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The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant is located on a site of about 490 acres (2 km²) near South Haven, Michigan . Palisades is operated by the Nuclear Management Company and owned by CMS Energy Corporation. Palisades first generated electricity on December 31, 1971. Its single Combustion Engineering Pressurized Water Reactor is capable of generating 798 megawatts of electricity-18% of Consumers Energy's total electric capacity. The reactor vessel walls are made of steel 8.5 inches thick. The vessel weighs 425 tons. On December 12 , 2005 it was announced that the plant would be put up for sale at auction. {Link without Title} The plant's current license expires on March 24, 2011. An application for 20 year extension was filed in 2005 with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission . SPENT FUEL STORAGE Spent fuel rods are stored outdoors in nine 16-foot-tall casks, each containing 30 tons and resting on a concrete pad. This is a temporary solution until the spent fuel repository at Yucca Mountain opens. PARTS REPLACEMENT Two faulty steam generators were replaced in 1992 . This involved cutting a 28 by 26 foot opening through the 3.5 foot thick reinforced concrete wall. The removed units are buried in a large concrete bunker on plant property. {Link without Title} During the upcoming Fall 2007 outage, the reactor vessel head is scheduled to be replaced. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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