[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 42269-42270] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-20654] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Joint Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittees on Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Plant Operations, and on Fire Protection; Notice of Meeting The ACRS Subcommittees on Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Plant Operations, and on Fire Protection will hold a joint meeting on August 28 and 29, 1997, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: Thursday, August 28, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business Friday, August 29, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business The Subcommittees will continue their review of matters included in the Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) dated May 27, 1997: (1) Acceptance criteria for plant-specific safety goals and deriving lower- tier acceptance criteria; and (2) the use of uncertainty versus point values in the PRA-related [[Page 42270]] decisionmaking process. The Subcommittees will review the proposed action plan to improve the Senior Management Meeting process and the voluntary approach proposed by the industry for reporting reliability and availability information for risk-significant systems and equipment. The Subcommittees will also review the NRC program for risk- based analysis of reactor operating experience, as well as the results of special studies performed by the staff (e.g., auxiliary feedwater, Westinghouse reactor protection systems, loss of offsite power, initiating events, reactor core isolation cooling, high pressure core injection, fire events, etc.). The purpose of this meeting is to gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and to formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee. Oral statements may be presented by members of the public with the concurrence of the Subcommittee Chairman; written statements will be accepted and made available to the Committee. Electronic recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public, and questions may be asked only by members of the Subcommittees, their consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify the cognizant ACRS staff engineer named below five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. During the initial portion of the meeting, the Subcommittees, along with any of their consultants who may be present, may exchange preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance of the meeting. The Subcommittees will then hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, its consultants, and other interested persons regarding this review. 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 cognizant ACRS staff engineer, Mr. Michael T. Markley (telephone 301/415-6885) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (EDT). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact the above named individual one or two working days prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda, etc., that may have occurred. Dated: July 31, 1997. Sam Duraiswamy, Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch. [FR Doc. 97-20654 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P