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REVISED 3/5/01

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS
JOINT MEETING OF THE ACRS SUBCOMMITTEES ON
MATERIALS AND METALLURGY, THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PHENOMENA,
AND RELIABILITY AND PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT
ROOM T-2B3, 11545 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MD
MARCH 16, 2000

ACRS Contact: Michael T. Markley (301) 415-6885 - E-mail: mtm@NRC.GOV

- PROPOSED SCHEDULE -

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TOPIC SPEAKER TIME
1) Introduction   8:30-8:35 am
 
  • Review goals and objectives for this meeting; introductions
  • Proposed final ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research Program
  • Risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46 for emergency core cooling systems
  • Technical issues associated with large-break loss-of-coolant accidents (LBLOCA), leak-before-break phenomena (LBB), and probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM)
 Bill Shack, ACRS  
2) NRC Safety Research Program   8:35-9:30 am
 
  • Proposed final ACRS report on the NRC Safety Research Program
 George Apostolakis, ACRS  
3) Industry Presentation   9:30-10:30 am
 
  • Overall industry approach: Why redefine LBLOCA?
 Adrian Heymer, NEI   
 
  • Owners Group perspectives
 Bob Osterrieder, WOG
Lewis Ward, SNC
(TBD), CEOG
(TBD), B&WOG		   
  ** BREAK **   10:30-10:45 am
4) Industry Presentation-continued   10:45-11:30 am
 
  • Overall industry approach: Why redefine LBLOCA?
 Adrian Heymer, NEI  
 
  • Owners Group perspectives
 Bob Osterrieder, WOG
Lewis Ward, SNC
(TBD), CEOG
(TBD), B&WOG		  
   ** LUNCH **    11:30-12:30 pm
5) NRC Staff Presentation    12:30-2:00 pm
 
  • Overview of staff activities
 Tom King, RES   
 
  • Options for revising 10 CFR 50.46; advantages and disadvantages
 Mark Cunningham, RES
Mary Drouin, RES
NRC contractors (TBD)		  
 
  • Comments on approach proposed by the industry
 M.Mayfield, RES  
 
  • Preliminary approach proposed by the staff
 Mark Cunningham, RES
Mary Drouin, RES		  
6) ACRS General Discussion and Adjournment   2:00-2:30 pm
 
  • General discussion and comments by Members of the Subcommittee; items for future meetings
 Bill Shack, ACRS  

Note: Presentation time should not exceed 50% of the total time allocated for a specific item. Number of copies of presentation materials to be provided to the ACRS/ ACNW - 35.

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