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ACRS Joint Subcommittees on Materials And Metallurgy, Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena Meeting - July 9, 2001

REVISED 6/28/01

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
JULY 9, 2001

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

- PROPOSED SCHEDULE -

	TOPIC	SPEAKER	TIME
1)	Introduction		1:30-1:35 am
	Review goals and objectives for this meeting; introductions	Bill Shack, ACRS
	Risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46 for emergency core cooling systems; discussions from March 16, 2001 Joint Subcommittee meeting
	Technical issues associated with large-break loss-of-coolant accidents (LBLOCA), leak-before-break phenomena (LBB), and probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM)
2)	NRC Staff Presentation		1:35-3:30 pm
	Overview of Phase I activities	Tom King, RES
	Results of feasibility study for risk-informing 10 CFR 50.46; Options: ECCS reliability, acceptance criteria evaluation model, LBLOCA redefinition	Mark Cunningham, RES Mary Drouin, RES M. Mayfield, RES A. Kuritsky, RES
	BREAK		3:30-3:45 pm
3)	NRC Staff Presentation - continued		3:45-4:30 pm
	Phase IIA technical work, policy issues, and schedule	M. Cunningham, RES M. Drouin, RES M. Mayfield, RES A. Kuritsky, RES
4)	Industry Comments		4:30-4:45 pm
	Overall industry approach: Why redefine LBLOCA?	Adrian Heymer, NEI
	Owners Group perspectives	TBD
5)	ACRS General Discussion and Adjournment		4:45-5:00 pm
	General discussion and comments by Members of the Subcommittee; items for full ACRS 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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