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No. 96-152 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Wednesday, October 23, 1996)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET NOVEMBER 7-9

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting

November 7-9 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 October 25

edition of the Federal Register.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary information.

The complete meeting agenda follows:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

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

chairman.

8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff,

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and Electric Power Research

Institute (EPRI) regarding the proposed rule on steam generator

integrity and an associated regulatory guide.

11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on

risk-based analysis of reactor operating experience.
1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff and

representatives of Entergy Operations, Inc., EPRI and NEI

regarding the use of revised source term for operating plants and

the NRC's proposed approach for reviewing license amendments.

3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on

emergency planning for advanced reactors.

4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. -- Discussion of proposed ACRS

reports.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

8:35 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. -- Report of the ACRS planning and

procedures subcommittee on future ACRS activities.

9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments

and recommendations.

9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. -- Report of the planning and

procedures subcommittee.

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on

findings and recommendations of the Augmented Inspection Team

report on Haddam Neck.

11:00 to 12:30 p.m. -- Discussion of the format and

content of the Annual ACRS Report to Congress.

1:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Preparation of ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRs reports.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 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.

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