Note to Editors: NRC Has Received Four Reports from its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

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No. 99-104
May 21, 1999

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received four reports from its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards following the Committee's meeting May 5-8. The reports provide comments on:

• Proposed final rule - revisions to 10 CFR Parts 50 and 72 concerning changes, tests and experiments;

• Use of mixed oxide fuel in commercial nuclear power plants;

• Modified proposed final revision to 10CFR 50.65, "requirements for monitoring the effectiveness of maintenance at nuclear power plants;"

• Proposed resolution of generic safety issue-158, "performance of safety-related power-operated valves under design basis conditions."

Copies of the reports are available through the NRC's Office of Public Affairs, the NRC's homepage and the Public Document Room.