United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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No. 96-79 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Wednesday, June 5, 1996)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET ON JUNE 12-14

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting June

12-14 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 to the public, 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 June 4 edition of the Federal Register.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12

1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. -- Opening remarks by the ACRS

chairman.

1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. -- Discussion with the NRC staff

regarding draft Regulatory Guide DG-1047, "Standard Format and

Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating

Licensees."

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. -- Discussion with the NRC staff

concerning an insights report on individual plant examination.
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff

regarding findings and recommendations of an NRC inspection team

that investigated a loss of offsite power event on February 6 at

the Catawba nuclear power plant 2 in South Carolina.

5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. -- Discussion of planning and

procedures matters.

6:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed reports to

the NRC.

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

8:35 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff

regarding issues associated with steam generators.

9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Discussion with NRC staff and

Tennessee Valley Authority concerning issues that led to the

shutdown of Browns Ferry nuclear power plant 3 in Alabama and the

corrective actions taken by TVA before restart.

11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -- Discussions of responses from

the NRC's executive director for operations to ACRS

recommendations.

12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. -- Continue discussion of proposed

ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

8:35 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff and

Health Physics Society regarding health effects of low-levels of

ionizing radiation.

10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff

concerning policy associated with the use of potassium iodide

after a severe accident and the potential risk associated with

its use.

12:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. -- Continue discussion of proposed

ACRS reports.

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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(NOTE TO EDITORS: The use of self-contained tape recorders in

the meeting room is permitted during open portions of the meeting

when a transcript is being kept. The use of still, motion

picture and television cameras--the physical installation and

presence of which will not interfere with the course of the

meeting--will be permitted both before and after the meeting,

during any recess, and, at the discretion of the committee

chairman, while the meeting is in session.)