ML20134L935

Press Release 96-164, NRC ACRS to Meet 961205-07

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Issue date:	11/22/1996
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ACRS-GENERAL, PR-96-164, NUDOCS 9611220112
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs Washington. DC 20555-Phone 301-415-8200 Fax 301-415-2234 Internet:opa@nrc. gov No.96-164 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE L (Friday. November 22, 1996)

NRC ADVISURY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS TO MEET DECEMBER 5-7

.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor l Safeguards (ACRS) has scheduled a technical meeting December 5-7 in Rockville, Maryland.

'The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in Conference Room 283 in the NRC's Two White Flint North Building at 11545 Rockville. Pike, t

Although meetings of the ACRS are open, they are not part of the NRC's public hearing process. The ACRS, an advisory group to the Commission, conducts independent. highly ~ technical reviews of 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 l specific matters set forth in a Notice of Meeting published in the Federal Register November 20.

The meeting may include closed sessions, if required to discuss proprietary information.

l Here is the complete meeting agenda:

i THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

! 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. -- Opening remarks by the ACRS chairman.

8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. - Discussion with NRC staff on risk-informed, performance-based regulation.

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on research involving instrumentation and control systems.

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on issues associated with plant aging.

! 3:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff on the NRC Human  !

I Performance Program Plan.

4 5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

-- Preparation of ACRS reports. ]

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l FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 6 8:35 a.m.'to 9:15 a.m. -- Preparation for meeting with NRC L Commissioners. Topics of discussion include digital instrumentation and control systems: Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Plan for upgrading NRC thermal-hydraulic codes: risk-informed performance-based regulation: use of

-safety goals on a plant-specific basis; and use of RULENET in the regulatory l procesi.

l 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. --

Meeting with the NRC Commissioners (Commissioners Conference Room. One White Flint North).

I 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. --

Future ACRS activities.

i' 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. --

Report from the planning and procedures l subcommittee. (Note: A portion of this session may be closed to discuss organizational and personnel matters). 1 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. -- Discussion with NRC staff regarding l modifications to the emergency response program.  !

i 2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. --

Reconciliation of ACRS comments and  !

recommendations.

{i 2:45 p.m. to 3:15.p.m. --

Election of officers for calendar year 1997.

3:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. --

Preparation of ACRS reports. l l

l SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. --

Preparation of ACRS reports.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. --

Strategic planning session.

Persons wishing to submit statements on any of these topics may do so by 3roviding 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 l' attend should confirm the schedule the day before the meeting by calling (301) l 415-5024.

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