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No. 01-015 February 16, 2001

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, MARCH 1 - 3

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)

has scheduled a meeting on March 1-3 in Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting, most of which will be open to the public, will be held in Room T-2B3 of the

agency’s Two White Flint North building, at 11545 Rockville Pike, starting at 8:30 a.m. each day. A

complete agenda is attached.

For additional information on the meeting or schedule changes contact James Lyons, at 301-

415-7371. ACRS meeting notices, transcripts and letters are available on the internet,

at http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW/ .
ACRS Agenda

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2001

8:30 A.M. - 8:35 A.M.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open) - The ACRS Chairman will

make remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.: RETRAN-3D Thermal-Hydraulic Transient Analysis Code (Open/Closed) -

The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the Electric

Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the NRC staff regarding the EPRI RETRAN-3D thermalhydraulic transient analysis code, associated staff’s Safety Evaluation Report, and resolution of

issues previously raised by the ACRS.

[Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss EPRI proprietary information.]

10:15 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.: Interim Review of the License Renewal Application for Arkansas Nuclear

One, Unit 1 (Open) - The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with

representatives of the Entergy Operations, Inc., and the NRC staff regarding the license renewal

application for Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 and the associated staff’s Safety Evaluation Report.

12:45 P.M. - 2:15 P.M.: Spent Fuel Pool Accident Risk at Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants

(Open) - The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the

NRC staff regarding findings and recommendations of the final report on spent fuel pool accident risk

at decommissioning plants, new developments, status of developing proposed options, and related

matters.

2:30 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.: Management Directive 6.4 Associated with the Revised Generic Issue Process

(Open) - The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the

NRC staff regarding Management Directive 6.4 related to the Revised Generic Issue process, results

of the case study performed to determine the effectiveness of using the Management Directive to

implement the revised Generic Issue process, and related matters.

4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. : Discussion of Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) - The Committee will discuss

proposed ACRS reports on the NRC Safety Research Program and on Regulatory Effectiveness of

the Anticipated Transients Without Scram (ATWS) Rule.

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2001

8:30 A.M. - 8:35 A.M.: Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open) - The ACRS Chairman will

make remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.: British Nuclear Powered Submarine Incident (Closed) - The Committee will

hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the DOD/DOE Naval Reactors

regarding the recent incident on the British Nuclear Powered Submarine (HMS TIRELESS).

[Note: This session will be closed to discuss information classified “Confidential - Restricted Data -

Government Sensitive”.]

10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.: Operating Event at V. C. Summer Nuclear Station (Open) - The Committee

will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding the

October 7, 2000 incident at the V. C. Summer Nuclear Station, involving degraded reactor coolant

system pressure boundary, findings and conclusions resulting from the staff’s investigation of the

incident, and corrective actions taken by the licensee and industry organizations.

11:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.: Trip Report (Open) - The Committee will hear a trip report on the Nuclear

Energy Institute (NEI) Fire Protection forum held in San Diego on February 5-7, 2001.

1:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.: Subcommittee Report (Open) - Report by the Chairmen of the Plant

Operations and Reliability and Probabilistic Assessment Subcommittees regarding the South Texas

Project Exemption Request that was discussed during a meeting on February 21, 2001.

1:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.: Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee

(Open) - The Committee will discuss the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures

Subcommittee regarding items proposed for consideration by the full Committee during future

meetings. Also, it will hear a report of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee on matters

related to the conduct of ACRS business, and organizational and personnel matters relating to the

ACRS.
2:00 P.M. - 2:15 P.M.: Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations (Open) - The

Committee will discuss the responses from the NRC Executive Director for Operations (EDO) to

comments and recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters. The EDO responses

are expected to be made available to the Committee prior to the meeting.

2:15 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.: Break and Preparation of Draft ACRS Reports (Open) - Cognizant ACRS

members will prepare draft reports, as needed, for consideration by the full Committee.

3:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.: Discussion of Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) - The Committee will discuss

proposed ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2001

8:30 A.M. -12:30 P.M.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) - The Committee will continue its discussion

of proposed ACRS reports.

12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.: Miscellaneous (Open) - The Committee will discuss matters related to the

conduct of Committee activities and matters and specific issues that were not completed during

previous meetings, as time and availability of information permit.

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