ML18066A606

Monthly Operating Rept for July 1999 for Palisades Nuclear Plant.With 990803 Ltr

ML18066A606
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	07/31/1999
From:	HANDLOVITS S M, HAWN R S CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9908130008
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" .. A CMS Energy Company August 3, 1999 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, Ml 49043 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 July 1999. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at (616) 764-3179.

Sincerely, R. S. Hawn Reactor Engineering Supervisor CC: JMMilan, Palisades GABaustian, Palisades Senior Resident Inspector, Palisades DRHahn, Div of Rad Health Services, Lansing, Ml BWJorgensen, i01icl1;9an Deji( Gf Labor, Lansing, Mi RDWhale, Michigan Public Service Commission

_ Records Center, INPO, Atlanta, GA SMMclntyre, P26-204 Region Ill Administrator, USNRC Pal. Eng. Records Center, 950*22*35*1 O/L Cycle 14 Reports (SMH 99*18) r __

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,., ; '* AVERAGE DAILY UNIT POWER LEVEL DOCKET NO 50-255 UNIT Palisades DATE 08/03/99 COMPLETED BY SMHandlovits MONTH JULY TELEPHONE (616)764-3262 DAY AVERAGE DAILY POWER LEVEL DAY AVERAGE DAILY POWER LEVEL (MWe Net) (MWe Net) 1. 775 17. 759 2. 769 18. 764 3. 758 19. 761 4. 755 20. 763 5. 754 21. 759 6. 764 22. 760 7. 771 23. 756 8. 768 24. 756 9. 763 25. 758 10. 773 26. 760 11. 780 27. 757 12. 779 28. 759 13. 775 29. 751 '14. 770 30. 748 15. 763 31. 748 16. 758 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 JULY 1999 The Plant began the month of July at nominal full power and remained there for the entire month.

REPORT MONTH ___ JU_L_Y_1_9_9_9

__ No. Date NONE 1. F: Forced Type' 2. Reason: Duration (Hours) Reason2 S: Scheduled 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)

UNIT SHUTDOWNS AND POWER REDUCTIONS Method of Shutting Down Reactor 3. Method: 1-Manual 2-Manual Scram 3-Automatic Scram 4-0ther (Explain)

Licensee Event 4. System Code' Report# Component Code 5 Exhibit G -Instructions for Preparation of Data Entry Sheets for Licensee Event Report (LER) File (NUREG-0161)

5. Cause & Corrective Action to Prevent Recurrence Exhibit I -Same Source .. DOCKET NO 50-255 UNIT Palisades DATE 08/02/99 COMPLETED BY SMHal'ldlovits 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) OPERATING DATA REPORT Palisades 990701-990731 2530 811. 7 805 770 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: 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 This Month 744.0 744.0 744.0 1880605.9 596702 567240 100.0% 100.0% 104. 4% 94.7% 0.0% 24 SHUTDOWNS SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT 6 MONTHS (TYPE, DATE AND DURATION OF EACH) : Refueling Outage. 10/16/99.

37 days. 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 5087.0 4690.2 4662.4 11671105.4 3775334 3593742 91. 7% 91. 7% 96.8% 87.8% 8.3% Forecast DOCKET NO 50-255 DATE 8-2-99 COMPLETED BY SMHandlovits TELEPHONE (616)764-3262 NOTES: Cumulative 242078.0 147973.8 142748.1 319889908.5 101616920 96055542 59.0%

59.0% 57.6%

• 49.3% 25.6% Achieved