ML18066A318

Monthly Operating Rept for Sept 1998 for Palisades Nuclear Plant

ML18066A318
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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	09/30/1998
From:	Handlovits S CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
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AVERAGE DAILY UNIT POWER LEVEL DOCKET NO 50-255 UNIT eali:rnge:;;

DATE l OL02L98 COMPLETED BY SMHandlovits MONTH September TELEPHONE 16161764-3262 DAY AVERAGE DAILY POWER LEVEL DAY AVERAGE DAILY POWER LEVEL (MWe Net)

(MWe Net)

1.

774 17:"

774

2.

773

18.

774

3.

774

19.

773

4.

776

20.

767

5.

773

21.

773

6.

761

22.

782

7.

771

23.

786

8.

783

24.

781

9.

784

25.

755

10.

781

26.

241

11.

774

27.

482

12.

771

28.

758

13.

772

29.

766

14.

767

30.

772

15.

763

16.

769 INSTRUCTIONS:

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.

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SUMMARY

OF OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR SEPTEMBER 1998 The Plant began the month of September at a nominal 99.6% power. On September 12 at approximately 1200 hours0.0139 days <br />0.333 hours <br />0.00198 weeks <br />4.566e-4 months <br />, power was raised to a nominal 99.8%. On September 25 at 2007 hours0.0232 days <br />0.558 hours <br />0.00332 weeks <br />7.636635e-4 months <br />, the Plant began a derate to find and repair a condenser tube leak. A power level of about 44% was reached on September.

26 at 0212 hours0.00245 days <br />0.0589 hours <br />3.505291e-4 weeks <br />8.0666e-5 months <br />. Upon successful repair of the condenser tube leak, power was escalated on September 27 at 0200 hours0.00231 days <br />0.0556 hours <br />3.306878e-4 weeks <br />7.61e-5 months <br />. On September 28 at 0440 hours0.00509 days <br />0.122 hours <br />7.275132e-4 weeks <br />1.6742e-4 months <br />, the Plant reached greater than 99.5% power. The target power level in use after the derate is 99.9%.

REPORT MONTH __

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No.

Date

Type, Duration (Hours)

5.

09/25/98 s

56.6 Reason2 4

UNIT SHUTDOWNS AND POWER REDUCTIONS Method of Shutting Down Reactor Licensee Event Report#

System Code' Component Code5 Power Reduction

1.

F: Forced S: Scheduled

2.

Reason:

A-Equipment Failure (Explain)

B-Maintenance or Test C-Refueling D-Regulatory Restriction E-Operator Training & License Examination F-Administrative G-Operational Error (Explain)

H-Other (Explain)

3.

Method:

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

4.

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

5.

Cause & Corrective Action to Prevent Recurrence Condenser Tube Leak Repairs Exhibit I - S~nie Source DOCKET NO 50-255

.UNIT Palisades

_DA TE 10/02/98

.COMPLETED BY SMHandlovits

.TELEPHONE 616-764-3262

OPERATING STATUS:

1. UNIT NAME

2. REPORTING PERIOD:

3. LICENSED THERMAL POWER (MWt)

4. NAMEPLATE RATING (GROSS MWe)

5. DESIGN ELECTRICAL RATING (NET MWe)

6. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (GROSS MWe)

7. MAXIMUM DEPENDABLE CAPACITY (NET MWe)

OPERATING DATA REPORT Palisades 980901-980930 2530 811.7 805 770 730

8. IF CHANGES OCCUR IN CAPCITY RATINGS (ITEM GIVE REASONS:

NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 7 AND 7) SINCE LAST REPORT,

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

10 REASONS FOR RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY:

11 HOURS IN REPORTING PERIOD 12 NUMBER OF HOURS REACTOR WAS CRITICAL 13 REACTOR RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 14 HOURS GENERATOR ON-LINE 15 UNIT RESERVE SHUTDOWN HOURS 16 GROSS THERMAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 17 GROSS ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 18 NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED (MWH) 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 24 SHUTDOWNS SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS (TYPE, This Month 720.0 720.0 720. 0 1762895.3 564773 536392 100.0%

100.0%

102.1%

92.5%

0.0%

DATE AND DURATION OF EACH):

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

26 UNITS IN TEST STATUS (PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL OPERATION):

INITIAL CRITICALITY INITIAL ELECTRICITY COMMERCIAL OPERATION Based on condenser backpressure

• Weighted Average (635 MWe used as MDC Net prior to October 1985)

Yr-to-Date 6551. 0 5539.0 5369.5 13056005.6 4206462 3995921 82.0%

82.0%

83.6%

75.8%

2.9%

Forecast DOCKET NO.

50-255 DATE 10-2-98 COMPLETED BY SMHandlovits TELEPHONE (616)764-3262 NOTES:

Cumulative 234782.0 141508.5 136310.7 303736809.8 96377596 91067137 58.1%

58.1%

56. 5%

• 48.2%

26.2%

Achieved