ML20129C852

Press Release 96-127, NRC ACRS to Meet 961009-12

ML20129C852
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Issue date:	09/24/1996
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ACRS-GENERAL, PR-96-127, NUDOCS 9609250184
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, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs I Washington, DC 20555

] Phone 301-415-8200 Fax 301-415-2234

] Internet:opa@nrc. gov )

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No.96-127 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -

4 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996) l

NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS l j TO MEET OCTOBER 9-12 j

! The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on i Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting i October 9-12 in Rockville, Maryland.

I j 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 I 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 l 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.

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. --

Discussion with NRC staff on a 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.  ;

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. --

Preparation of ACRS reports. ]

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. l i

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.