[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4811]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
ASME Presentation on a ``Standard for Probabilistic Risk
Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications''; Meeting
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: NRC has been supporting an ASME effort to develop a ``Standard
for Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant
Applications.'' ASME has issued a draft of this standard for review and
comment. The purpose of this standard is to provide a way to ensure
that the technical quality of a PRA used to support a risk-informed
application is adequate for that application, such that the level of
regulatory review needed for approval of that application is minimized.
This standard, therefore, provides requirements for a reference PRA,
documentation, configuration control (of the PRA), and peer review and
criteria for determining the extent to which the reference PRA
technical elements are necessary and sufficient to support a particular
risk-informed application.
The NRC is hosting a workshop where ASME will describe the approach
used in writing the standard, the contents of the standard, etc., and
so that the public can meet with the ASME team. Chairman Jackson will
be making some introductory remarks at the workshop. The workshop is
open to the public and all interested parties are invited to attend.
DATES: March 16, 1999, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.
ADDRESSES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two White Flint North
Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Drouin, Mail Stop T10-E50, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Telephone:
(301) 415-6675; FAX: (301) 415-5062; Internet: [email protected]
For material related to the meeting, please access the ASME website
at www.asme.org or contact Jess Moon at ASME, 3 Park Avenue, New York,
NY 10016. Telephone: (212) 591-8514; FAX: (212) 591-7196; Internet:
moonj@asme.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Attendees are requested to notify Gloria
Corbitt at (301) 415-2100 of their planned attendance if special
services, such as for the hearing impaired, are necessary.
The NRC is accessible to the White Flint Metro Station. Attendees
are strongly encouraged to use Metrorail as visitor parking near the
NRC buildings is very limited. Visitors may enter either NRC building
and stop at the guard's desk for directions to the auditorium.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of February, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mary Drouin,
Acting Chief, Probabilistic Risk Analysis Branch, Division of Systems
Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 99-4811 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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