ML20197B162
| ML20197B162 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/27/1998 |
| From: | Thadani A NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | Ralph Beedle NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (FORMERLY NUCLEAR MGMT & |
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| NUDOCS 9803100177 | |
| Download: ML20197B162 (3) | |
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February 27, 1998 Mr. Ralph Beedle, Senior Vice President Regulatory initiatives Nuclear Energy Institute 2000 l Street, N.W.
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==Dear
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I am writing to confirm my invitation (as discussed with Mr. Tom King of my staff) and to thank you for accepting to participate in a panel on risk-informed regulation at the upcoming PSAM-4 conference to be held in New York City September 13-18,1998 (a brochure giving some e
general information on the conference is enclosed.) The panel session is scheduled for the moming of Wednesday, September 16,1998, and should last approximately two hours. In addition to my rote as panel chairman, other panel members will include:
Dr. George Apostolakis, Department of Nuclear Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mr. Ted Cloninger, Senior Vice President South Texas Project Senior R a ir from outside the U.S.
The topic for disw..lon is risk-informed regulation. Each panel member will be given an opportunity to make 5-10 minutes of opening remarks, which will then be followed by a roundtable discussion and responses to questions from the audience. Of particular interest would be your views on:
s what is your concept of risk-informed regulation?
what applications do you see for improving safety, reducing unnecessary burdens or better utilizing resources by the application of risk information?
what has been your experic. ice in the application of risk information in regulation:
what has gone well?
what needs to be improved?
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s what would you do differently?
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As more information becomes available on the conference, I will forward it to you. If you are attending the conference solely for the purpose of participatinC in the panel, you will not have to pay the conference registration fee. If this is the case, please let me know so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Again, thank you for accepting the invitation to participate in the panel, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 301-415-1705.
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Ash k C. Thadani, Acting Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory Effectiveness
Enclosure:
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attending the conference solely for the purpose of participating in the panel, you will not have to pay the conference registration fee. If this is the case, please let me know so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Again, thark you for accepting the invitation to participate in the panel. If you have any questions, please w not hesitate to contact me at 301-415-1705.
Sinc 3 rely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY A. C.THADANI Ashok C. Thadani, Acting Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory Effectiveness
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