Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
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Palisades Nuclear Generating Station
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 Location of Palisades Nuclear Generating Station
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Covert Township, Van Buren County, near South Haven, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°19′22″N 86°18′52″W / 42.32278°N 86.31444°WCoordinates: 42°19′22″N 86°18′52″W / 42.32278°N 86.31444°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | March 14, 1967 |
| Commission date | December 31, 1971 |
| Decommission date | 2022 (planned) |
| Construction cost | $630 million (2007 USD) |
| Operator(s) | Entergy Nuclear |
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| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Combustion Engineering |
| Cooling source | Lake Michigan |
| Cooling towers | 2 × Mechanical Draft |
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| Units operational | 1 × 805 MW |
| Make and model | CE 2-loop (DRYAMB) |
| Thermal capacity | 1 × 2565 MWth |
| Nameplate capacity | 805 MW |
| Capacity factor | 99.85% |
| Annual net output | 7041 GW·h (2016) |
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The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan, in Van Buren County's Covert Township, Michigan, on a 432-acre (175 ha) site 5 miles (8.0 km) south of South Haven, Michigan, USA. Palisades is owned and operated by Entergy. It was operated by the Nuclear Management Company and owned by CMS Energy Corporation prior to the sale completed on April 11, 2007.
Its single Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactor weighs 425 tons and has steel walls 8 1⁄2 inches (220 mm) thick. The containment building is 116 feet (35 m) in diameter and 189 feet (58 m) tall, including the dome. Its concrete walls are 3 1⁄2 feet (1.1 m) thick with a 1⁄4-inch-thick (6.4 mm) steel liner plate. The dome roof is 3 feet (0.91 m) thick. Access is via a personnel lock measuring 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) by 7 feet 8 inches (2.34 m). The Westinghouse Electric Company turbine generator can produce 725,000 kilowatts of electricity.
Built between 1967 and 1970, Palisades was approved to operate at full power in 1973.
On July 12, 2006 it was announced that the plant would be sold to Entergy. On April 11, 2007, the plant was sold to Entergy for $380 million. The plant's original licensee was due to expire on March 24, 2011. An application for 20-year extension was filed in 2005 with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It was granted on January 18, 2007. Therefore, the plant was then scheduled for decommissioning by 2031.
Entergy plans to close the Palisades plant in 2022. Earlier, Entergy had made a decision to close the plant in October 2018. A decision by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) influenced the company’s decision. Consumers Energy attempted to buy its way out of a power purchase agreement it has with Entergy and the plant. The MPSC didn’t approve Consumer Energy’s full request of $172 million, so Entergy decided to keep the plant open three years longer than planned.
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