98-13710. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on Advanced Reactor Designs; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28417]
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[FR Doc No: 98-13710]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on 
Advanced Reactor Designs; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Advanced Reactor Designs will hold a 
meeting on June 17-18, 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:
    Wednesday, June 17, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    Thursday, June 18, 1998--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business.
    The Subcommittee will continue its review of the Westinghouse AP600 
design. Specifically, the Subcommittee will review the inspections, 
tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC), the AP600 Level 1 
PRA, and the NRC staff's evaluation of Chapters 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 
and 18 of the AP600 Standard Safety Analysis Report. 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, Westinghouse 
Electric Company, their 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. Noel F. Dudley (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.

    Dated: May 18, 1998.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-13710 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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