[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33714]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Joint Meeting of the 
Subcommittees on Plant Operations and on Reliability and Probabilistic 
Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittees on Plant Operations and on Reliability and 
Probabilistic Risk Assessment will hold a joint meeting on January 26, 
1999, in 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.

Tuesday, January 26, 1999--8:30 a.m. Until the Conclusion of 
Business

    The Subcommittees will continue their review of proposed 
improvements to the NRC inspection and assessment programs, 
including initiatives related to development of a risk-based 
inspection program and performance indicators. 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 Subcommittees, their 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 Subcommittees, 
along with any of their consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the 
balance of the meeting.
    The Subcommittees will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of 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, 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. Michael T. Markley (telephone 
301/415-6885) 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: December 14, 1998.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-33714 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]
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