[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54264-54265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25977]



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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 November 2-4, 1995, in 
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The 
date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register 
on Tuesday, August 22, 1995 (60 FR 43619).

Thursday, November 2, 1995

    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.-10:45 a.m.: Watts Bar Unit 1 Operating License 
Application (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and the applicant 
(Tennessee Valley Authority) on the status of resolution of issues 
associated with the review of the operating license application for 
Watts Bar Unit 1 nuclear plant.
    Representatives of the public will participate, as appropriate.
    11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m: BWR Core Power Stability/ATWS (Open/Closed)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and BWR Owners Group (BWROG) regarding 
the proposed revisions to emergency procedure guidelines developed by 
the BWROG for mitigation of an ATWS event compounded by core power 
instability.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss General Electric 
Nuclear Energy proprietary information applicable to this matter.
    1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Advanced Control Room Design Review Guidelines 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the proposed Revision 1 
to NUREG-0700, ``Human-System Interface Design Review Guideline''.
    Representatives of the industry will participate, as appropriate.
    3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.: Reliability of Safety Systems (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding the methods/means used by 
the staff for reviewing the reliability of safety systems.
    Representatives of the industry will participate, as appropriate.
    4:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting, as well as a proposed ACRS report on the 
Resolution of Generic Issue 78, ``Monitoring of Fatigue Transient 
Limits for the Reactor Coolant System''.

Friday, November 3, 1995

    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.-9:45 a.m.: Proposed Final Regulatory Guide 1.164, ``Time 
Response Design Criteria for Safety-Related Operator Actions'' (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff regarding proposed final Regulatory 
Guide 1.164.
    Representatives of the industry will participate, as appropriate.
    9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.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 organizational and personnel matters relating to 
the ACRS staff members.
    A portion of this session may be closed to discuss organizational 
and personnel matters that relate solely to the internal personnel 
rules and practices of this Advisory Committee, and matters the release 
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.
    10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Future ACRS Activities (Open)--The Committee 
will select topics 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 expected 
from the NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and 
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports.
    11:45 a.m.-12:00 Noon: Subcommittee Activities (Open)--The 
Committee will hear a report by the Subcommittee Chairman regarding the 
October 26-27, 1995 meeting on Individual Plant Examinations/
Probabilistic Risk Assessment.
    1:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on 
matters considered during this meeting, as well as a proposed ACRS 
report on the Resolution of Generic Issue 78, ``Monitoring of Fatigue 
Transient Limits for Reactor Coolant System''.

Saturday, November 4, 1995

    8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on 
matters considered during this meeting and on the other matter noted 
above.
    10:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Strategic Planning (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss items that are of significant importance to NRC, including 
rebaselining of the Committee activities for fiscal year 96-97.
    12:00 Noon-12:15 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss miscellaneous matters related to the conduct of Committee 
activities.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACRS meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 5, 1994 (59 FR 
50780). 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 Mr. Sam Duraiswamy, Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch, at least 
five days before the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made 

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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 Chief of the Nuclear Reactors 
Branch 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 Chief of the Nuclear Reactors Branch if such 
rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
    In accordance with Subsection 10(d) P.L. 92-463, I have determined 
that it is necessary to close portions of this meeting noted above to 
discuss matters that relate solely to the internal personnel rules and 
practices of this Advisory Committee per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), to 
discuss General Electric Nuclear Energy proprietary information per 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and to discuss matters the release of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy per 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    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 Mr. Sam Duraiswamy, 
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch (telephone 301-415-7364), between 7:30 
A.M. and 4:15 P.M. EDT.
    ACRS meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
now available on FedWorld from the ``NRC MAIN MENU.'' Direct Dial 
Access number to FedWorld is (800) 303-9672; the local direct dial 
number is 703-321-3339.

    Dated: October 16, 1995.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-25977 Filed 10-19-95; 8:45 am]
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