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No. 97-173 FOR IMMEDIATE

RELEASE

(Thursday, November 20,

1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, DECEMBER 3-6

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting

December 3-6 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 an upcoming

edition of the Federal Register.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary or personnel information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3

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

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

the Safety Evaluation Report on the BWR Owners Group Utility

Resolution Guidance for emergency core cooling system (ECCS)

suction strainer blockage, and related matters.

2:15 to 3:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff regarding

ACRS concerns associated with the proposed generic letter on

assurance of sufficient net positive suction head for ECCS and

containment heat removal pumps.
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. -- NRC performance Plan.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. -- ACRS report to Congress on the NRC

Safety Research Program.

5:30 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

8:35 to 10:15 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

proposed revision to 10 CFR 50.59 and related matters.

10:30 to 11:30 a.m. -- Proposed generic letter on interim

guidance for updating final safety analysis reports.

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. -- Meeting with Commissioner Greta

Dicus.

2:00 to 3:00 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff regarding

proposed final revision to NUREG-1022, "Event Reporting

Guidelines."

3:15 to 7:00 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

8:35 to 10:00 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

proposed final SRP Chapter 19, Regulatory Guide DG-1061, for

Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulation and the use of

uncertainty versus point values in the PRA-related decision

making process.

10:15 a.m. to 12:00 noon -- Briefing by NRC staff on the

results of its Augmented Team Inspection of the June 20 and 23

event at Oconee Unit 1 involving failure of emergency electrical

power supply, and of the April 22, event at Oconee Unit 2 that

involved inoperability of the high pressure injection pump.

1:00 to 3:00 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff and

representatives of the Electric Power Research Institute

regarding the capability and application of the EPRI Checkworks

Code.

3:15 to 3:45 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

3:45 to 4:00 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations.

4:00 to 4:15 p.m. -- Election of ACRS officers for CY

1998.

4:15 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

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

Subcommittee.

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

1:00 to 4:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Miscellaneous.

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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 the Internet at

www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

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