[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15836-15837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8039]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


International Conference on Wire System Aging

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The International Conference on Wire System Aging (ICWSA) will 
be held April 23-25, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the DoubleTree 
Hotel at 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
    The conference has a three-fold purpose: (1) To review current 
practices and programs for understanding and managing wire system 
aging, (2) to exchange information on the current status of research 
related to the issue, and (3) to identify technical issues and programs 
of interest for collaborative research. The conference will focus on 
four specific topics as they relate to wire system aging:
     Reliability Physics Modeling of Wire System Aging;
     Fire Risk Assessment of Wire System Aging;
     Risk Significance of Wire System Aging; and
     Prognostics and Diagnostics for Installed Wire Systems.
    Michael Mayfield, Director of the Division of Engineering 
Technology of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, will open 
the conference on Tuesday, April 23, and Ashok C. Thadani, Director of 
the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, will be the keynote 
speaker.
    Technical sessions on each of the four topics will be held Tuesday 
and Wednesday. Each session will include technical papers, followed by 
question and answer periods. On Thursday morning a general session on 
initiatives and insights on Wire System Aging will be held. This 
session will contain presentations by international wire system experts 
regarding initiatives in their countries to address wire system aging, 
along with presentations on initiatives in the USA.
    On Thursday afternoon, April 25, an expert panel will discuss 
issues related to wire system aging, along with the future direction of 
collaborative research to address these issues. Panel members will 
include Dr. Nilesh Chokshi, NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; 
Dr. Elliot Cramer, NASA-Langley; and Dr. John Brewer, Department of 
Transportation.
    Technical exhibits will be on display all three days of the 
conference. These exhibits will demonstrate state-of-the-art

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cable monitoring techniques, as well as new advances in cable 
construction.
    The conference is open to the public and there is no registration 
fee. However, attendance will be limited to 200 people, and advance 
registration for the conference is strongly recommended. Those who wish 
to attend are encouraged to register in advance on the ICWSA Web site 
(www.bnl.gov/ICWSA) or by contacting Susan Monteleone, Brookhaven 
National Laboratory, Building 130, Upton, NY 11973-5000, telephone 
(631) 344-7235; or Jit Vora (301) 415-5833, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of March 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 02-8039 Filed 4-2-02; 8:45 am]
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