[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24565]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Twenty-Sixth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Twenty-Sixth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will 
be held on October 26-28, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Bethesda 
Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland.
    The Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will be opened by NRC 
Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson as the keynote speaker for the plenary 
session on Monday, October 26, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. and Commissioner Diaz 
will speak at lunch. There will be a panel discussion on Tuesday 
morning, October 27, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. which will focus on the Future 
of Research. Carlos Vitanza will be Tuesday's luncheon speaker 
presenting an overview of the OECD Halden Reactor Project and main 
issues for the year 2000 and beyond.
    This 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, Severe Accidents Research and Fission Product 
Behavior, Nuclear Materials Issues and Health Effects Research, 
Materials Integrity Issues, Digital Instrumentation and Control, 
Structural Performance, The Halden Program, PRA Methods and 
Applications, Thermal Hydraulic Research, Plant Aging (2 sessions), and 
High Burn-up Fuel.
    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) 344-7235; Sandra Nesmith (301) 415-6437, or Christine Bonsby 
(301) 415-5838, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd Day of September, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alois J. Burda,
Deputy Director, Financial Management, Procurement and Administration 
Staff, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 98-24565 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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