ML20097D609

Application for Amend to License NPF-69,revising Section 2.D Including Primary Containment Integrity SR 4.6.1.1.a, Primary Containment Leakage, LCO 3.6.1.2,SR 4.6.1.2 & Table 3.6.1.2-1

ML20097D609
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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	02/07/1996
From:	Abbott R NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION ) Docket No. 50-410

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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2 )

APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO OPERATING LICENSE Pursuant to Section 50.90 of the Regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, holder of Facility Operating License No. NPF-69, hereby requests that the Facility Operating License be amended. The proposed change has been reviewed in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Technical Specifications.

The proposed change to the Facility Operating License includes Section 2.D(ii) of the Operating License. The proposed Technical Specification change includes: " Primary Containment Integrity" SR 4.6.1.1.a; " Primary Containment 12akage" LCO 3.6.1.2, SR 4.6.1.2 and Table 3.6.1.2-1, entitled " Allowable leak Rates Through Valves in Potential Bypass Leakage Paths"; " Primary Containment Air Locks" SR 4.6.1.3; " Primary Containment Structural Integrity" SR 4.6.1.4.1; "Drywell and Suppression Chamber Hydrogen Recombiner Systems" SR 4.6.6.1.c.2; and a program entitled "10 CFR 50 Appendix J Testing Program Plan" as described in Administrative Controls Section 6.8.4.f.

A change is made to " Primary Containment Ieakage" and " Primary Containment Structural Integrity" Bases Sections 3/4.6.1.2 and 3/4.6.1.4 so as to be consistent with the proposed change to the Operating License and the Technical Specifications. Various footnotes are also deleted from certain of the above Technical Specifications.

This change is needed to implement Option B, " Performance-Based Requirements," of Appendix J to 10 CFR 50 for Type A, B and C leakage rate testing. Currently, Type A, B and C testing, with five exemptions, conforms to the requirements of Option A, " Prescriptive Requirements," of Appendix J to 10 CFR 50.

The proposed change will not authorize any change in the types of effluents or in the authorized power level of the facility. Supporting information and analysis which demonstrate that the proposed change does not involve a significant hazards consideration, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.92, are included as Attachment C.

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0 WHEREFORE, the Applicant respectfully requests that Appendix A to Facility Operating License No. NPF-69 be amended in the form attached hereto as Attachment A.

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION By R. B. Abbott Vice President - Nuclear Generation Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 7 day of / 1996.

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