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No. 99-133 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Monday, June 28, 1999)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

(ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting July 14-16 in Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in conference room T-2B3 of the

agency’s Two White Flint North Building at 11545 Rockville Pike.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14

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

8:45 - 10:15 a.m. -- Electric Power Research Institute RETRAN-3D thermal-hydraulic transient

analysis code

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. -- Proposed revision to Appendix K, 10 CFR Part 50 of the NRC’s

regulations

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. -- Options for crediting existing programs for license renewal

2:15 - 3:45 p.m. -- Proposed revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.160 (Draft Guide-1082),

“Assessing and Managing Risk Before Maintenance Activities at Nuclear Power Plants”

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. -- Proposed approach for revising 10 CFR 50.61, pressurized thermal shock

rule

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. -- Break and preparation of draft ACRS reports

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

THURSDAY, JULY 15

8:30 - 8:35 a.m. -- Opening remarks by the ACRS Chairman

8:35 - 10:00 a.m. -- Proposed final regulatory guide for updating final safety analysis reports

10:15 - noon -- Control room habitability
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. -- Proposed amendments to 10 CFR 50.55a “Codes and standards”

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. -- Subcommittee report

3:00 - 3:45 p.m. -- Proposed plan for preparation of the annual ACRS report to the Commission

3:45 - 4:45 p.m. -- Break and preparation of draft ACRS reports

4:45 - 7:15 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS reports

FRIDAY, JULY 16

8:30 - 8:35 a.m. -- Opening remarks by the ACRS Chairman

8:35 - 10:00 a.m. -- Highlights from incident response reporting system (CLOSED to the public)

10:15 - 10:30 a.m. -- Future ACRS activities

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. -- Report of the planning and procedures subcommittee (portions CLOSED

to the public)

10:45 - 11:00 a.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and recommendations

11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS reports

5:00 - 5:30 p.m. -- Miscellaneous

Although meetings of the ACRS are open, they are not part of the agency’s normal

hearing process. The ACRS, an advisory committee group to the Commission, conducts

independent, highly technical reviews of safety considerations related to nuclear facilities.

Portions of the meeting will be closed to discuss matters relating to ACRS internal

personnel practices and other confidential material. While anyone may attend, the committee

will consider only oral or written statements arranged in advance and limited to specific matters

described in a Notice of Meeting published in an upcoming edition of the Federal Register.

ACRS meeting agendas, transcripts, and letter reports are available on the internet, at

http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

Those seeking information on opportunities to present oral statements or on schedule

changes, should contact Sam Duraiswamy, 301-415-7364.

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