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No. 02-134 November 20, 2002

 NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

 TO MEET DECEMBER 5 - 7 IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

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

scheduled a meeting December 5 - 7 in Rockville, Maryland, to discuss among other items, the agency’s

Davis-Besse Lessons Learned Task Force Report and the status of its oversight panel’s investigation of

the reactor vessel head degradation at the Ohio plant. 

The meeting, most of which is open to the public, will be held in Room T-2B3 of the agency’s

Two White Flint North building, at 11545 Rockville Pike. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day. A

complete agenda is attached.

For additional information on the meeting or schedule changes, please contact Dr. Sher Bahadur

at 301-415-0138. 
ACRS Meeting Agenda

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

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

make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 A.M. - 10:15 A.M.: Davis-Besse Lessons Learned Task Force Report and Status of NRC Oversight

(0350) Panel’s Investigation of the Davis-Besse Event (Open) - The Committee will hear a presentation

by and hold discussions with the Chairman of the NRC Oversight (0350) Panel regarding the status of

investigation of the Panel on the Davis-Besse reactor vessel head

degradation. The Committee will also hear presentations by and hold discussions with

representatives of the NRC staff and industry regarding the findings, conclusions, and

recommendations of the Davis-Besse Task Force on the reactor vessel head degradation event 

at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. 

10:30 A.M. - 12:00 Noon: Framatome ANP, INC., S-RELAP5 Realistic Large-Break (LB) LOCA

Code (Open/Closed) - The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with

representatives of Framatome ANP, Inc., and the NRC staff regarding the S-RELAP5 Realistic LargeBreak LOCA Code and the NRC staff’s associated draft Safety Evaluation Report.

[NOTE: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss Framatome ANP, Inc. proprietary

information.]

1:30 P.M. - 2:15 P.M.: Meeting with Mr. Lawrence Williams, NII, United Kingdom (Open) - The

Committee will hold discussions with Mr. Williams, NII, United Kingdom on items of mutual interest.

2:15 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.: North Anna and Surry License Renewal Application (Open) - The Committee

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

regarding the license renewal application for the North Anna and Surry Nuclear Power Stations and the

NRC staff’s associated final Safety Evaluation Report.

4:00 P.M. - 5:15 P.M.: Status of the Development of the Review Standard for Power Uprates (Open) -

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

regarding the status of the development of the review standard for core power uprates.

5:15 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.: Subcommittee Report (Open) - The Chairman of the Thermal-Hydraulic

Phenomena Subcommittee will provide a report to the Committee regarding the Rod Bundle Heat

Transfer Experimental Program.

5:45 P.M. - 7:15 P.M.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) - The Committee will discuss proposed 

ACRS reports on matters considered during this meeting. In addition, the Committee will discuss a

draft annual ACRS report to the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

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

make opening remarks regarding the conduct of the meeting.

8:35 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.: Safeguards and Security Activities (Open) - The Committee will discuss a

proposed ACRS plan for reviewing safeguards and security matters.
9:00 A.M. - 9:45 A.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, including anticipated workload and member assignments.

9:45 A.M. - 10:00 A.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.

10:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.: Proposed Options for Resolving Policy Issues for Future Non-Light Water 

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

of the NRC staff regarding the proposed options for resolving policy issues related to future non-light

water reactors.

1:30 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.: Draft Final ANS External Events Methodology Standard (Open) - The

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

the American Nuclear Society (ANS) regarding the draft final ANS Standard on External Events

Methodology.

3:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.: Election of ACRS Officers (Open) - The Committee will elect Chairman and

Vice Chairman for the ACRS and Member-at-Large for the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee for

CY 2003.

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

reports.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

8:30 A.M. - 12:00 Noon.: Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) - The Committee will continue to discuss

proposed ACRS reports.

12:00 - 12:30 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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