[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 65817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31811]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on 
Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena will hold a 
meeting on December 16-17, 1998, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    A portion of this meeting will be closed to public attendance to 
discuss Westinghouse proprietary information pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(4).
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:
    Wednesday, December 16, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    Thursday, December 17, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    The Subcommittee will discuss the application of the Westinghouse 
Electric Company's WCOBRA/TRAC best-estimate large-break LOCA code to 
nuclear power plants with upper head plenum injection; the NRC Thermal-
Hydraulic Code Review Action Plan; and the status of the NRC thermal-
hydraulic research program. 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 Westinghouse, the NRC staff, 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, and 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 23, 1998.
Noel F. Dudley,
Acting Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-31811 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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