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No. 97-010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Thursday, January 23, 1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET FEBRUARY 5-8

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting

February 5-8 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 January 23.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

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

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

industry representatives on design-bases verification.

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6

8:35 to 9:00 a.m. -- Report by the Chairman of the Thermal

Hydraulic Phenomena Subcommittee and comments on the future scope

and direction of the subcommittee's review of the Westinghouse

AP600 test and analysis program.
9:00 to 9:30 a.m. -- Report of the Instrumentation and

Control Systems and Computers Subcommittee.

9:30 to 10:15 a m. -- Discussion of future ACRS

activities.

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon -- Discussions with NRC staff on

shutdown operations risk.

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. -- ACRS discussion of responses from the

NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and

recommendations included in recent ACRS reports.

1:30 to 5:30 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

8:35 to 10:30 a.m. -- Discussions with the NRC staff on

risk-informed, performance-based regulation.

10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. -- Discussions with the NRC staff

on the study performed by the Office for Analysis and Evaluation

of Operational Data on the adequacy of spent fuel pool designs.

Industry representatives will participate, as appropriate.

1:15 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7

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

Procedures Subcommittee. A portion of this session may be closed

to discuss organizational and personnel matters.

9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

1:30 to 2:00 p.m. -- Strategic planning session.

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. ACRS meeting notices, meeting

transcripts and letter reports are now available on FedWorld from

the "NRC MAIN MENU," by dialing (800) 303-9672 or on the Internet

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