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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting Agenda

    In accordance with the purposes of sections 29 and 182b. of the 
Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the Advisory Committee on 
Reactor Safeguards will hold a meeting on April 7-9, 1994, in room P-
110, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland. Notice of this meeting 
was published in the Federal Register on February 15, 1994.

Thursday, April 7, 1994

    8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding conduct of the 
meeting and comment briefly regarding items of current interest. During 
this session, the Committee will discuss priorities for preparation of 
ACRS reports.
    8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: ABB-CE System 80+ Standard Plant Design 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of ABB-CE and the NRC staff regarding the Final 
Design Approval (FDA) for the System 80+ Standard Plant.
    10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Proposed Final Rule on Protection Against 
Malevolent Use of Vehicles at Nuclear Power Plants (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will review and comment on the Proposed Final Rule on 
Protection Against Malevolent Use of Vehicles at Nuclear Power Plants. 
Representatives of the NRC staff will participate. Representatives of 
the industry and other interested parties will participate, as 
appropriate.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss Safeguards and 
Security information.
    11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Recirculation Sump Strainer Clogging 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the vulnerability of 
U.S. nuclear power plants to recirculation sump strainer clogging and 
actions taken by the NRC staff to rectify this problem.
    1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: PRA Implementation Plan (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
the NRC staff regarding the NRC staff plan to implement the 
recommendations of the PRA Working Group and the PRA-related 
recommendations of the Regulatory Review Group.
    2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Report of the Planning and Procedures 
Subcommittee (Open/Closed)--The Committee will hear a report of the 
Planning and Procedures Subcommittee on matters related to the conduct 
of ACRS business and internal organizational and personnel matters 
relating to the ACRS staff members.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters that 
relate solely to internal personnel rules and practices of this 
advisory Committee, and matters the release of which would represent a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
    3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Election of Member-at-Large (Open)--The 
Committee will elect the Member-At-Large to the Planning and Procedures 
Subcommittee.
    4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting, including Final Design Approval for the ABWR, and 
issues stemming from the review of evolutionary plant designs and their 
applicability to operating nuclear power plants. Representatives of the 
NRC staff will participate, as appropriate.

Friday, April 8, 1994

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding conduct of the 
meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Restart of Brunswick Nuclear Plant (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and the licensee regarding the 
problems that led to the shutdown of the Brunswick Nuclear Power plant, 
including the core shroud cracking issue, and the actions taken by the 
licensee and the staff to rectify these problems.
    10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Future ACRS Activities (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss topics proposed for consideration during future ACRS 
meetings.
    11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss responses from the 
NRC Executive Director for Operations to recent ACRS comments and 
recommendations.
    12:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.
    4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Strategic Planning (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss issues of significant importance to the ACRS and the 
Commission.

Saturday, April 9, 1994

    8:30 a.m.-12 noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports to the 
Commission on matters considered during this meeting.
    12 Noon-12:30 p.m.: ACRS Subcommittee Activities (Open)--The 
Committee will hear reports and hold discussions regarding the status 
of ACRS subcommittee activities.
    12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
miscellaneous matters related to the conduct of Committee activities 
and complete discussion of topics that were not completed during 
previous meetings as time and availability of information permit.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on September 30, 1993 (58 FR 
51118). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements 
may be presented by members of the public, electronic recordings will 
be permitted only during the open portions of the meeting, and 
questions may be asked only by members of the Committee, its 
consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral statements should 
notify the ACRS Executive Director, Dr. John T. Larkins, as far in 
advance as practicable so that appropriate arrangements can be made to 
allow the necessary time during the meeting for such statements. Use of 
still, motion picture, and television cameras during this meeting may 
be limited to selected portions of the meeting as determined by the 
Chairman. Information regarding the time to be set aside for this 
purpose may be obtained by contacting the ACRS Executive Director prior 
to the meeting. In view of the possibility that the schedule for ACRS 
meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 
conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend should check with 
the ACRS Executive Director if such rescheduling would result in major 
inconvenience.
    I have determined in accordance with subsection 10(d) Public Law 
92-463 that it is necessary to close portions of this meeting noted 
above to discuss information that involves the internal personnel rules 
and practices of this advisory Committee per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2); to 
discuss information the release of which would represent a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6); and 
to discuss safeguards and security information exempted from disclosure 
by a statute that establishes particular criteria for withholding or 
refers to particular types of matters to be withheld per 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(3).
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting the ACRS Executive 
Director, Dr. John T. Larkins (telephone 301-492-4516), between 7:30 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. EST.

    Dated: March 18, 1994.
John C. Hoyle,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-6920 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]
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