 5/22/95.

Power was reduced from 99.6% to 49% due to a Motor Operated Disconnect overheating.

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Exhibit I - Same Source