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No. 97-033 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Wednesday, February 26, 1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET MARCH 6-8

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting March

6-8 in Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in

Conference Room 2B3 in the NRC's Two White Flint North Building

at 11545 Rockville Pike.

Although meetings of the ACRS are open, they are not part of

the NRC's public hearing process. The ACRS, an advisory group to

the Commission, conducts independent, highly technical reviews of

safety considerations related to nuclear facilities. While

anyone may attend, the committee will consider only oral or

written statements arranged in advance and limited to specific

matters set forth in a Notice of Meeting published in the Federal

Register February 20.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

8:30 to 8:45 a.m. -- Opening remarks by the ACRS chairman.

8:45 - 11:45 a.m. -- Discussions with the NRC staff

regarding the capability of the computer models to assess the

Westinghouse AP600 reactor design. Representatives of the

Westinghouse Electric Corp. will participate as appropriate.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Discussions with the NRC staff

and Westinghouse on issues associated with release of test data

from ROSA Test Facility to the public.
1:30 to 3:00 p.m. -- Briefing from NRC staff on results of

Arthur Andersen study of the Senior Management Meeting Watch List

process.

3:15 to 4:45 p.m. -- Briefing and discussions with NRC

staff on risk-informed, performance-based regulation.

5:00 to 7:45 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, MARCH 7

8:35 to 9:45 a.m. -- Briefing by and discussions with NRC

staff on the results of the Independent Safety Assessment of the

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station.

9:45 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. -- Discussions with the Chairman of

the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

Committee on digital instrumentation and control systems.

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. -- Briefing by and discussions with

representatives of the Department of Energy on tritium

production.

2:30 to 3:00 p.m. -- Discussion of future ACRS activities.

3:00 to 3:15 p.m. Discussions of responses from the NRC

Executive Director for Operations on comments and recommendations

in recent ACRS reports.

3:30 to 7:15 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8

8:30 to 9:00 a.m. -- Report of the Planning and procedures

Subcommittee.

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

1:00 to 7:00 p.m. -- Strategic planning.

Persons wishing to submit statements on any of these topics

may do so by providing a readily reproducible copy to the

committee or by mailing it to the Executive Director, Advisory

Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.

(ACRS meeting schedules are subject to change. Anyone

planning to attend should confirm the schedule the day before the

meeting by calling (301) 415-5024.

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