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No. 98-30 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Monday, February 23, 1998)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, MARCH 2-4

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting March

2-4 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:

MONDAY, MARCH 2

8:30 to 8:35 a.m. -- Opening remarks by ACRS chairman.

8:45 to 10:15 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff and

representatives of the Nuclear Energy Institute regarding a

modified approach to fire protection rulemaking.

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon -- Discussion with NRC staff on

proposed final rule for requirements for shipping packages used

to transport vitrified high-level waste.

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

ranking approach for motor-operated valves.
2:45 to 4:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on SECY-98-

001 (mechanism for addressing generic safety issues).

4:15 to 6:30 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

8:35 to 10:00 a.m. -- Presentations by NRC staff regarding

elevation of the core damage frequency to a fundamental safety

goal and modifying the safety goal policy.

10:15 to 12:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on

proposed final review plan sections and regulatory guides for

risk-informed, performance-based regulations including

applications for technical specifications, graded quality

assurance and inservice testing.

1:15 to 1:45 p.m. -- Report of the Subcommittee on

Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment.

1:45 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

8:35 to 10:00 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff of

proposed improvements to the senior management meeting process.

10:15 to 11:15 a.m. -- Report of the Planning & Procedures

Subcommittee.

11:15 to 12:00 noon -- Future ACRS activities.

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. -- preparation of ACRS reports.

5:00 to 5:30 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.

ACRS meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter

reports are now available on the Internet at

www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.
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