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Press Release-09-179: NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Meet Nov. 5-7 in Rockville, MD

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NRC NEWS

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

E-mail: opa.resource@nrc.gov

Site: http://www.nrc.gov

No.09-177 October 22, 2009

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS

TO MEET NOV. 5-7 IN ROCKVILLE, MD.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

(ACRS) will hold a public meeting Nov. 5 to 7 in Rockville, Md., to discuss several issues of

current interest. Topics include: amendments to the AP1000 reactor design control document and

cybersecurity programs for nuclear facilities. In addition, the Committee will discuss the

Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor design as applied to the South Texas Project combined license

(COL) application and the NRC staffs plan for the STP COL application review.

The ACRS advises the Commission, independently from the NRC staff, on safety issues

related to the licensing and operation of nuclear power plants as well as those issues in the areas

of health physics and radiation protection.

The meeting will be held in Room T2-B3 at NRC Headquarters, in the Two White Flint

North building, at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. Sessions on Thursday, Nov. 5, and

Friday, Nov. 6, will run from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to

1:30 p.m.; portions of the meeting may be closed to discuss information classified as national

security, proprietary, organizational or personnel matters.

A complete agenda is available on the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/2009/.

Anyone with questions or those wishing to make public statements during the meeting

should contact Girija Shukla, at (301) 415-6855. To pursue video conferencing services, contact

Theron Brown, at (301) 415-8066.

NOTE: Anyone wishing to take photos or use a camera to record any portion of a NRC meeting should

contact the Office of Public Affairs beforehand.

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link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site.