ML20129C852
| ML20129C852 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/24/1996 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (OPA) |
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| ACRS-GENERAL, PR-96-127, NUDOCS 9609250184 | |
| Download: ML20129C852 (3) | |
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs I
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No.96-127 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4
(Tuesday, September 24, 1996)
NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS j
TO MEET OCTOBER 9-12 j
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting i
i October 9-12 in Rockville, Maryland.
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The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in Conference Room 2B3 in the NRC's Two White Flint North Building j
at 11545 Rockville Pike, l
1 Although meetings of the ACRS are open, they are not part of the NRC's public hearing process.
The ACRS, an advisory group to j
the Commission, conducts independent, highly technical reviews of i
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 j
Register September 25.
The meeting may include closed sessions, if required, to discuss proprietary information.
Here is the complete meeting agenda:
l WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m.
Opening remarks by the ACRS chairman.
8:35 a.m.
to 9:00 a.m.
Discussion between A'CRS and members of the Canadian Advisory Committee on Nuclear Safety (ACNS) on missions, regulatory environments, process / products, interactions and independence.
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Discussion with NRC staff on risk-informed, performance-based regulation.
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Discussion with NRC staff on issues associated with plant aging.
2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Discussion with NRC staff on training of nuclear power plant operators, and use of simulators.
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2 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Discussion with NRC staff on digital instrumentation and control systems and issues identified by the National Academy of Sciences / national Research Council.
4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Discussion of miscellaneous issues including As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) cost-benefit considerations and safety culture at nuclear facilities.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 8:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Discussion with the deputy executive director for Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Regional Operations and Research, on the NRC strategic assessment and rebaselining effort.
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon --
Discussion with NRC staff on a proposed standard review plan, sections and branch technical positions for digital instrumentation and control systems.
Discussion with NRC staff on a 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
control room back-panel fire at Palo Verde Unit 2 in Arizona on April 4.
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Report of the ACRS planning and procedures aubcommittee.
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Future ACRS activities.
3:45 p.m. to.4:00 p.m.
Discussion of responses from NRC's executive director for cperations to comments and recommendations included in recent ACRS reports.
Preparation of ACRS reports.
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4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 8:35 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Discussions with NRC staff on activities associated with the NRC thermal hydraulic computer codes.
1 10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Report by the acting chairman of the ACRS human factors subcommittee.
2:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Discussion of proposed ACRS reports.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Preparation of ACRS reports.
11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Strategic planning session.
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3 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.