[Federal Register: February 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 38)]
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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: mxd@NRC.GOV.
    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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