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No. 97-094 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Tuesday, June 24, 1997)

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET JULY 9-11

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting July

9-11 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 Federal

Register June 24.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to

discuss proprietary or personnel information.

Here is the complete meeting agenda:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9

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

8:45 to 10:15 a.m. -- Meeting with the Director of the NRC

Office of nuclear Reactor regulation for discussion on topics

including low-power and shutdown operations risk, NRR research

needs, status of fire protection program, use of risk-informed,

performance-based prioritization of compliance issues and

coordination of ACRS review of NRR activities.

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. -- Discussions with the ACRS

Senior Fellow on his analysis of site-specific changes in core

damage frequency and large, early release frequency.
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

proposed Standard review Plan section and Regulatory Guide for

risk-informed, performance-based inservice inspections.

2:45 to 3:45 p.m. -- Meeting with NRC Commissioner Edward

McGaffigan.

4:00 to 6:00 p.m. -- Discussions with NRC staff on

proposed final modifications to 10 CFR Part 26 (fitness for duty

requirements).

6:15 to 7:15 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

THURSDAY, JULY 10

8:35 to 10:30 a.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on the

OECD Halden Reactor Project on human factors, instrumentation and

control systems, software quality and reactor fuels.

10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on

use of the RASCAL code to calculate off-site doses.

1:15 to 1:45 p.m. -- Future ACRS activities.

1:45 to 2:00 p.m. -- Reconciliation of ACRS comments and

recommendations with those of the NRC Executive Director for

Operations.

2:00 to 7:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

FRIDAY, JULY 11

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

NUREG/CR-6372, Recommendations for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard

Analysis; Guidance on Uncertainty and Use of Experts.

10:15 to 11:00 a.m. -- Report of the Planning and

procedures Subcommittee.

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports.

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. -- Preparation of ACRS reports

continued.

3:15 to 4:00 p.m. -- Strategic planning session.

4:00 to 4:30 p.m. -- Miscellaneous matters.

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 FedWorld from the "NRC Main Menu."

The direct dial access number to FedWorld is (800) 303-9672 or

ftp.fedworld. These documents and the meeting agenda are also

available on the Internet at www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW.