ML20101F418

Application for Amend to License NPF-69,revising TS 3/4.3.1 Re RPS Instrumentation to Delete Operability Requirements for APRM Neutron flux-upscale,setdown & Inoperative Functions in Operational Conditions 3 & 4

ML20101F418
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	03/20/1996
From:	Abbott R NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP.
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ML20101F403	List: ML20101F400 ML20101F418 ML20101F428
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NUDOCS 9603250496
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l l 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 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, l hereby requests that Specification 3/4.3.1 of the Technical Specifications set forth in l Appendix A to that license be amended. The proposed changes have been reviewed in accordance with Section 6.5 of the Technical Specifications.

l Niagara Mohawk proposes to revise Technical Specification Section 3/4.3.1, Reactor Protection System Instrumentation. The proposed revisions will delete the operability requirement for the Average Power Range Monitor (APRM) Neutron Flux-Upscale, Setdown and inoperative functions in Operational Conditions (OCs) 3 and 4 and modify the operability requirements in OC 5.

The revisions to the APRM functions are being proposed to support replacement of Local Power Range Monitors in RFO-5 and the installation of the Nuclear Measurement Analysis and Control (NUMAC) Power Range Neutron Monitoring (PRNM) System in RFO-6. The NUMAC-PRNM is des %ncd to replace the existing APRM System and to support the eventualinstallation of the Oscillation Power Range Monitor (OPRM) system required for  ;

i the detection of reer; tor instability conditions. I The proposed changes will not authorize any change in the type of effluents or in the authorized power level of the facility. Supporting information and analyses which demonstrate that the proposed changes involve no significant hazards consideration pursuant to 10 CFR 50.92 are included as Attachment B.

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

NIAGARA MOH WK POWER CORPORATION By M' l 9603250496 960320 0 Richard B. Abbott PDR ADOCK 0500 Vice President - Nuclear Generation Subscribed and Sworn t before me on this o7o day of 1996 l

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