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No. 97-121 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Thursday, August 14, 1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET SEPTEMBER 3-5

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting

September 3-5 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, SEPTEMBER 3

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

8:45 to 9:45 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on action

plan to improve the senior management meeting process.

9:45 to 10:45 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on draft

regulatory guide on fire protection program for permanently

shutdown and decommissioning nuclear plants.

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on

proposed generic letter and regulatory guide associated with

steam generator integrity.

1:30 to 2:00 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on the

voluntary approach proposed by the industry to reporting
reliability and availability information for risk-significant

systems and equipment.

2:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- Discussion of NRC programs for riskbased analysis of reactor operating experience and special

studies.

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. -- Briefing by and discussions with an

ACRS senior fellow on the use of site-specific safety goals.

3:45 to 4:15 p.m. -- Report by the ACRS subcommittee

chairman on the use of uncertainty vs. point values in the PRArelated decision making process at the August 28-29 subcommittee

meeting.

4:15 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

8:35 to 10:15 a.m. -- Meeting with the NRC Executive

Director for Operations and discussion of the NRC human

performance plan, research program, Department of Energy

oversight, development of risk-informed regulation, NRC staff

procedures for providing ACRS with generic letters, bulletins and

regulatory guides, and the role of ACRS in resolving technical

differences between NRC staff and industry.

10:30 to 11:00 a.m. -- Report by the chairman of the

August 26 subcommittee meeting on BWR pressure vessel shell weld

inspections.

11:00 to 11:15 a.m. -- Report by the chairman of the July

29-30 meeting of the Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena Subcommittee.

11:15 to 11:30 a.m. -- Report by the chairman of the

August 27 meeting of the Regulatory Policies and Practices

Subcommittee meeting on defense-in-depth.

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon -- Future ACRS activities.

1:00 to 2:45 p.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

proposed rule on shutdown and fuel storage pool operations.

3:00 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

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

improper control rod movement during shutdown at Zion Unit 1, and

non-conservative operations during the isolation of recirculation

pump seal leak at Clinton.
10:45 to 11:00 a.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations.

11:00 to 11:30 a.m. -- Report of the Planning and

Procedures Subcommittee.

12:30 to 3:30 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

3:45 to 4:30 p.m. -- Strategic planning.

4:30 to 4:45 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.

ACRS meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter

reports are now available on FedWorld from the "NRC Main Menu."

The direct dial access number to FedWorld is (800) 303-9672 or

ftp.fedworld. These documents and the meeting agenda are also

available on the Internet at www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.

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