[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31188]


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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice 
of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment will hold a meeting on December 15-16, 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, December 15, 1999--8:30 a.m. Until the Conclusion of 
Business

    The Subcommittee will discuss the staff's programs for risk-based 
analysis of reactor operating experience, including special studies for 
common-cause failure analyses, system and component analyses, accident 
sequence precursor analyses, and related matters.

Thursday, December 16, 1999--8:30 a.m. Until the Conclusion of Business

    The Subcommittee will discuss NRC staff efforts in the area of 
risk-informed technical specifications and associated industry 
initiatives proposed by the Risk-Informed Technical Specification Task 
Force. 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, 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: November 24, 1999.
Paul A. Boehnert,
Acting Associate Director for Technical Support, ACRS/ACNW.
[FR Doc. 99-31188 Filed 11-30-99; 8:45 am]
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