98-3528. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 7189]
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[FR Doc No: 98-3528]


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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting of the ACRS 
Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice 
of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk 
Assessment will hold a meeting on February 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, 
February 19, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business. Friday, 
February 20, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business.
    The Subcommittee will review the proposed final Standard Review 
Plan (SRP) Sections and Regulatory Guides for risk-informed, 
performance-based regulation including individual applications for 
graded quality assurance, technical specifications, and inservice 
testing. The Subcommittee will review the matter included in the Staff 
Requirements Memorandum dated October 16, 1997, regarding elevation of 
core damage frequency to a fundamental goal and possible revision to 
the Commission's Safety Goal Policy Statement. The Subcommittee will 
also review industry-initiated risk-informed pilots related to the 
development of full-scope probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) and the 
use of quantitative health objectives. The Subcommittee may also 
discuss staff and industry activities in the area of performance-based 
regulation and efforts to develop standards for PRA quality. 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 
Subcommittee, its 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 Subcommittee, along 
with any of its consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance 
of the meeting.
    The Subcommittee 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 cancelled or rescheduled, 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: February 6, 1998.
Medhat El-Zeftawy,
Acting Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-3528 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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