[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13198-13199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6883]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Individual Plant Examination Program: Perspectives on Reactor 
Safety and Plant Performance Volume 1, Part 1 and Volume 2, Parts 2-5, 
Draft

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Workshop Agenda for Draft NUREG-1560.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published a draft of 
``Individual Plant Examination Program: Perspectives on Reactor Safety 
and Plant Performance,'' NUREG-1560, Volumes 1 and 2. Volume 1, Part 1 
is a summary report from a review of the Individual Plant Examinations 
(IPE) submitted to the agency in response to Generic Letter 88-20. 
Volume 2, Part 2-5 provides an in-depth discussion of the insights and 
findings summarized in Volume 1, Part 1. The NRC staff will conduct a 
public workshop (April 7, 8, 9, 1997) to discuss the contents of the 
draft NUREG and to solicit comments (See FR notices 61 FR 58429 and 61 
FR 65248). The agenda of the workshop is listed in this notice.

WORKSHOP MEETING INFORMATION:A 3-day workshop will be held to address 
comments and answer questions.

DATES: April 7, 8, 9, 1997.

LOCATION: Austin, Texas.

HOTEL: Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, Texas, 78704. 
Please make your reservations directly with the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 
phone (512) 477-1234 (or 1 800 233-1234). Mention that you will be 
attending the NRC-IPE Workshop to receive the meeting group rate of 
$113/night plus tax (single/double). Hotel reservations by March 7, 
1997 are required in order to receive the group rate (subject to 
availability).

REGISTRATION: The workshop registration fee is $100 USD. Registration 
fee is payable by check or money orders drawn on U.S. banks payable to 
Sandia National Laboratories; no credit cards accepted. Mail 
registration fees to Martha Lucero, Sandia National Laboratories, PO 
Box 5800, MS 0129, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-0129. Please include 
name, organization, address and phone number with your registration 
fee. Registration fee includes reception, daily continental breakfast, 
and one lunch. Late registration fee ($100) is due no later than the 
time of workshop/meeting registration (cash is accepted for late 
registration payment at workshop).

Workshop Agenda

Sunday

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
    Registration
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
    Reception

Monday

Time and Topic

7:00 am to 5:00 pm
    Registration/information
8:00 am to 8:30 am
    Opening remarks (NRC staff)
8:30 am to 8:45 am
    Introduction, Roadmap for meeting (Chapter 1)
8:45 am to 9:15 am
    Perspectives on impact of IPE program on reactor safety* 
(Chapters 2 and 9)
9:15 am to 10:25 am
    Perspective on Reactor Design* (Chapters 3, 10 and 11)
10:25 am to 10:40 am
    BREAK
10:40 am to 11:50 am
    Perspectives on Containment Design* (Chapters 4, 10, and 12)
11:50 am to 1:20 pm
    LUNCH (part of registration fee), also key-note speech by Joseph 
Callan, EDO
1:20 pm to 2:00 pm
    Operational perspectives* (Chapters 5 and 13)
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
    Perspectives on IPEs with respect to risk-informed regulation* 
(Chapters 6, 14 and 15)
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm
    BREAK
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm
    Perspectives on IPEs with respect to Commission's Safety Goals 
and impact of Station Blackout rule on CDFs* (Chapters 7, 16 and 17)
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
    Open discussion
5:00 pm
    Adjourn
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
    IPE Database demonstration, Part 1 (Basic Queries: Basic 
structures of the user friendly program including examples of 
general queries)

    *Each ``presentation'' is comprised of:
    (1) NRC presentation of overview of perspectives and staff's 
interpretation of comments received and staff's response.
    (2) Open time for questions and comments.

Tuesday

Time and Topic

7:45 am to 5:00 pm
    registration/information
8:10 am to 8:15 am
    Introductory remarks (NRC)
8:15 am to 9:15 am
    Presentation by Wolfgang Werner on insights from PRAs of 
European nuclear power plants*
9:15 am to 10:15 am
    Presentation by Westinghouse Owner's Group*
10:15 am to 10:30 am
    BREAK
10:30 am to 11:30 am
    Presentation by CE Owner's Group*
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
    LUNCH
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
    Presentation by B&W Owner's Group*
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
    Presentation by BWR Owner's Group*
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm
    BREAK
3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
    Presentation by Northeast Utilities*
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
    Open Discussion
5:00 pm
    Adjourn
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
    IPE Database demonstration, Part 2 (Advanced queries: use of 
ACCESS to query the database, program setup and discussion)

    *Includes time for questions and answers.

Wednesday

Time and Topic

8:15 am to 3:00 pm
    Registration/information
8:30 am to 8:35 am
    Introductory remarks (NRC)
8:35 am to 9:35 am
    Presentation by NEI*
9:35 am to 10:00 am
    NRC presentation on NRC Potential Regulatory Follow-up 
Activities
10:00 am to 10:15 am
    BREAK
10:15 am to 11:30 pm
    Open discussion on NRC Potential Regulatory Follow-up activities
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
    LUNCH
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
    Wrap-up Discussion (NRC and public) on NUREG-1560 covering such 
issues as:
    <bullet> Validity and accuracy of NUREG information, conclusions 
and observations
    <bullet> Future NRC activities
    <bullet> Future industry activities
3:00 pm
    Adjourn

    *Includes time for questions and answers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Draft NUREG-1560 (Volume 1, Part 1 and 
Volume 2, Parts 2-5) is available for inspection and copying for a fee 
at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L

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Street N.W. (Lower Level), Washington D.C. 20555-0001. A free single 
copy of Draft NUREG-1560, to the extent of supply, may be requested by 
writing to Distribution Series, Printing and Mail Services Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Any additional public comments after the workshop are due within 30 
days after the workshop, by May 9, 1997. Mail comments on Draft NUREG-
1560 (Volumes 1 and 2) to Mary Drouin, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, Mail Stop T-10 E50, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Chow, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, MS: T10-E50, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555, (301) 415-6571.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of March, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Cunningham,
Chief, Probabilistic Risk Analysis Branch, Division of Systems 
Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 97-6883 Filed 3-18-97; 8:45 am]
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