ML20150C138

Summary of 336th ACRS Meeting on 880407-09 in Washington,Dc. Apps & Related Info Encl

ML20150C138
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Issue date:	07/01/1988
From:	Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
To:	Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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ACRS-2569, NUDOCS 8807120324
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS l 336TH ACRS MEETING MINUTES d ,.3 i. I APRIL 7-9, 1988 gg

1. Chairman's Report (0 pen)............................................ 1 II. Fitness for Duty (0 pen).............................................. 1 )

III. Meeting wi th Di rector , NRR (0 pen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 l l

IV. Huma n Factors Research Program (0 pen ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 l V. NRC Technical Training Program (0 pen)............................... 8 VI. IAEA Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants (0 pen)............... 9 l VII. Executive Sessions (0 pen / Closed).................................... 11 A. Subcomi ttee Reports (0 pen /Cl osed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 )

1. Human Factors (0 pen)........................................ 11

2. Instrumentation and Control Systems (0 pen).................. 12 i

3. WasteManagement(0 pen)..................................... 12  !

4 Generic Items (0 pen)........................................ 13

5. Advanced Reactors Designs (0 pen)............................ 14

6. Planning Subcommittee (0 pen)................................ 15 l

7. New Member Nomi nating Subcomi ttee (Closed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 B. Reports , Lette rs a nd Memoran4 (0 pen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1

1. Proposed Resolution for USI A-47, "Safety Implications l of Control Systems--ACRS Comments.......................... 15

2. Effectiveness of Programs Relating to Generic and Unresol ved Safety Issues--ACRS Coments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 l

3. Program to Implement the Safety Goal Policy-- 1 AC R S Co me n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 l 4 Proposed Rule on Fitness for Duty Program--

ACRS Comments.........................................,.... 16

5. ACRS Review of Shutdown Nuclear Power Plants--

A C R S C o me n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6. Updated Policy Statement on Training and Quali-fication of Nuclear Plant Personnel--ACRS Coments......... 16 C. Other Comittee Concl usions (0 pen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1. Important Safety-Rel ated I s sues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2. International Workshop on Quality and Quality Assurance..... 20

3. TMI-2 Reactor Study of Lower Head Capabilit to Retain Molten Fuel................................y ................. 20

4. Review of the Proposed Priority Rankings.................... 20 D. Future Activities (0 pen)........................................ 21

1. Future Agenda............................................... 21 2 Future Subcomi ttee Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Supplement - VII. A.7 - Official Use Only 8807120324 880701 DESIGNATED ORIGINAL PDR ACRS 2569 PDR kt ! t1 <A Dy [$ '

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ftINUTES 0F THE 1 336TH ACRS MEETING l APRIL 7-9, 1988 L f

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II. Future Agenda III. Future Subcomittee Activities l l

IV. Other Documents Received .

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FWeral Rigister / Vol. 't3. Np/3 5 / f...u. :y. March 24,1988 /. Notices h 7,  ;

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'has driermined to espedite the process by preliminary certifying as QDEs all 50 W "8' " -

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8 Si ir gosernments of the United States  ! '"D"'" 8' "' " " '"- - N financial assletence under e National3

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and the gesernments of Puerto Rico. western Region Foundation on the Arts and the Cuam. the United Sistes Wrgin Island Humanities Act of 1981, as smetaded, 8 M and sne Datnct of Columbia To en fe Anrona .

0o450 o0 including discussion of information .M cr>451 co these enhhes to immediately pro s C hfornia . -.

rn452-oo given in confidence to the Agency by -

• being r.u s m .. ..- grant applMefits. In accordance with the 3 legaliration applications they Hawad o M 53-oo issued QDE identifica nn nt . ers n oMSW determinption of the Chairman -

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which can be affixed to le liration publisjHfd in the Federal Register of Richard E. Norton.

applications filed wit l. S legalization Fehroary 13.1980, these seesions will be -

Associate Commissione . Erominovons. sed to the public pursuant to offices.

The INS will se information packets Date March 17.1988 subsections (c)(41. (6) and (9)(B) of concerning the operative agreertent IFR Doc. so-6377 Fded A25-88. 6 45 ami section 552b of Title 5, United States and regulafi s and procedures sa w c coot uiso+* Code.

pertainir o the QDEs to the State Further information with reference to goser ien s and other certain similar this meeting can be obtained from Mt.

en es. The information will explain THE Yvonne M. Sabine. Advisory Committee NATIONAL FCUND ATION w the enhties can formalize the ARTS AND THE HUMAjF IES Management Officer, National cooperati.e agreement relationship with / Endowment for the Arts. Washington, -

the Sersice. Humanities Panet; eeting DC 20506, or call (202) 682-5433.

The following QDE I D numbers are Yvonne M. Sabine.

ActNcy: Natio Endowment for the -

issued: Acting Drector. councilandPanel Humanities Operations. Notional Endom ment for the A rts Eastern Repen

..cc a no-co Actron:, atice of meeting. March 18,1988.

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Deb w a re ........ . oraci-oo suiAuAmy: Purtuant Io Ihe provisions pl ."TFR 6M396 FJed 3-23-ea. 4 45 ami District of Colwmbia . .oMoMo Federal Advisory Committee Act

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(Pub L 92-46^,). as amended. notice ls Maryknd.. ..o M o M o hereby given that the following meeting M4ssachuset t s .. ..c n '

• New Hempshee .. ..oM Ao of the Humanities Panel will be held at UCLE AR REGULATORY New iersey . .. cr wo the Old Post Office.1100 Pennsylvania

" Asenue NW., Washington. DC 20506. COMMISSION ns ania . . ON1 FOR FURTHER INFORM ATION CONTACT Advisory Committee on Reactor Puerio' Rico .. _ _ . own co Safeguards; Meeting Agenda

..O M I M o Stephen J. McCleary. Advisory Rhode Island .. ... .oMo co Committee Management Officer,

% ermont .. ...... In accordance with the purposes Of w rg i n i a ............. ~ j . . ..o M i M o National Endowment for the

..c u i N o Humanities. Wa shington, DC 20 . sections 29 and 182b. of the Atomic wrgin 1,shnds (UE i . Energy Act (42 U.S C. 2b39. 2232b), the w i Org>ng...

es . cNim telephone 202/766-0322. Advisory Committee on Reactor sumswENT Any iNromu ATioM: The Sout**^^Be , # Safeguards will hold a meeting on Ap*il

...o M 1 M o panel will consene to corisdh and Abbd ..... ..oM:o-oo advise the NEH on readfng and 7-9.1988. in Room 1046.1717 H Street.

NW., Washington. DC. Notice of this AJrnsas-oM2W discussien programs ' the nation's meeting was published in the Federal N"h - ..g will be held on Geo's a - . . . . . . . cu:m libraries.The me Register on February 24,1988.

APT'l 15-16.1636 from 9-00 a m. to 5:30 sNn'a T ....'.. p m.on Apr 5th and 9 00 a.m. to t00 %ursday, Apdl 7,1m Mississw i . ...cu:Mo p m. on A .il16th in Room M-07.This A30 o.m.-&45 c.m.: Comments by i New Mcwo .. oMOMo 'ill be open to the public. l

.....0 M :7-00 ACRS Chairman (Open)--The ACRS Cu:6-oo meetin)1 McCleary.

North C rchne Chairman will report briefly regarding l Okkho m ... Steppn i South C rohne . ..o M M gju,cfy commfff,, f f,,,g,,,yf gfjg,,, items of curre:','in'erest. .

.oM)Mo gy pg g ,g S 45 a.m .9 45 a.m.:ntness for Daty Tennessee . . . . . . . . _ .. ..... . 0uskoo ' p Tenas / " * * * " ' * (Open}--Review and discuss proposed Norturn R,pg,. NRC rule regarding fitness for duty of Ale d . ..M.6!-ooVisual Arts Advisory Panet;Weeting nuclear power plant operators.

Color.do .o M 32-oo 9 45 a.m.-11:00 o m.: Advanced gg,ho . m33 co Reactors (Open)--Discuss regulatory

.oM3Ho Pursuant lo section 10(a)(2) of tte Illinois ... .. Federal Advisory Committee Act(Pub.L requirements for advanced DOE Indiana _ .... ou35.co reactors, lo w e. .- 0u36 00 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby f1:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.:Numon factors o u s7-oo given that a meeting of the Vimal Arta (Open)-Review proposed NRC k an s z s--

rn438-oo Advisory Panel (Photography .

Michison. research program regarding human Minnesoi, oM3m Fellowships) to the National Council on rn44m the Arts, will be held on April 11-14. factors.

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Nebr$s"ka . ... Aptd 15.1988 from 9DO a m.-590 p m. I n North Dabet. _

. Irgo.co room 716 of the Nancy Hanks Center, mutualinterest.

oh;o...._ rn444_oc 2c15 p.m.-J 15 p.m.: Rancho Seco o%49c0 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,

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d Federal Registe a:n'd diecmessen reperdmg proposed persormti rufes imd practices of the (DocksWoDMUoense h MM l restart of the Raocho Seco Nudeur ageoey.

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power Statum I:45pm -J.00p.m.: Miscellaneous g o,p , y tute Gehssatogy, 5.Japm-Wp.ac Aacanpnad ACRS (Open)-Complete discussion ofitems Attarsta, Georg'a; Confirmatory Ordee l Acrnities (Openf-Diamas anmedad considered during this fnecting. Wostytnt Ucetten. FEoctbre c by tb par icip i AC eetngs ere full Coinmittas. published in the Federal Register on I

' "~ he Ceargia tres ituee of Tedno4ogy OcJober 2.198,7 (51 FR 37241). In (O FD accordance with these prehe, ord (Georgsa Tech) to ahe holder of ACRS Bylaws regarding actmties d or written statemanta may be pmsented Operatin1 License No. R-97 issued by ACRS members. by members of the public, recordings the Nucle we Reguh tory Commission Friday, Apr6 8.1988 will be permitted only during those (NRC or Coramisshm) on December 29, 8 Jo om-HJ c.m.:Operstor Training portions of the smeetmg when a 1964 and subseqwntly amended.%e and Quahfication (OpenHReview transcript is being kept, and qeseuene license, e iamendt d. authodres Georgia proposed NRC policy statetc.ed may be aaked only by mamhara of the Tech to o wrote its modified research regard'ng trainmg and quahfication of Committee. its consultants. and Staff. reactor Iccated on its campus in Atienta, nuclear power plani operators. Persons desiring to male oral Georgie $t powee vels up to 5 10 00 a.m.-11:00 aan.: Trwmg of NRC statements should notify the ACRS Executive Director as far in advance as

\ megcwatis (therm developrrent activ q(it es in accordance for research and Technica/ Persoe nel (Open}-Bri e fag regarding proposed changes in NRC practicable so that appropriate 'with the conditioni opecified therein.

program for training and quabficauon as arrangermesta can be made to allow the II required of NRC technical personnel, necessary time during the meeting for J J 00 o m.-2230p.ma Generic Issues such statements. Use of still, rooten As a result of saf ty concerns (Open)-Dircuss proposed ACRS picture and television cameras durin6 idenufied during b C inspections comments regarding effectneness of this meeting may be limited to selected conducte$ on Decumber ItL 1987. and NRC Sta# acnvities to deal with generie portions of the meeting as delerunord January 4-5.1388 and raised as a result issues and unresoh ed safety issues. by the Chaisman. Infortnabon regarding of an Auguu 198? ::ontamination evem.

2.30pm-JV0p m.:1.4E4 Sofety the time to be set aside for this purpose an order modifying license, effective Principles (Open}-Briefing regarding may be obtained by a prepaid telephone immediately was issued to Georgia Tech proposed IAEA safety prineaples foe call to the ACRS Executive Directoe Nr, by the N!}C on January 20.1988. Dat nuclear power plants. Raymood. F. Fralcy, pric to the meeting. order required tha . (a) the licensee J:15 p.m.-4 00p m : Genetic issues In view of the posobaldy that the cease utih. ration o' the reactor facility (Open).--Disc.uas proposed commente schedule for ACRS meetings may be foe irradLition expr.riments until ce.tain i regarding effectnesess of NRC staff adjusted by the Chairman as necessary listed cogditio'.s v ere met and the NRC activities to deal with genene issues and to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, approves lin writir g. the resumption of unresolved safety neues. persons planning to attend should check irradiaticet esperinents, and (b) the 4:00p.m -doo p.rma Important Scfety with the ACRS Executive Director il results of the licensee's survey of the Relatedluun (OpenHDwetrss such rescheduling w ould result in raajor house of uhe indivMualinvolved in the proposed hierarchical structure for inconvenience. August 1987 conta nination event be important afety-related issues I have detennined in accordance with providedin writirtI to the NRC within to subsection 10(d) Pub. I.92-463 that it la daya of tire Order.

Saturday, Apr0 9.1908 neceswy to close pordona of this Subsechent to hsuing the Crrder of 8 30 a.aL-1200 Noon: Pnaporofios of january 30,1988, tSe NRC initiated an meeting as noted aWye to discuss ACRS Reports (OpenHDiscuss investigation of al eged improper safety.

inf rmation that involves the internal proposed ACRS reports reptding items pusora.el ru!es and pracutes of Jie related attivities a ssociated with the co .sidered Juring this ;.weHng operatiod of the Crorgia Tech Research agency [5 U.S.C. 552b[c)(I)] and

! proposed comments on a prog-am te Reactor (pTRR). That investigation is information the release cf which would study the bottom head of the 30-2 represent a clearly unwarranted centinuir}g.

reactor preseure veneel, proposeu comments on program to irnplement the invasion of personal privacy [5 U.S C. On Fr@uary 15,1988, the President of 552bic)(671 the Georf a ins"tt te of Technology safety goal pollef, and ACRS coaumuts T .trther information te garding topics directed .he imme diste suspecion of all regardmg regulatory requiremente for reactor operations at the Neely Nuclear key features of DOE advanced reactor to be discussed, whether the meeting ha been canceUed or rescheduled, the Research Center {hich includes designs. operation of the Cum. He also Jwp m.-r:45 p.rna Appoinurrent of Chairman's ruling on requests for the opportunity to present oral statements announced that at independent New Mernbers (ClosedFDtscuse qualifications of candidates proposed and the time aHotted cett be obtained by evaluation of Georgia Tech's program a prepaid telephone call to the ACRS and procNures would be perforr..ed by for appointment to the Committee arrd intemal agency allocatien of resourcse Executive Director. Mr. Raymond F. an outsid expert. i to provide techalcel advice regarding Fraley (telephone 2n2/634-3205). During Enfor ;ement Conference on nucleer pewoe p6 mat safety und ibe between t15 a.m. end 590 p.ro. February .1988. the NRC discussed a handling of nuclear radwaste. Detewch 21 lesa, number o(prelimir,ary safety concems Thi: sesosom wdi be domed to diocmse that have $ome oQ ofits investigation to irdersmaa6en, the ruieese of twhich weeld N M ~date.* fhese concerbe, together with represent a clearly unwarramted A *i8W C'8"t8 %rerwr Offien previously^known events over the past in veslun si presamal privacy, and Int Doc. swees Fwd ws-ae. e4s em] year. give the NRC s;bstantial concerns informetion Aet hwahes the ineemel . - coot re-a about the operation of the reactor.The l

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I Revision 2: March 31, 1988 SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION i 336TH ACRS HEETING APRIL 7-9, 1988 WASHINGTON, D.C.

Thursday, April 7, 1988, Room 1046, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

i 8:30 - 8:.4IA.M. Chainnan's Coments (0 pen 1) 1.1) Opening remarks (WK 1.2) Items of current interest (WK/RFF)

<- sc 8: 5- 10:j5A.M. ' Fitness for Duty (0 pen) 2)

2.1) Report of ACRS Subcommittee Chairman regarding proposed NRC rule on fitness for duty of nuclear power plant operators (FJR/HA) 2.2) Meeting with NRC Staff representa-(

tives 10:45 - SkOO A.M. BREAK ic .u- ~. :

Advanced Reactors (0 pen)

3) -lh00 - 12:30 P.M.

3.1) Discuss proposed ACRS coments/

recomendations regarding regula-tory requirements for key design features of DOE advanced reactors (DAW /MME)

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4) 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. Meeting with Directn , NRR (0 pen) 4.1) Discuss topit.s of mutual interest 3:co 4:00 P.M. Human Factors Research (0 pen)

5) 2e30 - 5.1) Report of Ar,RS Subcomittee Chair-man regarding the proposed NRC ,

research program on human factors (FJR/HA) 5.2) Meeting with representatives of lJ.' Staff '

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6) 4:15 - L OO P.M. ACRS Future Activities (0 pen)

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6.1) Discuss anticipated ACRS subcomittee activities (MWL) 6.2) Discuss items proposed for con-sideration by the full Comittee (WK/RFF) 6.3) Rancho Seco Nuclear Plant - Nature ofACRSreview(CJW/RKM) 6.4) Generic Issues - Priority ranking oflatestset(CPS /SD) 6.5) TMI-2 Upgrades - Status of implementation (DAW /RKM)

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7) k00 - 5:40 P.M. ACRS Subcomittee Activities (0 pen) 7.1) Report of ACRS Subcomittee Chainnan regarding:

7.1-1) Safety imp ';ations of Control Sysums - Report I of 3/24/88 meeting

("JCE"/MME) 7.1-2) Waste Management regarding the Q-List for the radwaste repository and relatedmatters(DWM/OSM) r .. ,

8) 5:40 - 6:00 P.M. ACRS Procedures and Practices (0 pen) 8.1) Discuss proposed change in ACRS Bylaws (HWL/TGM)

Friday, April 8, 1988, Room 1046, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. ,

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9) 8:30 - 4:00 A.M. , Operator Training and Qualifica- i tion TIT (0 pen) Report of ACRS Subcomittee l Chairman regarding proposed NRC l policy statement regarding training and qualification of nuclear power plant operators s (DAW /HA)

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10) 9:15 - 10:16 A.M. ' Training of NRC Technical Person- '

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Staff regarding proposed changes '

in NRC program for training and qualifiution of NRC technical personnel (FJR/HA)

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11)10:J 5' - 12:30 P.M. Generic Issues (0 pen) 11.1) Discuss proposed ACRS corcents on the effectiveness of the NRC Staff l

process for dealing with generic issues and unresolved safety issues (CPS /SD) 4 f" 12:30 - 1:30 P.N. LUNCH

12) 1: b - 3:NP.M. IAEA Safety Principles (0 pen) 12.1) Briefing regarding proposed IAEA Fundamental Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants (Dr. H. J.

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13) 3:15 - 440 P .M. Important Safety-Related Issues (0 pen) 13.1) Discuss proposed hierarchical structure for important safety-

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( 14) 5:30 - bEP.M. Appointment of ACRS Members (Closed) 14.1) Discuss status of appointm.n. of newACRSmembers(FJR/NSL) 14.2) Report of Planning Subcommittee meeting on 4/6/88 (WK/RFF)

(Note: This session will be closed as necessary to discuss infomation the release of which would represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.)

Saturday, April 9, 1988, Room 1046, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

15) 8:30 - 12:$ Noon piscussproposedACRSreportstoNRC on:

T5.1) Fitness for duty (FJR/HA) 15.2) Advanced Reactors (DAW /WE) 15.3) Human Factors Research Program im r - m3r u. Ov3 (FJR/HA) 15.4) Operator Training and Qualifications (DAW /HA) 15.5) Effectiveness of the Staff process dealing with GIs and USIs (CPS /SD)

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16) J:00 - -2400 P.M. Discuss proposed ACRS reports to NRC (0 pen) 16.1) Implementation of NRC Safety Goals (DAW /MDH) 16.2) TMI-2 Reactor - Study of lower head capability to retain molten fuel (PGS/EGI) j; j, j ; 40 r I A. 16.3) Q-List Technical Position (DWM/OSM)

17) 2:00 - 3:00-P.M. Miscellaneous (0 pen) 17.1) Complete discussion of' items considered du.ing this meeting.

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, The 336th meeting of the Advisory Comittee on Reactor Safeguards, held l at 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. , was convened by Chainnan l William Kerr at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, April 7, 1988.

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, [ Note: For a list of attendees, see Appendix I. All ACRS members were present.]

The Chaiman said that the agenda for the meeting had been published.

He identified the items to be discussed on Thursday. He stated that the meeting was being held in confomance with the Federal Adviscry Comit-tee Act afid the Government in the Subshine Act, Public Laws92-463 and 94-409, respectively. He also noted that a transcript of some of the public portions of the meeting was being taken, and would be available in the NRC Public Document Room at 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

[ Note: Copies of the transcript taken at this meeting are also avail-able for purchase from the Heritage Reporting Corporation, 1220 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.]

I. Chairman's Report (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. R. F. Frale portion of the meeting.]y was the Designated Federal Official for this Dr. Kerr announced that the relocation of ACRS offices to Bethesda, Md.

is likely to occur between the June and July ACRS neetings.

Dr. Kerr announced that the Comission has approved the operating license for South Texas Project 1 Elettric Generating Station, and the restarts of Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1, and Sequoy-ah, Unit 2.

II. Fitness for Duty (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. H. Aldeman was the Designted Federal Official for this po-* ion of the meeting.]

C r. Remick presented background information on the proposed rule on fitness for duty. Based on publir. coment and reaction from NUMARC, the Comission issued a policy stattement in 1986; The Comission stated that need for a rule would be co'isidered af ter a two-year trial period of the policy statement. In Dece0ber 1987, the Comission reviewed the results of the trial period.

The Staff was directed by the Comission to prepare a proposed rula.

Dr. Remick observed that, in general, the fitness for duty programs were working quite well. Some concerns were thrt not all utilities were using random drug testing, that the cutoff levels used to detemine whether a person was fit for duty were not uniform, and that there was

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336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 2 lack of uniformity in management actions taken in response to finding someone not fit for duty.

.Mr. Brian Grimes, Division of Reactor Inspection and Safeguards, NRR, gave the Staff presentation. Mr. Grimes noted that the rule applies only to personnel at operating nuclear power plants. However, public coninent is requested as to whether the rule should apply to other facilities. This rule appl es to those with unescorted access to the protected areas. It also covers those required to staff the Technical Support Center and the Emergency Operations Facility. The rule does not apply to NRC personnel. It is intended that NRC will develop its own fitness for duty program.

Mr. Grimes noted that the rule only covers drug abuse. He implied that physical and mental impairment would be covered. He added that it does not deal with adequacy of training for a specific task. Alcohol or other physical or mental impairments will be covered through normal licensee processes.

Drug testing would be required prior to initial approval of unescorted access. "For cause" testing, follow-up testing to verify continued abstinence, and randem testing would be required. The basis for select-ing a rate of random testing will be subject to public comment.

Mr. Grimes stated that testing standards will be based upon guidelines of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He noted that there is an HHS certification standard for testing laboratories. A remaining question is whether he HHS standards shoulci be used for the initial screening dmg tests or for the confirmatory tests. This is primarily an economic concern. The HHS tests will probably be much more expensive.

Mr. Grimes discussed the Employee Assistance Programs. Employee Assis-tance Programs will allow people to refer themselves and are expected to reduce the nurber of people in the work force who have problems with drugs. The Employee Assistance Programs are expected to guide the employee in overcoming the problem.

Mr. Grimes noted that after the first confirmed positive test, both medical and management recertification are required prior to the employ-ee being permitted to return to the job. After a second confirmed positive test, there is a mandatory removal from unescorted access for at least three years. Involvement with drugs within the protected area >

would require removal of certification for five years.

There are provisions in the rule for retention of samples to provide for employee appeals and for retesting. There is also a provision for tracking personnel who have been discharged or removed from access for drug-related reasons.

f i 336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 3 Some program elements are:

Requirement for written policy and procedures Requirement for training for supervisors, escorts, and employees Requirements that contractor programs be in concert with the utility program.

Dr. Remick pointed out that the proposed access authorization policy statement and the proposed fitness for duty rule both address drug abuse. Effort should be made to avoid redundancy and conflict.

III. Meeting with the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. S. Schofer was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

Dr. Thomas Murley, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR),

and his senior staff briefed the Comittee on several activities of NRR.

NRR places a high priority on improving the quality and professionalism of plant operation. To accomplish this, they propose to reduce their attention to relatively minor issues, such as snubbers, splices and chlorine monitors. Dr. Murley suggested that the Comittee's advice can help NRR to refocus its priorities towards the more difficult management and personnel problems.

In response to a request to discuss the need for Comittee involvement in the restart of plants that have been shut down for an extended period, Dr. Murley stated that the Comittee should be involved. He agreed to schedule briefings by NRR and regional staff well in advance of any restart decision. In response to Dr. Remick's question on inviting the licensee to the briefings, Dr. Murley observed that there are times when fairly sensitive issues need to be discussed by the Comittee and Staff. However, in general, he has no objections to inviting the licensees in those cases in which it would be beneficial.

Dr. Moeller mentioned changes made several years ago to the LER report- I ing system. Those changes resulted in a reduction of reported LERs. He i observed that events in which the failure o' chlorine monitors caused 1 control room HVAC systems to go into the emergency mode, contributed a very high percentage of these LERs. Mr. Jamn: Sniezek, Deputy Director, NRR, stated that NRR would be taking the chlorine monitors out of the technical specifications.

Dr. Murley provided an overview of the severe accident program and of improvements to the technical specifications program. While discussing the BWR Mark I containments, he observed that one can separate preven- l tion of accidents from mitigation of severe accidents, thus allowing a l

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336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 4 balanced approach. NRR intends to push analysis and PRA techniques into i the beyond design basis a ~idents.

When questioned by Dr. Kerr on closures Dr. Murley noted that the ECCS LOCA issue has been brought to closure. He observed that the ECCS issue i was closed by showing that the ECC systems would work, and by probing the boundaries of the systems through a comprehensive research program. i Mr. Sniezek discussed the relationship between ths Office of Special Projects and NRR. Experience has shown that there can be close coopera-tion. Several examples were cited, such as Sequoyah, the seismic qualification issue, the silicon rubber cable issue, Appendix R interpre-tations, and in-service inspection programs. NRR is considering whether to move the Office of Special Projects back into NRR.

When questioned by Dr. Remick on reinstituting routine requalification examinations, Dr. Murley stated that the pace will be increased this summer or fall even though it expected to be resource intensive and may require outside contractors.

Mr. Frank Hiraglia, Associate I eector for Proiects. HRR, reported on plants that are in long-term Outdown. He gave some background on shutdown of Peach Bottom Units , and 3. Dr. Kerr asked how NRR will decide when these plants are reudy to operate again and what are the criteria for authorizing restart? Dr. Murley replied that NRR will look for a stable management oroanization, will observe the management -

performance while the plants are shut down, and will assess each opera-tor, one by one, on training and safety attitudes. Dr. Kerr noted that what he seems to have heard is tnat NRR does not have any objective criteria; that at some point, NRR will "sort of know" that the manage-ment attitude and operator attitude is what NRR wants it to be. Dr.

Murley pointed out that NRR knew the licensee's attitude was not good before the shutdown, and knowing that, NRR also knows how to look for i signs when it is changed. NRR looks for signs of poor perfonnance and poor management attitudes at other plants as well.

In response to a question, Mr. Miraglia stated that he knew of no drug problems at Peach Bottom involving licensed operators. He reviewed the shutdown of Pilgrim and offered to brief the Committee at a later date l on the Pilgrim restart activities. He also reviewed the projected restart schedules for the TVA plants. l i

Mr. Miraglia described the emergency plan and ongoing litigation involv-ing Shoreham. He estimated that a decision on a full power license would be made in the spring of 1989.

Mr. Miraglia described activities related to Sed rook. He discussed the 1 hearings and proceedings with respect to the adequacy of the emergency i plans prepared by the State of New Hampshire.

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336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 5 Mr. Thomas Martin, Associate Director for Inspections and Technical Assessment, NRR, gave an overview of the Technical Specification Improve-ment Program and the Maintenance Improvement Program. NRR is embarking on a performance-based team inspection program to assess the effective-ness of maintenance and identify needed improvements of individual licensees. RES is now working on a proposed rulemaking package. The first two pilot inspections are scheduled for June 1988. A Comission paper has been drafted.

Mr. Martin discussed the Operation and Analysis Program that will help mitigate ongoing events and prevent their recurrence. The key element of this program is early involvement in ongoing events of safety sig-nificance. He noted that NRC staff carry into the field, as part of the site tecm's documentation, a draft legal paper which can be converted into an order, should it become necessary. Dr. Murley added that NRC has an obligation to order a licensee to take appropriate action if it is judged that the licensee is not protecting the health and safety of the public. Dr. Kerr observed that in the course of a severe accident the licensee knows more about the plant and its characteristics than anybody else. Dr. Lewis comented that the extent to which an accident is going to be managed out of Washington and the extent to which it is going to be managed by the plant personnel is a very important question.

Mr. Martin discussed the next working-day assessments of operational safety and of generic implications. These assessments involve the 50-72 reports that come into the Incident Response Center, the daily reports from the Regional Offices, and the Part 21 reports. The result of the assessmants can be Informauon Notices, Bulletins, Generic Letters, or even the identification of Generic Issues. Long-term assessments are accomplished by AE00 and by the regions. AE00 focuses on trends and patterns. The regions focus on the individual plants. He pointed out that AE0D studies are also evaluated. Mr. Michelson auestioned whether deficiency reports, which are really events which occur before licensing in most cases, are being systematically reviewed by AE00.

Mr. Sniezek discussed the program for Generic Issue 124, auxiliary feedwater reliability. He observed that NRR plans to brief the Comit-tee on the results of this program in July or August.

Mr. Frank Gillespie, Director of the Program Management, policy Develop-ment, & Analysis Staff, NRR, discussed c m rdination with RES on Generic Issues. He reviewed the setting of prionties for 50 Generic Issues, as well as the status of 18 Rules and 26 Regulatory Guides.

Mr. Sniezek agreed to brief the Waste Management Subcomittee on reactor wastes, low level wastes, resin solidification, and how they have been regulated.

336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 6 Mr. Ward concluded that Dr. Murley's opening remarks were right on target. He took special note of Dr. Murley's coments concerning the need to emphasize the organization and management issues. He suggested that more in-house experts in these areas may be needed.

IV. HumanFactors~ResearchProgram(0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. H. Alderman was the Designated Federal Official for this portionofthemeeting.]

Dr. Remick, chaiman for this session, pointed out that the Comittee had recently arranged a tutorial on human factors. It also received a sumary of the National Academy of Sciences' report on the need for human factors research. As a follow-up to the tutorial and the brief-ing, the Committee asked the Staff for a status report on the Human Factors Research Program.

Mr. Franklin Coffman, Chief, Reliability and Human Factors Branch, RES, described the Human Factors Research Plan. He connented that to revi-talize the human factors regulatory research, RES is restructuring, redirecting, and coordinating the research tasks. The Human Factors Regulatory Research Plan will be updated periodically.

The objective of the research is to provide the technical bases to support requirements, recomendations, or guidance on human actions that influence safe operations. The research investigates hardware and human interaction using a systems approach. Feedback to confim the effective-ness through performance indicator monitorino is part of the study.

Mr. Coffman discussed human error research. Research on this topic will be concerned only with those human errors that are importaat to safety.

Since human errors will occur and cannot be completely eliminated, the research is based on the assumption that when human capabilities and the system task requirements are out of balance the human error rate will increase.

Although maintenance is not identified as a separate research area, maintenance is addressed in several programs. The Staff is addressing the effectiveness of maintenance in the programatic perfomance indica-tor work. l I

The objective of the research on the man-machine interface is to assure '

that communication across the interface is effective. The objective of the research on control room design standards is to develop guidance for human factors reviews of control rooms for new plants.

There is ongoing work on advanced controls, expert systems, and artifi-cial intelligence. The objective of this work is to identify the effect on safety of the introduction of advanced controls and expert systems.

336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 7 The objective of the research area on procedures is to assure the appropriateness of rule-based actions. Abuses in the application cf procedures are identified and means to overcome them are developed.

Research is also planned in the area of procedural violations. The objective is to identify the frequency and safety significance of procedure violations in U.S. plants. If procedure violations are found to be significant, the Staff will try to develop guidance to minimize procedural violations.

Mr. Coffman described research in accident management procedures.

Managing accidents beyond the design basis envelope introduces new concepts and new questions. Some concerns are: What is the appropriate level of detail for the procedures? How reliable will the instrumenta-tion and operator aids be? What is the proper balance between training for more frequent as compared with less frequent events?

in qualifications and training, the objective is to match human capabili-ties with the systen task requirements. RES plans to address the issue of how to measure, objectively, effectiveness of training programs.

Mr. Coffman said the objective of investigations of managerrent and organization is to identify methods to assess the influence of organita-tion and management, and their effects on human perfomance and on plant risk.

Human performance and reliability assessment has the objectives of establishing credible data on human error rates, and establishing the analytical tools for translating that data into application. Reliabil-ity and risk calculations would be key applications. He listed th0 following ongoing projects:

Acquisition of human performance data Compilation of a database on human error rates j l

Development of a cognitive model of intended human actions during emergencies Development of a maintenance personnel performance simulator  !

Development of criteria for safety-related operations.

I Mr. Coffman discussed the RES human factors staff. Staff resources are adequate, he believes. The eight professionals have multidisciplinary backgrounds. There are 4 Ph.D.'s and 10 master's degrees held by members of the staff. Each professional has at least one master's degree.

336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 8 V. NRC Technical Training Program (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. H. Alderman was the Designated Federal Official for this portionoftheMeeting.]

Chairman Kerr explained that the Committee will be briefed by the NRC Training Center personnel on the training center, training programs, and future plans.

Mr. Edward Jordan, Director of the Of fice of Analysis and Evaluation Data, stated that the training center was transferred from the former Office of Inspection and Enforcement to AE00 in April of 1987. Follow-ing the NRC reorganization, the training was expanded to include all NRC technical positions. Prior to the reorganization the training was primarily for inspectors. A qualification and training program state-ment issued in February identifies the training needs, rather than the training desires, of the various program offices.

Mr. Jordan requested Comittee advice on the NRC training program, and suggested that a subcomittee meeting he held with training center eersonnel at Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mr. Kenneth Raglin, Director of the Technical Training Center (TTC),

discussed the NRC technical training program being conducted at TTC by the technical training staff and by contractor personnel. The TTC programs consist of four separate reactor technology curricula. There are separate courses for GE, Westinghouse, Babcock & Wilcox, and Combus-tion product lines. There are additional courses which include every-thing else besides the four major reactor vendor designs. There are also courses taught in conjunction with the Office of Personnel.

The seven courses that are included in the PRA technology transfer l programs are designed to give an understanding of probabilistic risk i assessment.

l The qualification programs include qualification for inspectors, such as f engineering support inspectors and radiation protection inspectors. J 1

In FY 1987, TTC conducted 115 different courses with 1162 students in i attendance. The number of students (1162) may be .11sleading because some students attend more than one course. Class size for simulator courses is about 6 students because of limited space in the rooms.

Class size varies from 18 to 24 students, depending on the course.

TTC has an excellent group of instructors. They have implemented a very strong TTC instructor qualification process similar to the qualification process for inspectors. In response to a question from Dr. Remick, Mr.

Raglin stated that the instructors receive perio ?ic training to improve their instructionai skills.

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336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 9 Most courses have examinations with passing grades being set at 70 or better. The training advisory group consists of representatives from the NRC program offices, regions, and senior management. The advisory group meets twice a year.

Mr. Raglin noted that a major fraction of their time is spent on the reactor technology courses associated with the resident inspector program. The courses include reactor physics, thermal limits, mechani-cal systems, control systems, emergency core cooling systems, contain-ment, and other major safety systems.

He also described the emergency operating procedures simulator courses and the seminar on severe accident overviews that includes degraded core training.

He listed the following engineering support courses:

motorized valve actuators i electrical technology and codes 1 instrumentation technology and codes l nondestructive examination reactor health physics l nuclear materials health physics safeguards training examination techaiques training.

Mr. Michelson observed that there does not seem to be a separate course ,

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Dr. Lewis observed that there was a need for training NRC personnel in the areas of statistics and electronics. Mr. Peter Goldman. Acting ,

Associate Director for Employee Development and Training, replied that '

the Staff has three people with a background in statistics, and that a course in statistics is taught. Training in electronics is not given, but NRC does support employees who wish to attend electronics courses at local universities.

VI. IAEA Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants (0 pen)

[ Note: Dr. T. G. McCreless was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

Dr. H. J. Kouts, Brookhaven National Laboratory, described the safety principles for nuclear power plants proposed by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group to the International Atomic Energy Acency (IAEA). He explained that this Advisory Group was composed of 13 pe;;ple appointed by the IAEA Director General. The Group is responsible for advising the Director General on matters of nuclear plant safety. It was also asked to formulate commonly shared safety principles. The  ;

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mance are needed.

The structure of the proposed report is based on the maturing and coalescing of safety views, and on the increasing understanding that accidents have international consequences. The report has a tiered structure. The first tier includes 3 "objectives"; the second tier, 12 "fundamental principles"; and the third tier, 50 "specific principles."

The objectives were suninarized as follows:-

To protect individuals, scciety and the environment by establishing and maintaining an effective defense against radiological hazard.

To provide radiation protection as low as reasonably achievable in l normal operation and mitigation of radiation exposures from acci- t dents.

To prevent accidents, especially those with high consequences.'

Or.Koutssaidthat,asgtarget,theprobabilityofseverecoregmage should be less than 10~ for existing plants, and less than 10~ for future plants. The probability of large offsite releases requiring extensive offsite safety measures should be at least one order of magnitude smaller.

The 12 fundamental principles were sumarized as follows:

l Established safety culture governs the actions and interactions of individuals and organizations engaged in nuclear power activities.

Ultimate responsibility for nuclear safety rests with operating organization.

Government establishes the legal framework for'the nuclear industry and for an independent regulatory organization.

Safety is accomplished through defense-in-depth.

Special attention is devoted to the prevention of accidents.

In-plant and offsite mitigation measures are available.

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Quality assurance technioues are used.

Personnel are trained and qualified 1or the job to be done.

Safety assessments are made.

Radiation protection practices, consistent with ICRP and IAEA, are followed.

Organizations ensure that operating experience and research rasults are appropriately considered and acted upon.

The 50 specific principles were divided as follows:

Siting - 4 Design - 22 Design process - S General features - 7 Specific features - 12 Manufacturing and construction - 2 Comissioning - 4 Operations - 12 .

Accident management - 3 Energency preparedness - 3 Dr. Kouts cited three examples to demonnrate how the specific princi-pies expand the fundarental principles. 3 Dr. Kerr thanked Dr. Kouts for the informative and interesting briefing.

VII. Executive Sessions (0 pen / Closed)

A. Subcomittee Reports (0 pen / Closed)

1. Human Factors (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. H. Aldeman was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

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336th ACRS Maeting Minutes 12 Comission published a policy statement on the training and qualification of nuclear power plant personnel in 1985. It endorsed the INP0-managed training accreditation program. The endorsement of this program was based upon a finn comitment through NUMARC that they would involve themselves in the program,-and have all the training programs accredited by the end of 1986.

There are 61-nuclear power plant sites in the United States, and there were 10 training programs at each site for a total of 610 programs. In SECY-87-121, the Staff concluded that the industry's effort to improve training has been very successful, and all 610 programs were accredited by the end of 1986. The Staff recommended that the Comission continue to endorse the industry accreditation program, and defer any rulemaking.

The Comission approved the Staff's recomendations and directed them to update the policy statement. The thrust of the updated policy statement is: "Subject to the continued success of these industry programs and the NRC's ability to monitor its effectiveness, the Comission will continue to refrain from new rule-making in the area of training."

Mr. Ward stated that the Subcomittee believed that this was a good course of action for the Comission to take. He recom-mended endorsement to the Comittee. The Comittee decided that a letter should be written endorsing the updated policy statement.

2. Instrumentation _and Control Systems (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. M. M. El-Zeftawy was the Designated Federal Officialforthisportionofthemeeting.]

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3. Waste Management (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. O. Merrill was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

Dr. Moeller gave a report on the meeting of the ACRS Subcom-  !

mittee on Waste Management held March 17, 1988 He discussed each of the following topics:

1) the methodology for setting nuclear waste management research priorities,

2) the Q-List Technical Position, k i .. _.

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3) the TMI-2 waste liner event,

4) the status of the NRC recomendation on resin content in solidified waste, and

5) the status of State Compacts and developments in Low-Level Waste licensing.

He read a draft letter that the Subcomittee had prepared for ACRS consideration entitled "ACRS Coments on Q-List Technical Position." Since there was no NRC Staff presentation planned for this ACRS meeting, the Comittee decided to send the report to the EDO as Waste Management Subcomittee coments, by means of a transmittal letter from R. Fraley.

4. Generic Items - Effectiveness of the NRC Staff Process That Deals With Generic Issues and Unresolved Safety Issues (0 pen)

(Note: Mr. Sam Duraiswamy was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

Dr. Siess, Chairman of the Generic Items Subcomittee, stated that in a memorandum dated September 16, 1986 to then ACRS Chairman Ward, NRC Chairman Zech requested that:

"The ACRS advise the Comission on the effectiveness of programs which address generic and Unresolved Safety Issues."

Subsequent to receiving this memorandum, the ACRS met with the Comission during December 1986. At that meeting Dr. Siess asked:

Whether the ACRS should measure the effectiveness of the program in terms of how fast Generic Issues (GIs) and l Unresolved Safety Issues (USIs) are prioritized and resolved.

E Whether it should measure effectiveness in tems of the l increase in safety of operating plants resu:,;ing from the !

implementation of the resolved GIs and USIs.

In retponse, Chairman Zech stated that coment on both aspects was desired.

Dr. Siess stated that this task was assigned to the Generic Items Subcomittee. It has held several formal and informal meetings with representatives from the Office of Nuclear I Regulatory Research (RES) and the Office of Nuclear Reactor l t _

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l Regulation (NRR) to gather information. In addition, the '

Subcommittee met with representatives from the Duke Power Company to explore the implementation process from the licens-ee's point of view. l Based on the information gathered, the Subcommittee has prepared a report including comments on each phase of the process relating to GIs and USIs. He asked the Committee to decide whether to send the report to the Consission. If the Comittee believes that it needs to hear a presentation from the NRC Staff prior to considering the Subcommittee comments, arrangements for such a presentation can be made during the May 5-7, 1988 ACRS meeting.

Dr. Lewis cocTrented on the statement in the report prepared by the Subcommittee that additional resources will be necessary to prioritize the backlog issues. He does not believe that providing additional resources is the appropriate solution.

He believes that the problem is with the existing system. He thinks it should be changed.

Af ter discussion, the Comittee suggested some changes to the report and approved the revised report for transmittal to the Comission.

5. Advanced Reactors Designs (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. M. El-Zeftawy was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

The Comittee oiscussed the key licensing issues associated with DOE-sponsored advanced reactor designs. The NRC Staff has prepared a draft Comission paper on this su'oject, dated February 9,1988. The Comission, in a letter of July 9, 1987, instructed the Staff to develop such a policy paper in advance of projected safety evaluation reports on each of the three conceptual designs being proposed by DOE and its subcon-tractors. The draft Commission paper proposes criteria for use in assessing the DOE-sponsored designs. Criteria are proposed for:

Accident selection Siting source term selection and use Adequacy of containment systems Adequacy of offsite emergency planning.

The Comittee has concluded that these are important issues l and an attempt should be made to resolve them.  ;

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336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 15 Mr. Ward stated that the NRC Staff is not adequately address-ing the full set of concerns in regard to those designs.

Although the Comittee is not presently prepared with an alternative framework that is sufficiently comprehensive, Mr.

Ward proposes that the Staff continue its work and consider, as appropriate, any additional coments subsequently provided by the Committee.

The Comittee decided to continue discussion of this; subject during the May 1988 meeting.

6. Plannino Subcomittee (0 pen)

[ Note: fir. S. Schofer was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

The Committee discussed the future allocation of ACRS re-sources. It was agreed to limit ACRS activities _ to approxi-mately 6 full Comittee meetings and 36 subcomH :ae meetings during the second half of the year. Subcomittee rdetings for information gathering only may be deferred to next fiscal year. The Comittee agreed that the FTE reduction by one position next fiscal year would be taken from the ACRS Fellow-ship Program.

The Comittee discussed Chairman Zech's proposal to establish a list of potential candidates for appointment to the ACRS on an annual basis. The Comittee reconinended that Dr. Kerr discuss the selection procedure proposal with Chairman Zech.

The Comittee discussed a proposal to reduce the number of subcomittee assignments and clarify the nature of the assign-ments. Dr. Kerr suggested that the Comittee review the proposed revision of subcomittees and be ready tc discuss this further during the next meeting.

7. New Menber Nominating Subcomittee (Closed)

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B. Reports, letters and Memoranda (0 pen)

1. Proposed Resolution for USI A-47, "Safety Implications of Control Systems -- ACR5 Coments" (Letter to Chaiman Zech dated April 12,1988)

The Comittee generally agreed with the proposed resolution as it relates to steam generator and reactor vessel overfill, but stated that the scope of the issue was unduly truncated. A number of concerns were identified, including an evaluation of

336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 16 the safety implications of failures in non-safety-grade control systems due to comon cause external events, such as earthquakes, fires and other potentially far-reaching events.

2. Effectiveness of Programs Relating to Generic and-Unresolved Safety Issues - ACR5 Conynents (letter to Chairman Zech dated April 12, 1988)

The Comittee corrented on the effectiveness of the process for dealing with these issues, and on the extent to which the implementation of the resolution of GIs and USIs has increased safety. The Comittee concludes that most of the USIs have improved safety where they have been implemented, and that many of the GIs have also. Additional coninents were submitted by Dr. Lewis.

3. Program to implement the Safety Goal Policy -- ACRS Coments (Letter to Chairman Zech dated April 12, 1988)

The Comittee offered several suggestions in regard to the development of an implementation plan for the Safety Goal Policy. Interim coments were made on the definition of large release, core melt, plent performance objective, use of cost-benefit analysis, and the need for review of regulations from the perspective of the Safety Goal Policy. Additional com-rrents by Dr. Lewis were submitted.

4 Proposed Rule on Fitness for Duty Program -- ACRS Coments (Letter to Chairman Zech dated April 12, 1988)

The Comittee recomended that the proposed rule t,c issued for public coment.

5. ACRS Review of Shutdown Nuclear Power Plants (Letter to Chaiman Zech dated April 12, 1988) l The Comittee stated that ACRS plans to conduct reviews of several nuclear power plants that are being considered for restart. It asked that any requests from the Comission for l ACRS reviews be made early enough to schedule them effective-ly.

6. Updated Policy Statement on Training and Oualification of Nuclear Plant Personnel -- ACRS Coments (Letter to Chaiman Zech dated April 12, 1988)

The Comittee endorsed the Staff proposal to issue the pro- j posed policy statement for public coment.

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336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 17 C. Other Conmittee Conclusions

1. ImportantSafety-RelatedIssues(0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. Sam Duraiswamy was the Designated Federal Official forthisportionofthemeeting.]

This matter was discussed by the Committee during the 333rd, January 7-8,1988, and 335th, March 10-12, 1988, ACRS meet-ings. The Comittee continued its discussion of this item during this meeting,

a. NRC Pegulatory Practices Reexamine the Relation of Rules and Regulations to Safety Dr. Kerr does not believe existing rules adeauately deal with severe accidents. When reviewing the information associated with severe accidents, the Comittee should explore the extent to which existing rules deal with this issue.

Dr. Remick believes that the Comittee has already been examining the relation of rules to safety in its review of the Safety Goal Implementation program. He does not believe that additional emphasis is needed.

After further discussion, the Comittee decided that it has already been looking into this issue adequately and that additional emphasis is not required.

Establish a De Minimis Dose and Then Recast Reoulatory Reauirements and Practices Appropriately The Comittee decided that this issue should be reviewed by the new Advisory Comittee on Nuclear Waste.

Dr. Siess asked whether the new Advisory Comittee on Nuclear Waste will also be responsible for reviewing matters associated with health effects, decomissioning, and 10 CFR Part 20. Dr. Moeller responded that the new comittee will review decomissioning. He is net sure whether it will review health effects matters and 10 CFR Part 20; however, the new comittee will be pleased to review these matters, if requested to do so.

Systems Interactions Criteria (USI A-17)

Mr. Michelson stated that the Staff is in the process of resolving USI A-17. He believes that the Comittee should not take any action until it receives the resolu-tion proposed by the Staff.

336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 18 Dr. Siess commented that the Staff is trying to resolve several issues under USI A-17. He does not believe that it will be an easy task.

Mr. Ward stated that, since USI A-17 is a complex issue, he believes that the Comittee should hear a presentation from the Staff on the nature of the proposed resolution for this USI prior to a subcomittee review. After hearing the presentation, the Comittee can identify some of the major issues that should be reviewed in detail by the subcommittee.

Dr. Moeller asked whether AE0D has done any study on systems interactions and issued a report. Mr. Michelson responded that he is not sure whether AE00 has issued any report on this matter.

Dr. Siess comented that the ACRS approach to dealing with this issue should be to accept the fact that all  !

interactions cannot be identified, and that systems interaction problems cannot be resolved completely. l Dr. Lewis concented that systems interaction problems cannot be solved theoretically. He believes that a plant ,

walk-through should be perfomed to determine how many I components there are in a plant the loss of which would cause systems interactions.

The Comittee decided to wait until it receives the proposed resolution from the Staff for this USI.

Dr. Kerr endorsed Mr. Ward's recommendation, that is, I that it may be worthwhile for the Comittee to hear a  !

presentation from the Staff on this issue prior to a I subconunittee review.

Fold Severe Accidents Into a List of Accidents Including Existing DBAs Mr. Ward stated that this matter is being addressed in a report prepared by the Subcomittee on Advanced Reactor Designs.

The Comittee decided that since this issue is already ing addressed, no additional emphasis needs to be given to it.

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b. Use of Safety Goals and PRA Nuclear Power Industry Should be in Transition from ALARA to the Safety Goal Approach Mr. Ward stated that ALARA and Safety Goals are fundamen-tally different philosophical approaches. He does not understand the need for two such approaches. He believes that it is time to achieve a more appropriate balance.

Mr. Ward commented also that the ACRS seems to consider mostly those issues brought before the Committee by the NRC Staff. He believes that the ACRS should be more innovative and consider some new and significant issues.

The Committee decided that adequate emphasis has already been given to this matter and no additional emphasis is needed.

Safety Goal Implementation Plan Needs Significant Effort Dr. Remick stated that the Committee has been involved in reviewing the Safety Goal Implementation Plan. He believes that the Comittee has made significant contribu-tions in this area.

The Committee decided that it has already been involved in this matter. There is no need for additional atten-tion.

How to Use PRA and Uncertainties Dr. Siess asked whether an agency like the NRC can make decisions in the face of large uncertainties.

Dr. Lewis responded that it is not impossible to make decisions in the face of large uncertainties; however, one has to learn how to do it. If the Committee believes that making decisions in the face of large uncertainties is important, it should spend some time to learn about this subject. He suggested that the Connittee take a look at the book entitled "Making Decisions," by Dennis Lindley.

In response to requests from several members, Mr. Fraley agreed to obtain a copy of the book mentioned by Dr.

Lewis and provide it to the Committee.

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2. International Workshop on Quality and Quality Assurance (0 pen)

[ Note: Dr. T. McCreless was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

The Comittee discussed the desirability of ACRS participation in an International Conference on Quality and Quality Assur-ance in Nuclear Power Plants. It is proposed that the Confer-ence be organized by the American Society for Quality Control (Mr. R. Cerzosimo, Conference Chairman). The ACRS role would be to provide input to the selection of technical meeting topics. The Conference is tentatively planned for May 1989 in Washington, D.C. The Comittee agreed to participate in the Conference and designated Dr. Siess, Mr. Ward, and Mr. John Stevenson (as an ACRS Consultant) to be the ACRS representa-tives to the Conference Program Comittee. [ Note: Mr.

Cerzosimo has agreed to the designated ACRS representatives.]

3. TMI-2 Reactor Study of Lower Head Capability to Retain Molten Fuel (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. E. G. Igne was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.]

Dr. Shewmon briefed the Comittee on his proposed letter to Mr. Eric Beckjord, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Researchs on a program to study THI-2 bottom head integrity and to study the question of "Why didn't the lower head fail when 15-20 tons of molten material poured out of the core, through water, and onto it?" The letter indicated that the proposed microscopic examination of the steel from the lower head inside surface is satisfactory and that the proposed mechanical property tests of the lower head material are not necessary. The letter added that it is essential that an improved heat transfer model be part of the program in order that time-temperature-load parameters be known with sufficiert accuracy.

The Comittee had no objections to Dr. Shewmon sending the letter.

4 Review of the Proposed Priority Rankings (0 pen)

[ Note: Mr. Sam Duraiswamy was the Designated Federal Official for this portion of the meeting.] l Dr. Siess, Chainnan of the Generic Items Subcomittee, stated that the total number of Generic Issues to be reviewed by the ACRS at this time is 29; most of these issues stemed from the'

336th ACRS Meeting Minutes 21 evaluation of the June 9, 1985 loss of feedwater event at the ,

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. Assignments for reviewing the adequacy of the prcposed priority rankings of these issues and background inforenation associated with these issues were sent to the ACRS members on March 10, 1988. He said that cognizant subcomittee chairmen should review the issues assigned to them and provide their coments in writing to Mr.

Sam Duraiswamy by April 22, 1988. A report, including the ,

coments received from cognizant subcomittee chairmen, will be prepared and submitted to the Comittee for consideration and approval during the May 5-7, 1988 ACRS meeting.

D. Future Activities (0 pen)

1. The Comittee agreed to the tentative future agenda shan in Appendix II.

2 Future Subcomittee Activities A schedule of future subcomittee activities was distributed tomembers(AppendixIII).

The 336th ACRS rreeting was adjourned at 1:40 p.m., Saturday, April 9, 1988.

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ATTENDEES Thursday Friday Saturf Dr. William Kerr, Chairman / / v Dr. Forrest J. Remick, Vice Chairman / [

h Jc33e C. Obcisch Dr. Harold W. Lewis / /

Or. Carsor Mark Mr. Carlyle Michelson / v' /

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Dr. Chester P. Siess / V' _i[

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Mr. David A. Ward / v /

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. r ATTENDEES 336TH ACRS MEETING APRIL 7-9, 1988 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1988 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 19C8 ,

NRC Attendees NRC Attendees A. J. Cappucci, NRR A. Cappucci, NRR l Loren Bush, NRR M. Dey, RES Frank Miraglia, NRR Frank Gillespie, NRR A. Szukiewicz, RES Public Attendees P_ublic Attendees I. Coffenberry, Heritage Dale Kardo!,, ERCI ,

C. K. Lewe, NUS C. K. Lewe, NUS '

R. E. Enkeboll, NUMARC Kim Arn, SERCH Licensing John R. Howe, MEC Joan Rose, Heritage Bill Bruss, Bechtel Claudia Guild, Bishop, i H. M. Fontecilla, Va. Power Cook, Purcell & Reynolds Karen Unverstall, Newman & Holtzinger D. Knuth, KMC ,

Dave Arizozo, McGraw-Hill Patricia Beliveau, NUMARC .

Scott Humphries, ERCI Ron Cerzosimo, United Engrs./ASQC-ED L. Toth, Gasser Associates Herbert Kouts, BNL D. Knuth, KMC A. Morgan:, News Service W. Pearce, Self Connie Benesum,NewsService P. D. Wade, SAIC Linda L. Gunter, TEPC0 R. L. Woolley, GA-Intl. Services Corp. ,

Gary Vine, EPRI ,

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APPENDIX II FUTURE AGENDA May 5-7, 1988 (Items are tentatively scheduled)

Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Plants (0 pen) (CJW/RKM) Estimated time: 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />

- Review design reassessment of B&W Owners Group safety assessment of B&W  !

nuclear power plants. l Fire Protection of Nuclear Facilities (0 pen) (CM/SD) Estimated time: 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br />

- Review SNL report on fire risk scoping study. Representatives of NRC Staff will participate as appropriate.

Human Factors (0 pen) (FJR/HA) Estimated time: li hours - Review and comment on proposed NRC policy statement regarding the Professional Conduct of Nuclear Power Plant Operators.

Integrated Safety Assessment Program (0 pen) (CPS /SD) Estimated time: I hour -

Review and comment regarding proposed NRC Staff implementation of ISAP-II.

Environmental Qualification of Equipment (0 pen) (CJW/RKM) Estimated time: I hour - Discuss proposed issuance of Regulatory Guide 1.100 Seismic Qualification of Electrical and Vechanical Equipment.

Emergency Core Cooling System (0 pen) (DAW /PAB) Estimated time: li hours -

Review and coment on proposed revision of NRC ECCS Rule regarding use of best-estimate analytical models.

Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena (0 pen) (DAW /PAB) Estimated time: It hours -

Discuss proposed ACRS coments on NRC research program regarding thennal hydraulic phenomena.

ACPS Subcommittee Activities (0 pen) (DAW /W.E) Estimated time: i hour -

ileports of subcormittee activities in designate areas including the Westinghouse Advanced PWR.

Generic Issues.(0 pen) (CPS /SD) Estimated time: 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> - Discuss proposed e prioritization of generic issues for nuclear power plants.

Operating Events end Incidents (0 pen / Closed) (HWL/HA) Estimated time: 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />

- Briefing regarding operating events and incidents at nuclev Scilities.

• nalysis and Evaluation of Operating Data (0 pen / Closed) (HWI.C1) Estimated cime: I hour - Briefing regarding analy, sis and evaluation of operating data at nuclear facilities.

Anticipated ACRS Activities (0 pen) (WK/RFF) Estimated time: i hour - Discuss anticipated ACRS subconraittee activities and items proposed for consideration of the full Committee.

Appointment of ACRS Members (Closed) (FJR/NSL) Estimated time: I hour -

IHscuss qualifications of candidates proposed for consideration as members of the ACRS.

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l Individual Plant Examination (0 pen) I,WK/MDH) Estimated time: I hour - Review j and coment on the proposed NRC generic letter to nuclear power plant i operators regarding the IPE program for nuclear power plants. I Containment Systems (0 pen) (DAW /MDH) Estimated time: 11 hours1.273148e-4 days <br />0.00306 hours <br />1.818783e-5 weeks <br />4.1855e-6 months <br /> - Briefing and discussion of proposed NRC action plan to resolve issues concerned with Mark I containments to withstand severe accidents.

June 2-4, 1988 (Tentative) l International INP0 (0 pen) (CPS /RFF) - Briefing by INP0 representatives regarding proposed World /ssociation of Nuclear Operators. 1 Modular HTGR (0 pen) (DAW /MME) - Request ACRS coments regarding SER for the advanced reactor. Draft SER to be provided.

Quality of rasteners Used in Nuclear Plants (SECY-87-296) (0 pen) (PGS/EGI) -

Briefing regarding status of Staff evaluation of nuclear power plant bolts and other fasteners. Subcomittee meeting will be held on May 26, 1988.

Later Equipment Qualificatior-Risk Scoping Study (0 pen) (CJW/RKM) - ACRS coments I requested on Draft SNL report. l

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Diagnostic Evaluation Program (0 pen) (HWL/HA) - Briefing regarding Lessons  !

Learned f rom evaluation at Dresden and McGuire. l l

USI A-17, Systems Interactions (0 pen) (DAW /MDh) - Proposed resolution package i expected during April. Subcomittee meeting to be scheduled. '

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MARK I Containment Performance (0 pen) (DAW /MDH) - ACRS coments requested I regarding proposed resolution (interim report expected by April 30,1988).

Status report in May; coments on final resolution in August / September.

USI A-48 (0 pen) (DAW /MDH) - Briefing and discussion regarding proposed resoluTfon of hydrogen control in Mark III and ice-condenser containments.

Documentation to be provided by April. May be infonnation-only type of document which would require no ACRS action.

Pilgrim Nuclear Plant (WK/PAB) - The NRC Sttff expects to authorize restart of this plant during August 1988.

NRC Advanced Reactor Policy Statement (HUREG-1226) (DAW /MME) - Comissioner Berntnal has requested ACRS views regarding the Comittee's thoughts on his i coments and any other policy issues contained in NUREG-1226, "Proposed NRC Staff Guide for Implementation of the Advanced Reactor Policy Statement."

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, m APPENDIX III m' BED APR 0 91988 ACRS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, April 19-21, 1988, Best Western Stardust Hotel, 70TIindsay Blvd., Idaho Falls, ID (Boehnert), 8:30 a.m. The Subcomittee will review the following topics: (1) the draft Models and Correlations Document for the RELAP-5/ MOD 2 thermal hydraulic code, (2) the final version '

of the proposed revision to the ECCS Rule, and (3) discuss a proposed report on the thermal hydraulic research for consideration by the ACRS. Attendance by the following is anticipated, and reservations have been made at the Best Western Stardust Hotel (208/522-2910) for the night of April 18, 19 and 20:

Mr. Ward Dr. Catton Dr. Kerr Westbank Hotel (19&20) Dr. Plesset Mr. Wylie Mr. Schrock Dr. Sullivan Dr. Tien Severe Accidents, April 26, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Houston),

8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcomittee will review the final versTon of the NRC Staff's proposed generic letter on Individual Plant Examinations (IPEs).

Mtendance by the following is anticipated, and reservations have t,cen made at the hotels indicated for the night of April 25:

Dr. Kerr LOMBARDY Dr. Catton DUPONT PLAZA Mr. Michelson DAYSINN(DC) Dr. Corradini ANTHONY Dr. Shewmon NONE Mr. Davis HOLIDAY INN Dr. Siess ANTHONY Dr. Lee ANTHONY Mr. Ward ANTHONY Human Factors, April 27, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washingten, DC (Alderman) 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 1046. The Subcomittee will be briefed and will discuss SECY-88-57, "Proposed Comission Policy Statement on the Professional Conduct of Nuclear Power Operators." Attendance by the following is antic-ipated, and reservations have been made at the hotels indicated for the night of April 26:

Dr. Remick NONE Mr. Ward ANTHONY Dr. Kerr LOMBARDY Mr. Wylie DAYSINN(VA)

Mr. Fichelson DAYS INN (DC) Mr. Gimy NONE Generic Items, April 27, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Duraiswamy),

1:00 p.m., Room 1046. The Subcomittee will discuss: (1) ISAP-II Program and associated Comission Papar, and (2) Integration of Related Generic Issues.

Attendance by the following is anticipated, and reserv6tions have been made at the hotels indicated for the night of April 26:

Dr. Siess ANTHONY Mr. Ward ANTHONY Mr. Michelson DAYSINN(DC) Mr. Wylie DAYSINN(VA)

Dr. Remick NONE i

Babcock & Wilcox Reactor Plants, May 3-4, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Major), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcommittee will continue its review oT the long-term safety review of B&W reactors. Attendance by the following -

is anticipated, and reservations have been made at the hotel: indicated for the nights of May 2 and 3:

Mr. Wylie DAYS INN (VA) Dr. Catton NONE Dr. Kerr LOMBARDY Mr. Davis NONE Dr Lewis HYATT Mr. Etiserington H0LIDAY INN Mr Michelson DAYS INN Mr. Reed NONE Mr. Ward ANTH0NY 337th ACRS Meeting, May 5-7, 1988, Washington, DC, Room 1046.

Regional Programs, May 24, 1988, Atlanta, GA (Boehnert). The Subcommittee will review the activities under the control of the NRC Region II Office.

Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Dr. Remick Mr. Ward Dr. Moeller Mr. Wylie Improved LWRs, May 25, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Alderman),

8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcorr,nittee will discuss Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of the EPRI ALWR Requirements document. Lodging will be announced later.

Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Wylie Mr. Ward Mr. Michelson Dr. Siess Metal Components, May 26, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Igne),

8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcommittee will discuss the quality of fasteners in nuclear power plants, BWR reactor pressure vessel in-service inspections, and status of the piping erosion-corrosion program. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Dr. Shewmon Dr. Bush Dr. Lewis Mr. Et:1erington Mr. Michelson Dr. Kassner Mr. Ward Advanced Boiling Water Reactors, June 1, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Major), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subconnittee will begin its review of the GE ABWR, This meeting will concentrate on the first review module con-sisting of SAR Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 15-1. Lodging will be announced later.

Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Michelson Mr. Ward Dr. Kerr Mr. Wylie Dr. Remick Mr. Ebersole Dr. Shewmon Dr. Okrent III-2

338th ACRS Meeting, June 2-4, 1988, Washington, DC, Room 1046.

Waste Management, June 7-8, 1988, 1717 HStreet,NW, Washington,DC(Merrill),

• 8:30 .am. , Room 1046. The Subcomittee will review pertinent nuclear waste management topics to be determined conjointly with the NRC Staff during an agenda planning session on April 15, 1988. Lodging will be announced later.

Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Dr. Moeller Dr. Steindler Dr. Kerr Dr. Parker Dr. Shewmon Reliability Assurance, June 14, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Major), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcomittee will be briefed on the final outcome of the Equipment Qualification-Risk Scoping Study. .in update on the implementation of the resolution of USI A-46, "Seismic 0xiification of Equipment in Operating Nuclear Power Plants," is also planned. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Wylie Dr. Siess Mr. Michelson Maintenance Practices and Procedures, June 15, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Alderman), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcomittee will be

> briefed by RES on the current status of the Maintenance Rule. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Michelson Mr. Wylie Dr. Moeller Mr. Reed Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, June 21, 1988 (tentative), 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Boehnert), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcommittee will review the status of the MIST Phase III and IV Programs and the proposed OTSG Follow-on !iogram. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is a.'ticipated:

Mr. Ward Dr. Plesset Dr. Kerr Mr. Schrock Mr. Wylie Dr. Sullivan Dr. Catton Dr. Tien Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, June 22, 1988 (tentative), 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC (Boehnert), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcomittee will review the W revised ECCS Model for 2 loop Upper Plenum Injection (UPI) plants.

Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Ward Dr. Plesset Dr. Kerr Mr. Schrock Mr. Wylie Dr. Sullivan Dr. Catton Dr. Tien III-3 1 ..

_4 Decay Heat Removal Systems, June 23, 1988, 1717 H Street, NW Washington, DC (Boehnert), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcommittee will continue its review of the NRC Staff's tesolution position for US! A 45. Lodging will be an- -

nounced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Hard Dr. Catton Dr. Kerr Mr. Davis Mr. Wylie TVA Organization Issues, July 13, 1988, 1717 H Ctreet, hW, Washington, DC (Quittschreiber/ Houston), 8:30 a.m., Room 1046. The Subcommittee will review the lessons learned from the Staff's review in regard to the restart of Sequoyah 2. Lodging will be announced later. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Wylie Dr. Remick Mr. Michelson Mr. Ward Advanced Reactor Designs, Date to be determined (May/ June), Washington, DC (El-Zeftawy). The Subconnittee will review the draft SER of the Modular HTGR conceptual design. In addition, the Subcommittee may review Commissioner Bernthal's concerns regarding SECY-88-42. Lodging will be announced later.

Attendance by the follcwing is anticipated:

4 Mr. Ward Dr. Siess Dr. Kerr Mr. Wylie Mr. Michelson Dr. Avery Containment Requirements, Date to be determined (May/ June), Washington, DC (Houston). The Subcom Ittee will review the NRC Staff's document on interim recommendations for containment performance and improvements (BWR Mark I only). Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Ward Mr. Wylie Dr. Kerr Dr. Catton Dr. Siess Dr. Corradini Safety Philosophy, Technology and Criteria, Date to be determined (May/ June),

Washington, DC (Houston). The Subconnittee will review the status of NUREG-1251 (Implications of Chernobyl) and the NRC Staff's program (at BNL) to address the implications of Chernobyl in regard to severe reactivity tran-sients. The Subcommittee may review also the Staff's final version of a proposed generic letter on USI A-17, "Systems Interactions." Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Ward Dr. Remick Dr. Kerr Mr. Wylie Dr. Lewis Dr. Lee Mr. Michelson Dr. Lipinski III-4

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! l l Occupational and Environmental Protection Systems, Date to be detennined l (May/ June), Washington, DC (Igne). Tlie subcomittee will review: (1)the

"hot particle" problem, (2) monitoring the quality and quantity of airborne -

i radionuclides in/out of containment following an accident, (3) the emergency planning rule, (4) the control room habitability report by ANL, and (5) other related matters. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Dr. Moeller Mr. Wylie

! Dr. Remick Dr. Mark (tent.)

Dr. Steindler Dr. Shapiro Advanced Pressurized Water Reactors, Date to be determined (June), Washington, DC (El-Zeftawy). The Subcommittee will review the licensing review baues To'cument being developed for Combustion Engineering's Standard Safety Analysis Report-Design Certification (CESSAR-DC). Attendance by the following is j anticipated:

Mr. Ward Dr. Remick Dr. Kerr Dr. Shewmon Mr. Michelson Mr. Wylie Advanced Pressurized Watee Reactors, Date to be determined (June), Washington, DC (El-Zeftawy). The Subcommittee will discuss the comparison of WAPWR (RESAR ,

L SP/90)designwithothermodernplants(inU.S.andabroad). AtteWdance by '

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l Mr. Ward Dr. Shewmon Dr. Kerr Mr. Wylie i Mr. Michelson l Advanceo Pressurized Water Reactors, Date to be determined (June), Washington, l DC (El-Zeftawy). The Subcommittee will review the draft SER in regard to the ieactor, reactor coolant system, and regulatory conformance for the WAPWR -

RESAR SP/90 design. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

1 l Mr. Ward Dr. Remick l Dr. Kerr Dr. Shewmon Mr. Michelson Mr. Wylie Decay Heat Removal Systems, Date to be determined (June / July), Washington, DC (Boehnert). The Subcommittee will review the proposed resolutions of Generic

! Issue 23, "RCP Seal Failures," and Generic Issue 99, "Loss of RHR Capability l in PWRs." Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Ward Mr. Wylie Dr. Kerr Dr. Catton Mr. Michelson Mr. Davis 4I1-5

4 's Decay Heat Removal Systems, Date to be determined, Washington, DC (Boehnert).

The Subcommittee will explore the issue of the use of feed and bleed for decay heat removal in PWRs. Attendance by the following is anticipated: -

Mr. Ward Mr. Wylie Dr. Kerr Dr. Catton Mr. Michelson Mr. Davis Systematic Assessment of Experience, Dete and location to be determined,

( Alde rman) . The Subcommittee will review the Diagnostic Evaluation Program and other related licensee performance review efforts by the NRC Staff.

Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Dr. Lewis Mr. Ward Mr. Michelson Mr. Wylie -

Dr. Moeller Thermal Hydraulic Phenomena, Date to be determined, Washington, DC (Boehnert).

The Subcommittee will disiuss the status of Industry best-estimate ECCS model submittals for use with tha revised ECCS Rule. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Ward Dr. Catton Dr. Kerr Dr. Plesset Mr. Michelson Mr. Schrock Mr. Wylie Dr. Sullivan Dr. Tien Auxiliary Systems, Date to be determined, Washington, DC (Duraiswaniy). The Subcommittee wifT discuss the: (1) criteria being used by utilities to design Chilled Water S design, and (3)ystems, (2) regulatory criteria being used by therequirements for Chilled NRC Staff to review Water Systems the Chilled Water Systems design. Attendance by the following is anticipated:

Mr. Michelson Mr. Wylie Dr. Moeller III-6

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1 Schedule and Outline for Discussion l Index 2 a. Agenda for Fitness for Duty Portion of the Meeting

b. Memorandum for ACRS Members from H. Alderman, dated March 30, 1988, re Status Report for the April 7-9, 1988 Discussion of  ;

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c. Draft SECY Paper, re Proposed Rulemaking - Fitness for Duty Programs

d. Proposed Rule and Discussion, 10 CFR Part 26 i

e. ACRS Letters on Fitness for Duty l

1) August 9. 1983

2) August 12, 1986 4 a. Memorandum for R. Fraley from T. Murley, dated April 4,1988, re Meeting with ACRS on April 7,1988

b. Memorandum for T. Murley from R. Fraley . dated March 25, 1988, i re Meeting with ACRS on April 7,1988 5 a. Schedt,' for Humar #' actors Research Portion of the Meeting

b. Memorandum for ACP.3 Meiabers from H. Aldennan, dated March 30, 1988, re Status Report - Human Factors Research

c. Human Factors Research Program Plan prepared by Off'ce of ,

Nuclear Regulatory Research, dated February 1988 l 6.1 ACRS Subcomittee Meetings, dated April 1,1988 (Appendix II) 6.2 (blank)  ;

6.3 Memorandum for C. Wylie from R. Major, dated March 25, 1988, re Comission Discussion and Vote on Rancho Seco Restart 6.4 a. Memorandum for ACRS Members and Staff from S. Durai',wamy, ,

dated March 24, 1988, re Status Report - Revision of the '

Proposed Priority Rankings - 336th ACRS Meeting

b. Menio for C. Michelson et al from C. Siess, dated March 10,

2 e s 1988, re Assignments for Reviewing Proposed Priority Rankings for Generic Safety Issues - Fifth Group

c. Table A - Fifth Group of Generic Issues to be Reviewed by ACRS

d. Table 1 - Assignments for Reviewing the Proposed Priority Rankings with Sample Format 6.5 Memorandum for D. Ward from R. Major, dated March 31, 1988, re THI-2 Upgrades, Status of Icplementation with attachments 7.1-2 a. Background / Status of Waste Management Subcomittee (undated)

b. Memoran.'um for ACRS Members from 0. Merrill, dated March 30, 1988, re Certification of Minute; of Waste Management i Subcommittee Meeting on March 17, 1988, with attachment

c. Memorandum for D. Moeller from R. Browning, dated March 14, 1988, re Q-List Technical Position, with attachments 8 Memorandum for ACRS Members from T. McCreless, dated March 4,1988, re ACRS Bylaws with attachment 9 a. Schedule for this Portion of the Meeting

b. Memorandum for ACRS Members from H. Alderman, dated March 31, 1988, re Updated Policy Statement on Training and Qualification with attachment 10 Memorandum for ACRS Members from H. Alderman, dated March 31, 1988, j re Status Report - Briefing on Training oi NRC Technical Personnel, '

April 8, 1988, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

1) Tentative Agenda

2) List of Courses 11 a. Memorandum for ACRS Members and Staff from S. Duraiswany, dated March 24, 1988, re Status Report - Discussion of the Draft Report on the Effectiveness of the NRC Staff Programs that Deal with Generic Issues and USIs - 336th Meeting. April 7-9, 1988

b. Memorandum for D. Ward from Chainnan Zech, dated September 18, 1986, re Guidance to the Advisory Connittee on Reactor Safeguards

c. Memorandum for R. Fraley et al. from S. Beckjord, dated December 3,1987, re RES Office Letter No.1, "Procedure for Identification, Prioritization, and Tracking of the Resolution of Generic Issues"

d. Memorandum for S. Beckjord et al. from V. Stello, dated December 4,1987, re Potential Improvements to the Generic Issue Program IV-2

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e. Commission Briefing on the Generic Issue Program; Current Process and Potential Improvements, prepared by T. Speis, dated October 21, 1987 12 a. Memorandum for ACRS Members from T. McCreless, dated March 31, 1988, re IAEA Report: "Basic Safety Principles for Nuclear l Power Plants" i

b. Memorandum for D. Ward from G. Brown, dated March 21, 1988, re Final Draf t of the IAEA (INSAG) Safety Principles with  !

attachment

c. Memorandum for ACRS Members from G. Brown, dated March 28, l 1988, re Publication of the IAEA Safety Principles 'cith attachment l 16.1 a. Tentative Agenda for Quantitative Safety Goals Portion of the Meeting

b. Quantitative Safety Goals Status Report, dated April 9,1988  !

(ACRS ltr of 5/13/87) l Meeting Handouts

1. Memorandum for C. Michelson from R. Fraley, dated January 12, 1988, re IAEA International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) Draft Document on "Fundamental Safety Principles for Nuclear Power Plants" l 2. Memorandum for W. Kerr from P. Shewmon, dated February 23, 1988, TMI-2 Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV)

3. Memoranacm for ACRS Members from P., Savio, dated April 6, 1988, re l Infonnation for the April 7,1988 Discussion with T. Murley l

, 4. Memorandum for ACRS Members from R. Fraley, dated April 7,1988, re l Future ACRS Activities - 337th ACRS Meeting - May 5-7, 1988 l

Presentations Fitness for Duty l 1. Draft SECY Paper for Establishment and Maintenance of Fitness for Duty Programs

2. Fitness for Duty Rule Outline (Grimes)

3. Federal Register Notice, Vol. 53, No. 46, March 9,1988 l Meeting with Director, NRR i

l 4 Schematic Severe Accident Program IV-3

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5. OSP/NRR Relationship

6. Overview of Shutdown Plants and Estimated Restart Dates

7. Technical Specification Improvement Program and other areas Human Factors Rasearch

8. Overviews of Introduction, Sunnary of Human Factors Program Plan, and Resources NRC Technical Training Program

9. NRC Technical Training Program Overview 10 NRC Guide to Training Opportunitia~ (Addendum)

IAEA Safety Principles

11. Presentation to ACRS on !AEA Safety Principles - Slides - H.

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