[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24565]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Twenty-Sixth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Twenty-Sixth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will
be held on October 26-28, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Bethesda
Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland.
The Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will be opened by NRC
Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson as the keynote speaker for the plenary
session on Monday, October 26, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. and Commissioner Diaz
will speak at lunch. There will be a panel discussion on Tuesday
morning, October 27, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. which will focus on the Future
of Research. Carlos Vitanza will be Tuesday's luncheon speaker
presenting an overview of the OECD Halden Reactor Project and main
issues for the year 2000 and beyond.
This meeting is international in scope and includes presentations
by personnel from the NRC, U.S. Government, laboratories, private
contractors, universities, the Electric Power Research Institute,
reactor vendors, and a number of foreign agencies. This meeting is
sponsored by the NRC and conducted by the Brookhaven National
Laboratory.
The preliminary agenda for this year's meeting includes 12
sessions, along with the panel discussions, on the following topics:
Pressure Vessel Research, Severe Accidents Research and Fission Product
Behavior, Nuclear Materials Issues and Health Effects Research,
Materials Integrity Issues, Digital Instrumentation and Control,
Structural Performance, The Halden Program, PRA Methods and
Applications, Thermal Hydraulic Research, Plant Aging (2 sessions), and
High Burn-up Fuel.
Those who wish to attend may register at the meeting or in advance
by contacting Susan Monteleone, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Department of Nuclear Energy, Building 130, Upton, NY 11973, telephone
(516) 344-7235; Sandra Nesmith (301) 415-6437, or Christine Bonsby
(301) 415-5838, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd Day of September, 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alois J. Burda,
Deputy Director, Financial Management, Procurement and Administration
Staff, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 98-24565 Filed 9-11-98; 8:45 am]
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