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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

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 July 7-8, 1994, in Room P-
110, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland.

Thursday, July 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.: Meeting with the Director of the NRC Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) (Open)--The Committee will meet 
with Mr. W.T. Russell, Director of NRR, to discuss items of mutual 
interest.
    10:30 A.M.-12:00 Noon: Proposed Workshop and Study on Digital 
Instrumentation and Control Systems (Open/Closed)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) regarding the 
details of the NAS proposal, which was submitted in response to an NRC 
request-for-proposal, to conduct a workshop and perform 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 (i.e., 
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.
    1:00 P.M.-2:30 P.M.: Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue 
15, ``Radiation Effects on Reactor Vessel Supports'' (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the staff's proposed 
resolution of Generic Safety Issue 15 that addresses potential 
embrittlement of the reactor vessel support structures resulting from 
neutron irradiation damage, and the associated safety significance.
    2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.: Overview of the PRA Implementation Plan 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the PRA Implementation 
Plan.
    3:45 P.M.-4:30 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, qualifications of candidates nominated for 
appointment to the ACRS, 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.
    4:30 P.M.-5:00 P.M.: Future ACRS Activities (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss topics proposed for consideration during future ACRS 
meetings.
    5:00 P.M.-5:15 P.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.
    5:15 P.M.-6:30 P.M.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will discuss the proposed ACRS report on the proposed 
Workshop and Study on Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems that 
was discussed between 10:30 A.M.-12:00 Noon today. Also it will discuss 
other ACRS reports on matters considered during this meeting, as well 
as those regarding Protective Action Guidelines, and issues stemming 
from the ACRS review of the evolutionary plant designs and their 
applicability to operating and future nuclear power plants.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (i.e., 
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, July 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.-12:00 Noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will discuss the proposed ACRS report on the proposed 
Workshop and Study on Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems that 
was discussed between 10:30 A.M. and 12:00 Noon on Thursday, July 7, 
1994. Also it will discuss proposed reports on other matters considered 
during this meeting.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (i.e., 
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.
    1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of the proposed ACRS report on 
the Proposed Workshop and Study on Digital Instrumentation and Control 
Systems that was discussed between 10:30 A.M. and 12:00 Noon on 
Thursday, July 7, 1994. Also, it will continue the discussion of 
proposed reports on other matters considered during this meeting.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss matters (i.e., 
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.
    3:15 P.M.-3:45 P.M.: Activities of the ACRS Subcommittees/
Individual Members (Open)--The Committee will hear reports and hold 
discussions regarding activities of ACRS Subcommittees and individual 
members.
    3:45 P.M.-4:00 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) 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 (i.e., 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 canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefore 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.
    The ACRS meetings for the remainder of the year, listed below, will 
be held at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Conference Room 
T2B3.

412th ACRS Meeting--August 4-6, 1994
413th ACRS Meeting--September 8-10, 1994
414th ACRS Meeting--October 6-8, 1994
415th ACRS Meeting--November 3-5, 1994
416th ACRS Meeting--December 8-10, 1994.

    Dated: June 20, 1994.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-15387 Filed 6-23-94; 8:45 am]
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