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No. 98-52 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Monday, April 13, 1998)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, APRIL 30 - MAY 2

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting April

30 to May 2 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:

THURSDAY, APRIL 30

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

8:45 to 10:45 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on the

Revised Human Performance and Reliability Plan.

11:00 to 12:30 p.m. -- Elevation of the core damage

frequency to a fundamental safety goal and proposed modifications

to the safety goal policy statement.

1:30 to 3:00 p.m. -- Discussions with representatives of

the Oak Ridge National laboratory on the HASCAL atmospheric
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dispersion dose assessment computer code, including a

demonstration.

3:15 to 4:45 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff and its

contractors regarding NUREG/CR-6523, probabilistic accident

consequences uncertainty analysis.

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

During this session, the committee also will discuss a proposed

ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research program and a white paper

on ACRS views regarding fire protection issues.

FRIDAY, MAY 1

8:35 to 10:15 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff of severe

accident mitigation design alternatives, the draft of NUREG-1555,

"Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews of Nuclear Power

Plants."

10:30 to 11:15 a.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

proposed final standard review plan section and regulatory guide

for risk-informed inservice inspection.

11:15 to 12:15 p.m. -- Presentation by Dr. Robert Henry of

Fauske & Associates, Inc., regarding use of dynamic benchmarking

for preserving thermal-hydraulic code test data.

1:15 to 2:45 p.m. -- Proposed final amendment to 10 CFR

part 55, "Initial Licensed Operator Examination Requirements."

2:45 to 3:15 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

3:15 to 3:30 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations.

3:45 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

SATURDAY, MAY 2

8:30 to 9:00 a.m. -- Report of the Planning & Procedures

Subcommittee.

9:00 to 3:30 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

3:30 to 4:00 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.
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(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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