October 22, 2002
SCHEDULE
AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION
497th ACRS MEETING
NOVEMBER 7-9,
2002
| THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2002, CONFERENCE ROOM 2B3, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND | |||
| 1) | 8:30 - 8:35 A.M. | Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman (Open) | |
| 1.1) | Opening statement (GEA/JTL/SD) | ||
| 1.2) | Items of current interest (GEA/SD) | ||
| 2) | 8:35 - 10:00 A.M. | Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety
Issue (GSI)-189, "Susceptibility of Ice Condenser and Mark III Containments
to Early Failure from Hydrogen Combustion During a Severe Accident" | |
| 2.1) | Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman | ||
| 2.2) | Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC staff on the results of their additional analyses and proposed recommendations for resolving GSI-189. | ||
| Representatives of the nuclear industry may provide their views, as appropriate. | |||
| 10:00 - 10:15 A.M. | ***BREAK** | ||
| 3) | 10:15 - 11:45 A.M. | Early Site Permit Process (Open) (TSK/MME) | |
| 3.1) | Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman | ||
| 3.2) | Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding Early Site Permit Process. | ||
| Representatives of the nuclear industry may provide their views, as appropriate. | |||
| 4) | 11:45 - 12:15 P.M. | Peach Bottom License Renewal Application (Open) (GML/RRA/TJK) | |
| Report
by the Subcommittee Chairman regarding the October 30, 2002 Plant License Renewal
Subcommittee meeting on the license renewal application for the Peach Bottom Nuclear
Plant, Units 2 and 3. | |||
| 12:15 - 1:15 P.M. | ***LUNCH** | ||
| 5) | 1:15 - 3:15 P.M. | Westinghouse AP1000 Design (Open) (TSK/MME/PAB) | |
| 5.1) | Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman | ||
| 5.2) | Briefing by and discussions with representatives of Westinghouse regarding the design features of and test information on, the AP1000 design. The NRC staff will provide a status report regarding its review schedule. | ||
| 3:15 - 3:30 P.M. | ***BREAK*** | ||
| 6) | 3:30
- 5:00 P.M. | Risk-Informed Improvements
to Standard Technical Specifications (Open) (SLR/MWW) | |
| 6.1) | Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman | ||
| 6.2) | Briefing by and discussions with representatives of the NRC staff regarding staff's progress on risk-informed improvements to Standard Technical Specifications and related matters. | ||
| Representatives
of the nuclear industry may provide their views, as appropriate. | |||
| 5:00 - 5:15 P.M. | ***BREAK*** | ||
| 7) | 5:15 - 6:00 P.M. | Report Regarding Recent Operating
Events (Open) (GML/MWW) | |
| 8) | 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. | Preparation of ACRS Reports
(Open) | |
| 8.1) | Proposed Resolution of GSI-189 (TSK/MWW/MRS) | ||
| 8.2) | Early Site Permit Process (TSK/MME) | ||
| 8.3) | Risk-Informed Improvements to Standard Technical Specifications (SLR/MWW) | ||
| FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2002, CONFERENCE ROOM 2B3, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND | |||
| 9) | 8:30 - 8:35 A.M. | Opening Remarks by the ACRS Chairman(Open)(GEA/JTL/SD) | |
| 10) | 8:35 - 12:00 Noon | Organizational and Personnel Matters(Closed)(GEA/JTL) The Committee will discuss organizational and personnel matters as well as the potential improvements to internal ACRS policies and procedures. | |
| [NOTE:
This session will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) and (6) to discuss
organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to internal personnel
rules and practices of ACRS, and information the release of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. | |||
| 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. | ***LUNCH*** | ||
| 11) | 1:00 -4:00 P.M. | Safeguards and Security Activities
(Closed) (GEA/RPS) [THIS SESSION WILL BE HELD IN ROOM T-8E8] | |
| 11.1) | Report by the Subcommittee Chairman regarding matters discussed at the October 31, 2002 meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Safeguards and Security. | ||
| 11.2) | Discussion of the content of a proposed report to the Commission on Safeguards and Security matters. | ||
| [NOTE:
This session will be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) to protect national security information.] | |||
| 4:00 - 4:15 P.M. | ***BREAK*** | ||
| 12) | 4:15 - 5:00 P.M. | Future ACRS Activities/Report of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee (Open) (GEA/JTL/SD) | |
| 12.1) | Discussion of the recommendations of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee regarding items proposed for consideration by the full Committee during future ACRS meetings. | ||
| 12.2) | Report
of the Planning and Procedures Subcommittee on matters related to the conduct of ACRS business, including anticipated workload and member assignments. | ||
| 13) | 5:00 - 5:15 P.M. | Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and Recommendations(Open)(GEA, et al./SD, et al.) | |
| Discussion of the responses from the NRC Executive Director for Operations to comments and recommendations included in recent ACRS reports and letters. | |||
| 5:15 - 5:30 P.M. | ***BREAK*** | ||
| 14) | 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. | Preparation of ACRS Reports
(Open) Discussion of proposed ACRS reports on: | |
| 14.1) | Proposed Resolution of GSI-189 (TSK/MWW/MRS) | ||
| 14.2) | Early Site Permit Process (TSK/MME) | ||
| 14.3) | Risk-Informed Improvements to Standard Technical Specifications (SLR/MWW) | ||
| SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2002, CONFERENCE ROOM 2B3, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND | |||
| 15) | 8:30 - 10:00 A.M. | Preparation of ACRS Reports
(Open) Continue discussion of the proposed ACRS reports listed under Item 14. | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 A.M. | ***BREAK*** | ||
| 16) | 10:15 - 12:15 P.M. | Annual ACRS Report on the NRC Safety Research Program (Open) (FPF/RPS) | |
| 16.1) | Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman regarding matters discussed at the November 6, 2002 Subcommittee meeting. | ||
| 16.2) | Discussion of a draft ACRS report to the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program. | ||
| 12:15 - 12:30 P.M. | ***BREAK*** | ||
| 17) | 12:30 - 1:00 P.M. | Miscellaneous (Open)(GEA/JTL) 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. | |
NOTE:
- Presentation time should not exceed 50 percent of the total time allocated for a specific item. The remaining 50 percent of the time is reserved for discussion.
- Thirty-Five (35) copies of the presentation materials should be provided to the ACRS.

