ML20202D539

Application for Amend to License DPR-59,allowing RCS Pressure Tests to Be Performed in Cold Shutdown Mode

ML20202D539
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	02/06/1998
From:	James Knubel POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
To:	NRC
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ML20202D532	List: JPN-98-005, Forwards Application for Amend to License DPR-59,allowing RCS Pressure Tests to Be Performed While Remaining in Cold Shutdown Mode.Encl Supersedes & Replaces Application for Amend Submitted 960201 ML20202D539 ML20202D562
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BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGUL% TORY COMMi3SION 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 regulations.

This application for an amendment to the James A. FitzPatrick Technical Specifications (TS) proposes to allow reactor coolant system pressure tests to be performed while remaining in the Cold Shutdown Mode. Primary containment integrity is not required in the Cold Shutdown Mode thus allowing unrestricted access to the primary containment for the performance of inspections. The changes will also allow some outage activities on other systems to continue at the same time as during pressure testing. The changes, with minor exceptions, adopt Special Operations Section 3.10.1, " Inservice Leak and Hydrostatic Testing Operation," from Standard Technical Specifications (STS), NUREG 1433, Revision

1. Minor exceptions are required to ensure consistency within FitzPatrick TS, reflect differences between FitzPatrick TS and STS, and ensure the same level of ECCS redundancy afforded by STS during pressure testing. These exceptions will be eliminated when the FitzPatrick TS are converted to STS.

Editorial changes to improve the table of contents, relocate text, use consistent terminology, and reflect the addition of new TS pages are also proposed.

Attachment I contains the proposed new Technical Specification pages and Attachment 11 is the Safety Evaluation for the proposed changes. Attachment lllis a markup of the

-affected pages.

New York Power Authority STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Subscribed and sworn to before me

, -M ' this N day of . 1998.

J. Knubel b Senior Vice resident and Chief Nuclear Officer .

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