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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 June 9-11, 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, June 9, 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.-9:45 A.M.: Proposed Workshop on Digital 
Instrumentation and Control Systems (Open/Closed)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives 
of the NRC staff regarding the details of the National Academies of 
Science and Engineering (NAS) proposal, which was submitted in 
response to an NRC request-for-proposal, to conduct a workshop and 
gather information for use in performing a study on the use of 
digital instrumentation and control systems at nuclear power plants 
and the adequacy of the regulatory requirements.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (the 
NAS proposal) exempted from disclosure by statute and such statute 
requires that the matter be withheld from the public in such a 
manner as to leave no discretion on the issue.
    9:45 A.M.-12 Noon: Fire Protection Related Matters (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding insights gained from the 
NRC staff reassessment of the fire-protection program, status of 
resolution of issues/new developments associated with the Thermo-Lag 
Fire Barriers, Shutdown Fire Risk, and related matters. 
Representatives of the industry will participate.
    1 P.M.-2:30 P.M.: Proposed Revisions to the License Renewal Rule 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
proposed revisions to the License Renewal Rule. Representatives of 
the industry will participate.
    2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.: Protective Action Guidelines (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the staff use of the 
EPA's Protective Action Guidelines in its review of nuclear plant 
activities.
    3:45 P.M.-6:30 P.M.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will discuss the proposed ACRS report on matters 
discussed during the 8:45 A.M.-9:45 A.M. session (Proposed Workshop 
on Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems), and other ACRS 
reports on matters considered during this meeting, as well as those 
regarding improvement of the rulemaking process, and issues stemming 
from the review of the evolutionary plant designs and their 
applicability to operating nuclear power plants.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (the 
NAS proposal) exempted from disclosure by statute and such statute 
requires that the matter be withheld from the public in such a 
manner as to leave no discretion on the issue.

Friday, June 10, 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 A.M.: Valve Operability Program (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the status of ongoing NRC 
and industry activities associated with the operability of motor-
operated valves, check valves, butterfly valves, and other related 
matters. Representatives of the industry will participate, as 
appropriate.
    10 A.M.-11:45 A.M.: Operating Experience (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives 
of the NRC staff regarding the December 1993 loss of RCS level 
control event at the Sequoyah nuclear plant, and the March 17, 1994 
loss of shutdown cooling event at the Cooper nuclear power plant.
    11:45 A.M.-12 Noon: 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.
    1:00 P.M.-2 P.M.: AEOD Report on Potter-Brumfield Motor Driven 
Relay (MDR) Failures (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations 
by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff 
regarding the Potter-Brumfield MDR relay failures, the associated 
root cause, and the conclusions and recommendations of the NRC 
Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AEOD) 
resulting from its study of this matter. Representatives of the 
industry will participate, as appropriate.
    2 P.M.-3 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.
    3:15 P.M.-3:45 P.M.: Future ACRS Activities (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss topics proposed for consideration during 
future ACRS meetings.
    3:45 P.M.-4:30 P.M.: Strategic Planning (Open)--The Committee 
will continue its discussion of issues of significant importance to 
the ACRS and Commission.
    4:30 P.M.-6:30 P.M.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will discuss the proposed ACRS report on matters 
discussed during the Thursday, June 9, 8:45 A.M.-9:45 A.M. session 
(Proposed Workshop on Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems), 
and on other matters considered during this meeting.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (the 
NAS proposal) exempted from disclosure by statute and such statute 
requires that the matter be withheld from the public in such a 
manner as to leave no discretion on the issue.

Saturday, June 11, 1994

    8:30 A.M.-12 Noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will continue to discuss the proposed ACRS report on 
matters discussed during to 8:45 A.M.-9:45 A.M. session on Thursday, 
June 9, 1994 (Proposed Workshop on Digital Instrumentation and 
Control systems), and other proposed ACRS reports to the Commission 
on matters considered during this meeting.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (the 
NAS proposal) exempted from disclosure by statute and such statute 
requires that the matter be withheld from the public in such a 
manner as to leave no discretion on the issue.
    12 Noon-12:30 P.M.: Activities of the ACRS Subcommittees/
Individual Member (Open)--The Committee will hear reports and hold 
discussions, regarding activities of ACRS Subcommittees and 
individual members.
    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 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 to 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) P.L. 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 matters (the NAS proposal exempted 
from disclosure by statute and such statute requires that the matter 
be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no 
discretion on the issue per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(A).
    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: May 20, 1994.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-12724 Filed 5-24-94; 8:45 am]
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