ML20071P603

Application for Amend to License DPR-59,proposing TS to Revise Primary Containment Atomsphere Monitoring Requirements

ML20071P603
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	08/04/1994
From:	Josiger W POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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ML20071P601	List: JPN-94-038, Forwards Application for Amends to License DPR-59,proposing Ts,To Revising Primary Containment Atomsphere Monitoring Requirements ML20071P603 ML20071P611
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BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION in the matter of )

NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-333 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant )

APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO OPERATING LICENSE The New York Power Authority requests an amendment to the Technical Specifications DPR-59 for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. This application is filed in accordance with Section 10 CFR 50.90 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations.

l This application for an amendment to the James A. FitzPatrick Technical Specifications t proposes to revise the Primary Containment Atmosphere Monitoring requirements. The >

proposed changes add an action statement to Note F of Table 3.2-8, " Accident Monitoring Instrumentation,"in place of the existing reference to 3.7.A.9. Specification 3.7.A.9 is deleted since the monitoring requirements will be included in Table 3.2-8. In addition, the proposed changes revise Specification 3.7.A.6 to adopt the inerting/de-inerting requirements of tho Standard Technical Specifications (STS) (Reference 1) which require inerting to less than four percent oxygen concentration within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of exceeding 15%

rated thermal power and allow de-inerting 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> prior to reducing thermal power to less than 15% of rated before a plant shutdown. Similar changes are also proposed to the drywell to torus differential pressure requirements. Other administrative changes are proposed to Tables 3.2-8, " Accident Monitoring Instrumentation," and 4.2-8, " Minimum Test and Calibration Frequency for Accident Monitoring Instrumentation," which will improve the overall quality of the Technical Specifications.

The signed original of the Application for Amendment to the Technical Specifications is' enclosed for filing. Attachments I,11, and til to this application contain the proposed changes to the Technical Specifications, the associated Safety Evaluation, and a mark-up l of the current Technical Specifications pages. .

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