ML16281A361
| ML16281A361 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/17/1989 |
| From: | Remick F Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Quayle J Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| References | |
| D890217 | |
| Download: ML16281A361 (3) | |
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D890217 The Honorable J. Danforth Quayle President of the United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. President:
In accordance with the requirements of Section 29 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Section 5 of Public Law 95-209, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has reported each year to the Congress on the Safety Research Program of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In our December 18, 1986 letter to the Congress, we proposed to provide more focused reports on specific research issues rather than one all-inclusive annual report. The Commission agreed with our suggestion, and NRC Chairman Zech submitted a legislative proposal in the form of a draft bill to the 100th Congress on December 2, 1987 to amend Section 29 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to accomplish this. Since the 100th Congress did not act on this matter, he has submitted a similar, but somewhat modified, legislative proposal on February 2, 1989 to the 101st Congress for consideration.
In the past year we have reviewed the NRC Safety Research Program and other closely related matters in the following areas:
~ Containment Performance
~ Containment Structural Integrity
~ Equipment Qualification-Risk Scoping Study
~ Embrittlement of Reactor Pressure Vessel Supports
~ Fire Risk Scoping Study
~ Human Factors Research Program Plan
~ Individual Plant Examination Program
~ Inservice Inspection of Boiling Water Reactor Pressure Vessels
~ Integration Plan for Closure of Severe Accident Issues
~ Piping Integrity
~ Safety Goal Policy Implementation Plan
~ Severe Accident Management
~ Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena We have provided reports to the Commission and the NRC staff on several
of the matters mentioned above and copies of these reports are attached.
We expect to continue to review various elements of the NRC Safety Research Program and provide reports to the Commission as warranted.
Sincerely, Forrest J. Remick Chairman Attachments:
- 1. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
ACRS Comments on Embrittlement of Structural Steel, March 15, 1988.
- 2. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
ACRS Comments on the Need for Greater Coherence Among New Regulatory Policies, March 15, 1988.
- 3. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
ACRS Comments on the Program to Implement the Safety Goal Policy, April 12, 1988.
- 4. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Victor Stello, Execu-tive Director for Operations, U.S. NRC,
Subject:
Fire Risk Scoping Study, May 10, 1988.
- 5. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Proposed Generic Letter on Individual Plant Examinations and the Proposed Integrated Safety Assessment Program II, May 10, 1988.
- 6. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Inservice Inspection of Boiling Water Reactor Pressure Vessels, June 7, 1988.
- 7. Letter from David A. Ward, Acting ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
NRC Research Related to Heat Transfer and Fluid Transport in Nuclear Power Plants, June 7, 1988.
- 8. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Report on the Integration Plan for Closure of Severe Accident Issues (SECY-88-147), July 20, 1988.
- 9. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Report on NUREG-1150, "Reactor Risk Reference Document," August 16, 1988.
- 10. Letter from William Kerr, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Equipment Qualification-Risk Scoping Study, December 20, 1988.
- 11. Letter from Forrest J. Remick, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech,
U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Mark I Containment Performance Im-provement Program, January 19, 1989.
- 12. Letter from Forrest J. Remick, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Code Scaling, Applicability, and Uncertainty (CSAU) Methodology for Determination of Uncertainty Associated With the Use of Realistic ECCS Evaluation Models, January 19, 1989.
- 13. Letter from Forrest J. Remick, ACRS Chairman, to Lando W. Zech, U.S. NRC Chairman,
Subject:
Further ACRS Comments on Implemen-tation of the Safety Goal Policy, February 16, 1989.