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, please contact Dr. Sher Bahadur, at 301-415-1038, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
8:30 - 8:35 A.M. |
Opening Statement by the ACRS Chairman (Open)
Opening Statement
Items of current interest |
8:35 - 10:15 A.M. |
Catawba and McGuire License Renewal Application (Open)
Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff and the Duke Energy Corporation regarding the license
renewal application for the Catawba and McGuire Nuclear Plants
and the associated NRC staff's final Safety Evaluation Report. |
10:15 - 10:30 A.M. |
***BREAK*** |
10:30 - Noon |
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1107, "Water Sources for Long-Term
Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident" and Draft
Generic Letter 2003-xx, related to the Resolution of GSI-191,
"Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump Performance"
(Open)
Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1107 and Draft Generic
Letter 2003-xx associated with the resolution of Generic Safety
Issue (GSI)-191.
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NOON - 1 P.M. |
***LUNCH*** |
1:00 - 3:00 P.M. |
PTS Reevaluation Project: Technical Bases for Potential Revision to PTS
Screening Criterion (Open)
Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff regarding the technical bases for potential revision to the
pressurized thermal shock (PTS) screening criterion. |
3:00 - 3:15 P.M.
| ***BREAK*** |
3:15 - 4:45 P.M. |
Draft Final Version of Regulatory Guide DG-1077, "Guidelines for
Environmental Qualification of Microprocessor-Based Equipment
Important to Safety in Nuclear Power Plants" (Open)
Presentations by and discussions with representatives of the NRC
staff on the draft final version of DG-1077. |
4:45 - 5:00 P.M.
| ***BREAK*** |
5:00 - 7:15 P.M. |
Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)
Discussion of proposed ACRS reports on matters considered
during this meeting, as well as a proposed ACRS report on Safety
Culture. |
FRIDAY |
8:30 - 8:35 A.M. |
Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open) |
8:35 - 8:50 A.M. |
Subcommittee Report (Open)
Report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability
and Probabilistic Risk Assessment regarding the coherence plan for
risk-informed regulatory activities that was discussed at the
January 22, 2003 Subcommittee meeting. |
8:50 - 9:15 A.M. |
Subcommittee Report (Open)
Report by the Chairman of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability
and Probabilistic Risk Assessment regarding the Westinghouse
AP1000 passive plant design PRA that was discussed at the
January 23-24, 2003 Subcommittee meeting. |
9:15 - 10:15 A.M. |
Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee (Open)
Discussion on the recommendations of the Planning and
Procedures Subcommittee regarding items proposed for
consideration by the full Committee during future meetings.
Presentation of a report of the Planning and Procedures
Subcommittee on matters related to the conduct of ACRS business,
including anticipated workload and member assignments. |
10:15 - 10:30 A.M. |
Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations (Open)
Discussion of the responses from the NRC Executive Director for
Operations (EDO) to comments and recommendations included in
recent ACRS reports and letters. The EDO responses are expected
to be made available to the Committee prior to the meeting. |
10:30 - 10:45 A.M. |
***BREAK*** |
10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. |
Annual ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program
(Open)
Discussion of the draft ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research
Program. |
12:15 - 1:15 P.M. |
***LUNCH*** |
1:15 - 7:00 P.M. |
Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)
Discussion of proposed ACRS reports. |
SATURDAY |
8:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. |
Proposed ACRS Reports (Open)
Continued discussion of proposed ACRS reports. In addition, the
Committee will discuss a draft report prepared by an ACRS
consultant on the role and use of PRA in the regulatory decision-making process. |
1:00 - 1:30 P.M. |
Miscellaneous (Open)
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. |