[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28265]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment will hold a meeting on November 13-14, 1997, Room T-2B3, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:

Thursday, November 13, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business
Friday, November 14, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business

    The Subcommittee will continue its review of the proposed final 
Standard Review Plan (SRP) sections and associated Regulatory Guides 
for risk-informed, performance-based regulation. If needed, the 
Subcommittee may also continue its review of the matter included in the 
Staff Requirements Memorandum dated May 27, 1997, regarding the use of 
uncertainty versus point values in the PRA-related regulatory 
decisionmaking process. The purpose of this meeting is to gather 
information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and to formulate 
proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the 
full Committee.
    Oral statements may be presented by members of the public with the 
concurrence of the Subcommittee Chairman; written statements will be 
accepted and made available to the Committee. Electronic recordings 
will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are 
open to the public, and questions may be asked only by members of the 
Subcommittee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify the cognizant ACRS staff engineer named below 
five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made.
    During the initial portion of the meeting, the Subcommittee, along 
with any of its consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance 
of the meeting.
    The Subcommittee will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, its consultants, and 
other interested persons regarding this review.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting the cognizant ACRS 
staff engineer, Mr. Michael T. Markley (telephone 301/415-6885) between 
7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (EDT). Persons planning to attend this meeting 
are urged to contact the above named individual one or two working days 
prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the 
agenda, etc., that may have occurred.

    Dated: October 20, 1997.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 97-28265 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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