JPN-96-031, Forwards Application for Amend to License DPR-59,supporting Adoption of Primary Containment Leakage Rate Testing Requirements of Option B to 10CFR50,App J at Plant

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Forwards Application for Amend to License DPR-59,supporting Adoption of Primary Containment Leakage Rate Testing Requirements of Option B to 10CFR50,App J at Plant
ML20113B607
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Site: FitzPatrick Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 06/20/1996
From: William Cahill
POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
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NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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JPN-96-031, JPN-96-31, NUDOCS 9606270232
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June 20,1996 JPN-96-031 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Docurnent Control Desk Mail Station P1-137 Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Docket No. 50-333 Revision 2 to Proposed Changes to the Technical Specifications to incorporate Option B to 10CFR50, Appendix J (JPTS-96-003)

Reference:

1. NYPA letter, W.J. Cahill, Jr. to NRC (JPN-96-016), " Revision to Proposed Changes to the Technical Specifications to incorporate Option B to 10CFR50, Appendix J (JPTS-96-003)," dated April 24, 1996.
2. Regulatory Guide 1.163, " Performance-Based Containment Leak-Test Program," dated September 1995.

Dear Sir:

The New York Power Authority is revising a FitzPatrick Technical Specification (TS) amendment application (Reference 1) to withdraw the proposed clarification of the numerical value of allowable containment leakage rate (L.).

The proposed TS changes support adoption of the primary containment leakage rate testing requirements of Option B to 10 CFR 50, Appendix J at the FitzPatrick plant.

Implementation of Option B to 10 CFR 50, Appendix J will be controlled under the Primary Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program. Under this program, primary containment leakage rate testing will be performed in accordance with the requirements of Option B to 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Regulatory Guide 1.163 (Reference 2) with approved exceptions, and exemptions currently approved by the NRC for the FitzPatrick Plant.

The Authority requests NRC approval of this proposed amendment prior to August 1,1996 in order to adopt these changes prior to the upcoming refueling outage currently scheduled for Fall 1996. This submittal supersedes the Reference 1 submittal in its entirety.

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The signed original of the Application for Amendment to Operating License is enclosed for filing. Attachments I and lll to this application contain the proposed TS changes and a markup of the current TS pages, respectively. Attachment ll contains the revised Safety Evaluation. These attachments supersede and replace those submitted with Reference 1. No changes are made to Attachment IV which contains the plan for implementing the new leakage rate testing requirements as required by Option B of 10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Section V.B.2. Attachment V summarizes the commitments made in this submittal.

A copy of this application and the associated attachments are being provided to the designated New York State official in accordance with 10 CFR 50.91.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. A. Zaremba.

Very truly yours, William J. Cahill, Jr.

Chief Nuclear Officer att: as stated cc: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Office of the Resident inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 136 Lycoming, NY 13093 Ms. K. Cotton, Acting Project Manager 4 Project Directorate I-1 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 14 B2 Washington, DC 20555 l Mr. F. William Valentino, President New York State Energy, Research and Development Authority 2 Rockefeller Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1253

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