98-27657. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Joint Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment and on Regulatory Policies and Practices; Notice of Meeting

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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Joint Meeting of the 
ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment and 
on Regulatory Policies and Practices; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment and on Regulatory Policies and Practices will hold a meeting 
on October 29 and 30, 1998, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:
    Thursday, October 29, 1998-8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    Friday, October 30, 1998-8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    The Subcommittees will continue its discussion of proposed options 
to make 10 CFR Part 50 risk-informed, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 
Whole Plant Study, and options for developing a risk-informed approach 
to revising 10 CFR 50.59. The Subcommittees will also review the 
staff's safety evaluation report for the Westinghouse Owners Group 
topical report on risk-informed inservice inspection of piping at 
nuclear power plants, as well as the results of the associated pilot 
applications. The purpose of this meeting is to gather information, 
analyze relevant issues and facts, and to formulate proposed positions 
and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee.
    Oral statements may be presented by members of the public with the 
concurrence of the Subcommittee Chairman; written statements will be 
accepted and made available to the Committee. Electronic recordings 
will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are 
open to the public, and questions may be asked only by members of the 
Subcommittees, their consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make 
oral statements should notify the cognizant ACRS staff engineer named 
below five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made.
    During the initial portion of the meeting, the Subcommittees, along 
with any of their consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance 
of the meeting.
    The Subcommittees will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the NRC staff, its consultants, and 
other interested persons regarding this review.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, and the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting the cognizant ACRS 
staff engineer, Mr. Michael T. Markley (telephone [phone]) between 
7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.(EDT). Persons planning to attend this meeting 
are urged to contact the above named individual one or two working days 
prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the 
agenda, etc., that may have occurred.

    Date: October 7, 1998.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-27657 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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