[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22181]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Twenty-Fifth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Twenty-Fifth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will 
be held on October 20-22, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the Bethesda 
Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    The Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will be opened by NRC 
Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson as the keynote speaker for the plenary 
session on October 20, 1997, at 9:00 a.m. A panel discussion on Risk 
Informed Regulation will be held on Tuesday morning, October 21, 1997, 
at 8:30 a.m. There will be speakers after lunch on Monday, October 20, 
1997, and Tuesday, October 21, 1997, and Dr. Herbert J.C. Kouts, a 
member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, will speak after 
lunch on Wednesday, October 22, 1997.
    The meeting is international in scope and includes presentations by 
personnel from the NRC, U.S. Government laboratories, private 
contractors, universities, the Electric Power Research Institute, 
reactor vendors, and a number of foreign agencies. This meeting is 
sponsored by the NRC and conducted by the Brookhaven National 
Laboratory.
    The preliminary agenda for this year's meeting includes 12 
sessions, along with the panel discussions, on the following topics: 
Pressure Vessel Research, BWR Strainer Blockage & Other Generic Safety 
Issues, Environmentally Assisted Degradation of LWR Components, Update 
on Severe Accident Code Improvements and Applications, Human 
Reliability Analysis & Human Performance Evaluation, Technical Issues 
Related to Rulemakings, Risk Informed Performance Based Initiatives 
(including Risk Informed Regulation Activities, IPEEE Insights, 
Performance Based Regulation Initiatives), High Burnup Fuel, Thermal-
Hydraulic Research and Codes (two sessions), Digital Instrumentation 
and Control, and Structural Performance.
    Those who wish to attend may register at the meeting or in advance 
by contacting Susan Monteleone, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 
Department of Nuclear Energy, Building 130, Upton, NY 11973, telephone 
(516) 282-7235; or Christine Bonsby, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 
telephone (301) 415-5838.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of August, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alois J. Burda,
Deputy Director, Financial Management, Procurement and Administration 
Staff, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 97-22181 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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