ML20087E556

Application for Amend to License DPR-59,revising TSs to Allow Performance of Inservice Hydrostatic Pressure & Leak Testing of Reactor Vessel at Temps Exceeding 212 F

ML20087E556
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	01/09/1992
From:	Ralph Beedle POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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ML20087E548	List: JPN-92-002, Forwards Application for Amend to License DPR-59,consisting of JPTS-91-014,allowing Performance of Inservice Hydrostatic Pressure & Leak Testing of Reactor Vessel at Temps Exceeding 212 F,In Ref to Generic Ltr 88-11 ML20087E556 ML20087E559
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Download: ML20087E556 (1)

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i BEFORE THE UNITED STATES

. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION in the Meter of )

NEW YO9tK POWER AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50 333 James A, FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant )

APPUCATION FOR AMENDMENTTO OPERATING LICENSE The New York Power Authority requests an amendment to the Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A to Facility Operating Uconso 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.

This application for an amendment to the James A. FitzPatrick Technical Specifications allows performance of the inservice hydrostatic pressure and leak testing of the reactor vessol at temporatures excooding 212"F.

As the acctmutated noutron fluence on the reactor vessci incroacos, tho methodology used to calculate hydrostatic testing pressuro temperaturo limits will ultimately require that those test bo conducted above 212"F. The Technical Spocifications define hot shutdown modo as the condition when the reactor modo switch is in shutdown and reactor coolant temperaturo is abose 212 F. Applying this definition will requ!ro that hydrostatic tests be conducted while the plant is in hot shutdown. However, the current specifications require systems to be operable in the shutdown modo that can not be mado operable during the test (e.g., HPCI and RCIC steam lines will be filled with water). The proposed changos will allow hydrostatic testing of the Reactor Coolant System (RCS) above 212"F without requiring the HPCI, RCIC or ADS /SRW to be operable. All other systems required by technical specification will be maintained operablo during the test to protect public health and safety.

The proposed changes to the Technical Spocifications are Attachment I to this Application for Amendment to the Operating Uconso. The Safety Evaluation for the proposed changos is included as Attachment 11.

New York Power Authority

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E. Boodle Egoc (vo Vice President Nucicat Generation STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Subscribpd and sw rn to before me this 4 CL day of

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