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IN RESPONSE, PLEASE
REFER TO: M031002
October 31, 2003
MEMORANDUM TO: |
John T. Larkins,
Executive Director ACRS/ACNW
William D. Travers
Executive Director for Operations |
FROM: |
Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary /RA/ |
SUBJECT: |
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - MEETING WITH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR
SAFEGUARDS (ACRS), 9:30 A.M., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2003, COMMISSIONERS'
CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN
TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) |
The Commission was briefed by members of the ACRS on the following topics:
- Overview
- Materials Degradation Issues
- Reactor Oversight Process
- Improvement of the Quality of Risk Information for Regulatory Decisionmaking
The ACRS should identify, as part of its normal review of advanced reactor
designs, those features, approaches, and common phenomenology that could
be applied to operating reactors to enhance safety, resolve issues or
streamline future activities.
In the security arena, the ACRS should continue to focus its attention
and expertise on technical issues associated with the progression and
potential consequences of postulated terrorist actions, and the assessment
of the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. The ACRS should not involve
itself in issues associated with threat assessment (i.e. assessments of
the likelihood of various types of events), physical security, or force-on-force
assessments since these are outside the committees area of expertise,
and involve intelligence information not available to the committee.
The NRC staff should:
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explain the process currently used or planned for addressing significant
operating experience in staff PRAs and for encouraging or requiring
licensees to also address significant operating experience in their
PRAs; and
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provide the Commission the status, approach and plans for maintaining
a current and effective set of guidance documents (Regulatory Guides,
Standard Review Plans and Review Standards) for staff and applicant
use. The staff should identify priority and resource considerations
in this area.
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(SECY Suspense: 2/27/04) |
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