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No. 97-080 FOR IMMEDIATE

RELEASE

(Monday, May 19, 1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET JUNE 11-13

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting June

11-13 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 May 20.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

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

8:45 - 10:45 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff regarding

the proposed final standard review plan sections, branch

technical positions and regulatory guides associated with digital

instrumentation and control systems.

11:00 - 12:30 p.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

the consequences of reactor water cleanup system line break

outside containment.

1:30 - 3:30 p.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on the

probabalistic risk assessment implementation plan.
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on the

proposed staff position on severe accident rulemaking.

4:45 - 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

8:35 - 10:00 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff and the

Nuclear Energy Institute representatives on the proposed

regulatory approach for addressing steam generator tube integrity

issues.

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon -- Discussion with NRC staff on

the proposed final generic letter on assurance of net positive

suction head for emergency core cooling and containment heat

removal pumps.

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed generic letter

on potential for degradation of emergency core cooling and

containment spray systems following a loss of coolant accident.

2:45 - 3:00 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations with those from the NRC Executive Director for

Operations.

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

3:30 - 6:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRs reports.

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

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

Subcommittee.

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. -- Strategic planning.

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. -- 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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