ML20112D566

Application for Amend to License DPR-59,eliminating Selected Response Time Testing Requirements

ML20112D566
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Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	05/30/1996
From:	William Cahill POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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ML20112D563	List: JPN-96-024, Forwards Application for Amend to License & Ts,Eliminating Selected Response Time Testing Requirements ML20112D566 ML20112D571
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BEFORE THE UNITED STATES I l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION '

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NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-333 l l

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant )

APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO OPERATING LLC _ENSE l

The New York Power Authority requests an amendment to the Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A to Facility Operating Ucense DPR-59 for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. This application is filed in accordance with Section 10 CFR 50.90 of the i

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations.

l This application for an amendment to the James A. FitzPatrick Technical Specifications i t proposes to eliminate selected response time testing requirements. The affected Technical i Specifications (TS) are TS 4.1.A, " Surveillance Requirements, Reactor Protection System",

and TS 4.2.A, " Surveillance Requirements, Instrumentation, Primary Containment Isolation Functions". The proposed changes are supported by analyses performed by the Boiling Water Reactor Owners' Group (BWROG) which demonstrate that other periodic tests required by TS, such as functional tests and calibrations, in conjunction with the actions taken in response to NRC Bulletin 90-01, " Loss of Fill-Oil in Transmitters Manufactured by Rosemount," and Supplement 1, are adequate to ensure that instrument response times are j within acceptable limits. By letter dated December 28,1994, the NRC staff provided their acceptance of NEDO-32291-A, subject to certain conditions, for reference in license amendment applications.

Attachment I contains the proposed new TS pages and Attachment ll l-s the Safety Evaluation for the proposed changes. A markup of the affected TS pages is included as Attachment 111.

i There are no commitments contained in this submittal.

New York Power Authority

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Harry P. Salmon, Jr., for l W. J. Cahill, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER l Subscribed and sworn to before me l

this ds4 day of A 1996.

L L0s1% Notary Public

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