[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 79167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32693]


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

    The ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment and on Plant Operations will hold a joint meeting on January 
21, 2003, 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 21, 2003--8:30 a.m. Until the Conclusion of Business

    The Subcommittee will continue its discussion of activities 
associated with the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP), specifically staff 
activities to address the issues in the Staff Requirements Memorandum 
of December 20, 2001, in which the Commission directed that the NRC 
staff, with input from ACRS, should provide recommendations for 
resolving in a transparent manner, apparent conflicts and discrepancies 
between aspects of the revised ROP process that are risk-informed 
(e.g., significance determination process) and those that are 
performance based (e.g., performance indicators). The purpose of this 
meeting is to gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, 
and 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 and written statements will be 
accepted and made available to the Subcommittees, their consultants, 
and staff. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify the 
Designated Federal Official named below five days prior to the meeting, 
if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Electronic 
recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting 
that are open to the public.
    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 matters scheduled for this meeting.
    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 Designated Federal 
Official, Ms. Maggalean W. Weston (telephone: 301-415-3151) between 8 
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (EST). Persons planning to attend this meeting are 
urged to contact the above named individual at least two working days 
prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the 
agenda that may have occurred.

    Dated: December 20, 2002.
Sher Bahadur,
Associate Director for Technical Support, ACRS/ACNW.
[FR Doc. 02-32693 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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