The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in Room T-2B3 of
the agency's Two White Flint North building, at 11545 Rockville Pike. It will
begin at 8:30 a.m. each day. A complete agenda is attached.
For additional information on the meeting or schedule changes, please contact
Dr. Sher Bahadur at 301-415-0138.
| 8:30 - 8:35 A.M. |
Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open) |
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Opening statement |
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Items of current interest |
| 8:35 - 10:30 A.M. |
CRDM Cracking of Vessel Head Penetrations and Vessel Head
Degradation (Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding issues related to the investigation of circumferential cracks
in PWR control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) penetration nozzles and welds,
and reactor pressure vessel head degradation at the Davis-Besse Nuclear
Power Plant. |
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Representatives of the nuclear industry may provide their
views. |
| 10:30 - 10:45 A.M. |
***BREAK*** |
| 10:45 - 12:15 P.M. |
Technical Assessment Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-189, "Susceptibility
of Ice Condenser and Mark III Containments to Early Failure from Hydrogen
Combustion During a Severe Accident" (Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding its technical basis and proposed recommendations for resolving
GSI-189. |
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Representatives of the nuclear industry may provide their
views, as
appropriate. |
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| 12:15 - 1:15 P.M. |
***LUNCH*** |
| 1:15 - 2:15 P.M. |
Technical Assessment of GSI-168, Environmental Qualification
of Low-Voltage Instrumentation and Control Cables (Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding its technical basis and proposed recommendations for resolving
GSI-168. |
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Representatives of the nuclear industry may provide their
views. |
| 2:15 - 3:30 P.M. |
Development of Reliability/Availability Performance Indicators
and Industry Trends (Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the staff's initiatives to integrate the NRC programs for
risk-based analysis of reactor operating experience into the reactor oversight
process, specifically the development of reliability/availability performance
indicators and industry trends. |
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Representatives of the nuclear industry may provide their
views. |
| 3:30 - 3:45 P.M. |
***BREAK*** |
| 3:45 - 4:45 P.M. |
Technical and Policy Issues Related to Advanced Reactors
(Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding technical and policy issues related to advanced reactors. |
| 4:45 - 5:00 P.M. |
***BREAK*** |
| 5:00 - 7:15 P.M. |
Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) |
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Discussion of proposed ACRS reports on: |
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CRDM Cracking of Vessel Head Penetrations and Vessel |
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Head Degradation |
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Technical Assessment of GSI-189, "Susceptibility of
Ice Condenser and Mark III Containments to Early Failure from Hydrogen Combustion
During a Severe Accident" |
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Technical Assessment of Generic Safety Issue-168, "Environmental
Qualification of Low-Voltage I&C Cables" |
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Development of Reliability/Availability Performance Indicators
and Industry Trends |
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Confirmatory Research Program on High Burnup Fuel (Tentative)
Technical and Policy Issues Related to Advanced Reactors (Tentative) |
| FRIDAY, JUNE 7 |
| 8:30 - 8:35 A.M. |
Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open) |
| 8:35 - 10:00 A.M. |
Proposed Rulemaking to Endorse National Fire Protection |
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Association (NFPA) 805, "Performance-Based Standard
for |
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Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating
Plants"
(Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff and the Nuclear Energy Institute regarding the proposed rulemaking
to endorse NFPA 805 fire protection standard, and related matters. |
| 10:00 - 10:15 A.M. |
***BREAK*** |
| 10:15 - 11:15 A.M. |
Generic Resolution of Voids in the Concrete Containment
(Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the generic resolution of the issue of voids in the concrete
containment walls. |
| 11:15 - 12:00 Noon. |
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Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee (Open) |
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Discussion of the recommendations of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee regarding items proposed for consideration by
the full Committee during future ACRS meetings. |
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Report of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee on matters
related to the conduct of ACRS business, and organizational and personnel
matters relating to the ACRS. |
| 12:00 - 12:15 P.M. |
Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations (Open) |
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Discussion of the responses from the NRC Executive Director
for Operations to comments and recommendations included in recent ACRS reports
and letters. |
| 12:15 - 1:15 P.M. |
***LUNCH*** |
| 1:15 - 7:15 P.M. |
Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) |
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Discussion of proposed ACRS Reports on: CRDM Cracking of
Vessel Head Penetrations and Vessel Head Degradation Technical Assessment
of GSI-189, "Susceptibility of Ice Condenser and Mark III Containments
to Early Failure from Hydrogen Combustion During a Severe Accident" |
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Technical Assessment of GSI-168, "Environmental Qualification
of Low-Voltage I&C Cables" |
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Development of Reliability/Availability Performance Indicators
and Industry Trends Proposed Rulemaking to Endorse NFPA 805 Fire Protection
Standard Confirmatory Research Program on High Burnup Fuel (Tentative) |
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Technical and Policy Issues Related to Advanced Reactors
(Tentative) |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 8 |
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| 8:30 - 10:00 A.M. |
Proposed ACRS Reports (Open) |
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Continue discussion of proposed ACRS reports. |
| 10:00 - 10:15 A.M. |
***BREAK*** |
| 10:15 - 11:30 A.M. |
Discussion of Topics for Meeting with the NRC Commissioners
(Open) |
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Discussion of topics for meeting with the NRC Commissioners
on
July 10. |
| 11:30 - 12:45 P.M. |
***WORKING LUNCH*** |
| 12:45 - 1:45 P.M. |
Format and Content of the 2003 ACRS Report on the NRC Safety
Research Program (Open) |
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Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman |
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Discussion of the format, content, schedule, and assignments
for the 2003 ACRS report to the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program. |
| 1::45 - 2:45 P.M. |
Proposed Papers for the Quadripartite Meeting (Open) |
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Discussion of proposed papers on the following: |
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Safety Culture and Safety Management |
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Risk-Informed Regulation |
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Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis and Code Issues |
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Stress Corrosion Cracks in Pressure Retaining Components
in Nuclear Power Plants |
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Risk Analysis of Spent Fuel Storage |
| 2:45 - 3:00 P.M. |
Miscellaneous (Open) |
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Discussion of matters related to the conduct of Committee
activities and matters and specific issues that were not completed during
previous meetings, as time and availability
of information permit. |
