ML17037C453

Letter Transmitting an Application for Amendment to Operating License and a Proposed Change to Technical Specifications (Appendix a) to Clarify Cloride and Oxygen Levels

ML17037C453
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	01/19/1976
From:	LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae
To:	Rusche B C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Ltr submitted on behalf of Niag Mohawk.Power Corp.trans the'following 5NCLOSURES:

Application for Amdt to OL/DPR-63 notarized 1-16-76/'Tech Specs with attachments A entitled Proposed.Change,to Tech Specs (App.A)&Attachment B entitled Supporting Info (3 Ori g&37 CC rec'd).88RPR'ICATE OF SERVICE:date'd:1<<19.-76 showing svc of Amdt to OL upon Mr.Robert P.Jones, snIvr Town ofsoriba~N.Y.:et.al...ZFC;~M O (1-21-76 ASSIGNED BItANCH CHlEF PROJECT MANAGER+PROJECT MANAGER LP i C 4 LIC~ASST.'8 W//4CYS ACRS LIC ASST.W/ACRS EG FI aE RC PDR+6ELD 060SSICK/STAFF

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,)I Regulatory Docket.BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION P))NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION

)(Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station)Unit No.1))Docket No.50-220 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have served a document entitled"Application for Amendment to Operating License" by mailing a copy thereof first.class, postage prepaid, to the following persons this 19th day of January, 1976.Mr.Robert P.Jones Supervisor Town of Scriba R.D.54 Oswego, New York 13126 Miss Juanita Kersey Librarian Oswego City Library 120 E.Second Street.Oswego, New York 13126 Dr.William E.Seymour Staff Coordinator New York State Atomic Energy Council New York State Department of Commerce 99 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12210 ope M.Babcock LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby&MacRae Attorneys for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 529

LAW OFFICES OF LEBOEUF, LAMB,LEIBY 8 MACRAE l757 N STREET, N.W.WABHINGToN, D.C.20036 ARVIN E.UPTON LEONARD M.TROSTKN WILLIAM O.DOUB EUGENE B.THOMAS,JR.

HARRY H.VOIGT L.MANNING MUNTZING LEX K.I.ARSON HENRY V.NICKEL JAMES P.MCGRANERY,JR.

WASHINGTON PARTNERS January 19, 1976 ggfjp, 8 FO4+Mr.Ben C.Rusche Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.20555 I40 BROADWAY NEW YORK, N~Y.IOOOS WASHINGTON TELEPHONK SOS 457 7500 CABLE ADDRESS LALALUe WASHINGTON D C TELEXI 440274 Re: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit No.1 Docket.No.50-220

Dear Mr.Rusche:

As counsel for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, submitted herewith please find three (3)signed originals and nineteen (19)copies of a document entitled HApplica-tion for Amendment to Operating License." This application seeks to amend Section 3.2.3 of Facility Operating License No.DPR-63 to clarify cloride and oxygen levels.Forty (40)copies of the proposed change and a safety evaluation are also enclosed.A Certificate of Service showing service of these documents upon the persons listed therein is also enclosed.Very truly yours,~4k, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby 6 MacRae Attorneys for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

gegulatory Docket'NITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4p~hg,g P~In the Matter of))NIAGARA MOHAiUK POlUER CORPORATION

)(Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station)Unit No.1))Docket No.50-220 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.DPR-63, hereby requests that Section 3.2.3 of the Technical Specifications set forth in Appendix A to that License be amended.,This proposed change has been approved by Site Operations Review Committee and Safety Review and Audit Board.The proposed Technical Specification change is set forth in Attachment A to this application.

A safety evaluation, which demon-strates that the proposed change does not involve a significant hazards consideration, is set forth in Attachment B.The proposed change would not authorize any change in the types or any increase in the amounts of effluents or any change in the authorized power level of the facility.

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--2--WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that Appendix A'o H Facility Operating License No.DPR-63 be amended in the form attached hereto as Attachment A.NIAGARA MOHAlhtK POWER CORPORATION Rudolp R.c>neider Vice Presiden-Electric Operations H Subscribed and sworn to before me on this i'0 9, day of January, 1976.Q~." Q.Cl~gd.'~C.QoK)Notary Public oATRlCIA A.Co~b~isi~oi iiow+sons poblic in ii 4d082d<goslilmd i<<n".+sb 3ii, 19 t7 ld Commission despises Moss V 0~.Cq

~~ATTACl-MENT A~<@~>gg Docket F!~s Niagara mohawk Power Corporation License No.DPR-63'I Docket No..50-220 Proposed Change to Technical Specifications (Appendix A)I The attached is a revision to page 83 of Appendix A of DPR-63.

LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENT 3.2.3 COOLANT CHEMISTRY 4.2.3 COOLANT CHEMISTRY Applies to the reactor coolant system chemical requirements.

~Ob ective: To assure the chemical purity of the reactor coolant water.Applies to the periodic testing requirements of the reactor coolant chemistry'.

~Ob ective: To determine the chemical purity of the reactor coolant water.I a.The reactor coolant water shall not exceed the following limits with steaming rates less than 100,000 pounds per hour except as specified in 3.2.3b: Conductivity Chloride ion 2 pmho/cm 0.1 ppm b.For reactor start-ups the maximun value for conductivity shall not exceed 10 umho/cm and the maximum value for chloride ion concentration shall not exceed O.l ppm, for the first 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after placing the reactor in the power operating condition.

During reactor shutdowns specification

-3.2.3.c will apply Samples shall be taken at least every 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> and analyzed for conductivity and chloride ion content.In addition, if the conductivity becomes.abnormal (other than short term spikes)as indicated by the continuous conductivity monitor, sampl'es shall be taken and analyzed.When the continuous conductivity monitor is inoperable, a reactor coolant sample shall be taken at least daily'nd analyzed for con-ductivity and chloride ion content.83

ATTACkBKNT 8 Q~og'lgtgrv O0Gk8t Fig(.Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation m.a-,'-"-~License No.DPR-63 Docket 50-220 Su ortin Information The proposed change included in Attachment A, represents a clarification of the reactor coolant chemistry specifications.

Its'urpose is to provide for shut-down conditions, in accordance with , the intent of those specifications.

When reactor steaming rates are less than 100,000 pounds per hour, present Technical Specifications limit the chloride ion concen-tration to 0.1 ppm.This specification is intended to restrict chloride content during periods of operation such as reactor start-up and hot stand-by when reactor water dissolved oxygen levels may be high.During normal operation, when steaming rates are greater than 100,000 pounds per hour, boiling occurs causing deaeration.

This re-sults in much lower dissolved oxygen levels (0.2-0.3 ppm).At these low oxygen levels, chloride levels of up to 1 ppm can be tolerated without encountering any damage to the primary system materials.

In the process of shutting down, however, the reactor may be brought to a steaming rate of less than 100,000 pounds per hour while the chloride content is greater than 0.1 ppm and oxygen content is low.The oxygen content remains low until the reactor temperature drops and the head vent is opened.Therefore, tho extension of normal operation chloride limits to shutdown conditions would not pose any problems to the primary system materials.

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