[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11072-11073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5594]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on 
Materials and Metallurgy; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Materials and Metallurgy will hold a 
meeting on March 24 and 25, 1999, Room T-2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:
    Wednesday, March 24, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business
    Thursday, March 25, 1999--8:30 a.m. until 12:00 Noon
    The Subcommittee will meet with representatives of the NRC staff, 
the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), and the Boiling Water Reactor 
Vessel Internals Project (BWRVIP) to discuss industry and NRC 
activities related to: steam generator tube integrity; BWRVIP; 
Pressurized Water Reactor Materials Reliability Project; reactor 
pressure vessel integrity; status of resolution of the differences 
between the staff and ASME regarding the use of 1994 Addenda to the 
ASME Section III Code for Class 1, 2, and 3 piping systems; and the 
proposed revision to 10 CFR 50.55a., ``Codes and standards.'' 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, NEI, BWRVIP, and 
other interested

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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. Noel F. Dudley 
(telephone 301/415-6888) 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: March 1, 1999.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 99-5594 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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