98-29501. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Joint Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Plant Operations, and on Regulatory Policies and Practices; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59584]
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[FR Doc No: 98-29501]


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

    The ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment, Plant Operations, and on Regulatory Policies and Practices 
will hold a joint meeting on November 19 and 20, 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, November 19, 1998--1:00 p.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    The Subcommittees will continue their discussion of proposed 
options to make 10 CFR Part 50 and 10 CFR 50.59 (Changes, tests and 
experiments) risk informed.
    Friday, November 20, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    The Subcommittees will review proposed changes to the NRC 
assessment programs, including integrated review of assessment 
processes, Senior Management Meeting process, as well as risk-informed 
baseline inspection case studies and associated proposed changes to the 
inspection program, and other related risk-informed initiatives. The 
Subcommittees will also discuss AEOD programs for risk-based analysis 
of reactor operating experience including risk-informed performance 
indicators. 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. (EST). 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.

    Dated: October 29, 1998.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-29501 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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