[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9195]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on 
Reactor Fuels, Onsite Fuel Storage, and Decommissioning

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Reactor Fuels, Onsite Fuel Storage, and 
Decommissioning will hold a meeting on April 23 and 24, 1998, 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, April 23, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business
Friday, April 24, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business

    The Subcommittee will discuss the basis of the proposed NRC fuel 
failure criterion for high burnup conditions, and the adequacy of NRC 
fuel codes to predict fuel behavior under accident conditions. 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 NRC staff, its consultants, 
Electric Power Research Institute, Westinghouse, Argonne National 
Laboratory, and other interested persons regarding this review.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled 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, Dr. Medhat El-Zeftawy (telephone 301/415-6889) 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 in the 
proposed agenda, etc., that may have occurred.

    Dated: April 1, 1998.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-9195 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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