[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34089-34090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16483]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting Notice

    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 9-11, 1997, in 
Conference Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The 
date of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register 
on Thursday, January 23, 1997 (62 FR 3539).

Wednesday, July 9, 1997

    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 hear 
presentations by and hold discussions with the NRR Director on items of 
mutual interest, including low-power and shutdown operations risk, NRR 
research needs, status of fire inspection program, use of risk-
informed, performance-based process for prioritizing compliance issues, 
and coordination of ACRS review of NRR activities.
    10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon: Acceptance Criteria for Plant-Specific 
Safety Goals and Deriving Lower-Tier Acceptance Criteria (Open)--The 
Committee will hear a presentation by and hold discussions with the 
ACRS Senior Fellow regarding the results of his analysis performed to 
determine the site-specific changes in core damage frequency and large, 
early release frequency, when these lower-tier criteria are derived 
from the prompt fatality quantitative health objectives.
    Representatives of the NRC staff will participate.
    1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Proposed Standard Review Plan Section and 
Regulatory Guide for Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Inservice 
Inspection (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the 
proposed Standard Review Plan Section and Regulatory Guide for risk-
informed, performance-based inservice inspection.
    2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.: Meeting with NRC Commissioner McGaffigan 
(Open)--The Committee will meet with NRC Commissioner McGaffigan to 
discuss items of mutual interest, including ACRS activities and NRC 
research.
    4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Proposed Final Modifications to 10 CFR Part 
26, Fitness-For-Duty Program Requirements (Open)--The Committee will 
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the 
NRC staff regarding the proposed final modifications to fitness-for-
duty program requirements.
    6:15 p.m.-7:15 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 use of 
risk-informed, performance-based process for prioritizing compliance 
issues.

Thursday, July 10, 1997

    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.-10:30 a.m.: Halden Reactor Project (Open/Closed)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the NRC staff and its contractors regarding the 
ongoing and planned work at the OECD Halden Reactor Project in the 
areas of human factors, instrumentation and control systems, software 
quality, and reactor fuels.

    [Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss 
information provided in confidence by a foreign source.]

    10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Use of RASCAL Code During Incident Response 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the use of the RASCAL 
code to calculate off-site doses.
    1:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m.: Future ACRS Activities (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Sub-
committee regarding items proposed for consideration by the full 
Committee during future meetings.
    1:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 
Recommendations (Open)--The Committee will discuss responses from the 
NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO) to comments and 
recommendations included in recent ACRS reports. The EDO responses are 
expected to be provided to the Committee prior to the meeting.
    2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.

Friday, July 11, 1997

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open)--
The ACRS Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of 
the meeting.
    8:35 a.m.-10:00 a.m.: NUREG/CR-6372, Recommendations for 
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis; Guidance on Uncertainty and Use 
of Experts (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and its contractors 
regarding NUREG/CR-6372.
    10:15 a.m.-11:00 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, qualifications of candidates nominated for 
appointment to the ACRS, and organizational and personnel matters 
relating to the ACRS.

    [Note: 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 information the release of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.]

    11:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will discuss proposed ACRS reports on matters considered 
during this meeting.
    1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Preparation of ACRS Reports (Open)--The 
Committee will continue its discussion of proposed ACRS reports on 
matters considered during this meeting.
    3:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Strategic Planning (Open)--The Committee will 
continue its discussion of items of significant importance to NRC,

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including rebaselining of the Committee activities for FY 1998.
    4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will 
discuss matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and 
matters and specific issues 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 October 1, 1996 (61 FR 
51310). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements 
may be presented by members of the public and nuclear industry, 
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 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) Public Law 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 information the release of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy per 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), and 
to discuss information provided in confidence by a foreign source per 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
    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 or ftp.fedworld. These 
documents and the meeting agenda are also available for downloading or 
reviewing on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

    Dated: June 18, 1997.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management.
[FR Doc. 97-16483 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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