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No. 97-063 FOR IMMEDIATE

RELEASE

(Friday, April 18, 1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET MAY 1-3

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting May

1-3 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 April 18.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

THURSDAY, MAY 1

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

8:45 to 10:30 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff and

industry representatives on review criteria for design basis

verification.

10:45 to 11:45 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

electric utility restructuring and deregulation.

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff and

industry representatives of proposed final regulatory guide "Time

Response Design Criteria for Safety-Related Operator Actions."
2:00 to 3:15 p.m. -- Briefing by the NRC Deputy Executive

Director for Operations on regulatory effectiveness.

3:30 to 5:15 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

5:30 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation for meeting with NRC

Commissioners.

FRIDAY, MAY 2

9:00 to 10:30 a.m. -- Meeting with NRC Commissioners.

11:00 to 12:00 noon -- Discussion of staff requirements

memo on direction setting issue 22, research.

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on the

maintenance rule and results of the pilot inspections conducted

by NRC staff to monitor the effectiveness of licensees in its

implementation.

2:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

2:30 to 2:45 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations.

3:00 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, MAY 3

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

subcommittee on matters related to the conduct of ACRS business

and other activities.

9:00 to 12:00 noon -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

12:00 to 1:00 p.m. -- Strategic planning and discussion of

rebaselining of ACRS activities for FY 1997.

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. -- Discussion of miscellaneous matters.

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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