ML20101H667

Application for Amend to License DPR-59,adopting Primary Containment Lrt Requirements of Option B to 10CFR50,App J at Plant & Clarifies Numerical Value of Allowable Containment Lrt as 1.5% Per Day

ML20101H667
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/27/1996
From:	William Cahill POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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ML20101H660	List: JPN-96-011, Forwards Application for Amend to License & Proposed TS, Supporting Adoption of Primary Containment Lrt Requirements of Option B to 10CFR50,App J at Plant & Clarifies Numerical Value of Allowable Containment Lrt as 1.5% Per Day ML20101H667 ML20101H674
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, i 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 contained in Appendix A to Facility Operating License 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 regulation.

The proposed Technical Specification changes support adoption of the primary I containment leakage rate testing requirements of Option B to 10 CFR 50, Appendix J at I the FitzPatrick plant, and clarify the numerical value of the allowabM containment leakage rate (L.) as 1.5 percent per day. Implementation of Option B to 10 CFR 50, Appendix J l

will be controlled under the Primary Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program. Under this program, primary containment leakage rate testing will be performed in accordance i with the requirements of Option B to 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Regulatory Guide 1.163, and exemptions currently approved by the NRC for the FitzPatrick Plant.

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Attachments I and ill to this application contain the proposed changes to the Technical '

Specifications and a markup of the current Technical Specification pages, respectively.

Attachment ll contains the associated Safety Evaluation. Attachment IV contains the plan for implementing the new leakage rate testing requirements as required by Option B of 10 CFR 50 Appendix J Section B.2.

New York Power Authority William J. Cahill, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Subscribed and sworn to efore me this 7N day of , 1996.

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