[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30779]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on 
Thermal-Hydraulic and Severe-Accident Phenomena; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulic and Severe-Accident 
Phenomena will hold a meeting on December 9 and 10, 1997, Room T-2B3, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    Portions of the meeting will be closed to public attendance to 
discuss Westinghouse Electric Corporation proprietary information 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:

Tuesday, December 9, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business
Wednesday, December 10, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business

    The Subcommittee will continue its review of the results of the 
Westinghouse Test and Analysis Program being conducted in support of 
the AP600 design certification. Specifically, the Subcommittee will 
continue its review of the Westinghouse Phenomena Identification and 
Ranking Table (PIRT) and Scaling Report pertaining to the AP600 primary 
system. The Subcommittee will also continue its review of the use of 
the NOTRUMP code for small-break LOCA analyses. 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 
Subcommittee, its 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 Subcommittee, along 
with any of its consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance 
of the meeting.
    The Subcommittee will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the Westinghouse Electric 
Corporation, the NRC staff, their consultants, and other interested 
persons regarding this review.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the scheduling of sessions 
which are open to the public, 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. 
Paul A. Boehnert (telephone 301/415-8065) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 
p.m. (EST). 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: November 18, 1997.
Amarjit Singh,
Acting Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 97-30779 Filed 11-21-97; 8:45 am]
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