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No. 98-96 FOR IMMEDIATE

RELEASE

(Monday, June 22, 1998)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND,JULY 8-10

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting July

8-10 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, JULY 8

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

8:45 to 10:30 a.m. -- Presentation and discussion with

representatives from General Electric Nuclear Energy, the

Northern States Power Co., and NRC staff regarding Monticello

Nuclear Generating Station’s application for power uprate.

10:45 TO 12:15 P.M. -- Discussion of proposed changes to

10 CFR 50.59 (Changes, Tests and Experiments).
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1:15 to 3:45 p.m. -- Discussions with representatives from

Westinghouse ELectric Company on the AP600 reactor.

4:00 to 5:30 p.m. -- Fire barrier penetration seals and

related matters.

5:45 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

THURSDAY, JULY 9

8:45 to 10:30 a.m. -- BWR pressure vessel shell weld

inspections.

10:45 to 12:15 p.m. -- Presentation by the Director of the

NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation on its operating plan.

1:15 to 1:45 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

1:45 to 2:00 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations.

2:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- Report of the Planning and Procedures

Subcommittee.

2:45 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, JULY 10

8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. -- preparation of ACRS reports.

3:00 to 4:30 p.m. -- Review of technical papers to be

presented at the Quadripartite meeting to be held in Japan on

October 5-9. Papers to be discussed include safety of future

nuclear power plants, safety of aging plants, steam generator

operating experience, assessment of computerized systems, safety

of high burn-up and mixed oxide fuels/ fuel behavior under

reactivity induced accidents, risk significance of low-power and

shutdown events and probabilistic safety assessment and riskbased regulation.

4:30 to 5:00 p.m. -- Miscellaneous.

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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ACRS meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter

reports are now available on the Internet at

www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

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