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No. 99-201 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Tuesday, September 21, 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 September 30-October 2 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 agenda:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

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

8:45 - 10:15 a.m. -- NRC safety research programs.

10:30 - noon -- Combustion Engineering Owners Group proposal to eliminate the post-accident

sampling system requirements.

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. -- Rulemaking and review plans associated with the development of riskinformed revisions to 10 CFR Part 50.

2:45 - 3:45 p.m. -- Proposed resolution of generic safety issue (GSI) -148, “Smoke Control and

Manual Fire Fighting Effectiveness.”

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS reports.

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. -- Break and preparation of draft ACRS reports.

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. -- Joint ACRS/Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste report on the proposed

framework for risk-informed regulations in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards.

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1

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

8:35 - 10:00 a.m. -- Proposed resolution of generic safety issue (GSI)-23, “Reactor Coolant

Pump Seal Failures.”

10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. -- Proposed final amendment to 10 CFR 50.55a, “Codes and

Standards.”

1:15 - 2:45 p.m. -- Proposed regulatory guide on design bases information.

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. -- Proposed resolution of generic safety issue B-55, “Improved Reliability of

Target Rock Safety Relief Valves.”

4:00 - 5:15 p.m. -- Break and preparation of draft ACRS reports.

5:15 - 7:15 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2

8:30 - 10:15 a.m. -- Discussion of ACRS meeting with the Commission.

10:15 - 11:00 a.m. -- Report of the planning and procedures subcommittee.

11:00 - 11:15 a.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

11:15 a.m. - Noon -- Subcommittee Chairmen reports.

Noon - 12:45 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and recommendations.

12:45 - 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 a 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.

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, at 301-415-7364.

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