[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1176]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Experts' Meeting on High-Burnup Fuel Behavior Under Postulated 
Accident Conditions

AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting to 
develop Phenomena Identification and Ranking Tables (PIRTs). PIRTs have 
been used at NRC since 1988, and they provide a structured way to 
obtain a technical understanding that is needed to address certain 
issues. About twenty of the world's best technical experts are 
participating in this activity, and the experts represent a balance 
between industry, universities, foreign researchers, and regulatory 
organizations. The current PIRT activity is addressing a postulated BWR 
accident wherein power oscillations occur, the reactor fails to scram, 
and the oscillations then reach sufficient magnitude that fuel failure 
may occur before the emergency operating procedures are able to 
terminate the oscillations and shut the reactor down.

DATES:  February 8-10, 2000, 8:30 am-5:30 pm.

ADDRESSES:  Room T10A1 (TWFN) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Dr. Ralph Meyer, SMSAB, Division of 
Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
6789.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The meeting agenda will be posted on the 
NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/RES/meetings.html by February 1, 2000. The 
meeting is open to the public. Attendees will need to obtain a visitor 
badge at the TWFN building lobby.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of January 2000.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles E. Rossi,
Director, Division of Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 00-1176 Filed 1-18-00; 8:45 am]
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