ACRS Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Meeting, January 24-26, 2002
January 9, 2002
SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE FOR DISCUSSION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS
PLANNING AND PROCEDURES SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
JANUARY 24-26, 2002
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2002 | ||||
1) | 8:30 - 8:45 A.M. | Opening Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman (Open) (GMH/JTL) | ||
1.1) | Opening statement | |||
1.2) | Schedule, scope, format, and expectations of the meeting | |||
2) | 8:45 - 12:15 P.M. | Future Plant Designs(Open) (TSK) | ||
2.1) | Remarks by the Cognizant Subcommittee Chairman regarding: | |||
a) | Regulatory challenges associated with the licensing of future plant designs (e.g., Pebble Bed Modular Reactor and Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor) | |||
b) | Containment for advanced reactor designs | |||
c) | Use of defense-in-depth concept and PRA for advanced reactor designs | |||
d) | Use of F-C curves | |||
e) | Issues related to Westinghouse AP1000 design | |||
2.2) | Discussion among Committee members | |||
12:15 - 1:45 P.M. | ***LUNCH** | |||
3) | 1:45 - 2:45 P.M. | Future Plant Designs (continued) (Open) (TSK) | ||
Continue discussion of potential issues associated with future plant designs. | ||||
4) | 2:45-5:15 P.M. | Safety Research Program (Open) (MVB) | ||
4.1) | Remarks by the Cognizant Subcommittee Chairman regarding: | |||
a) | Draft ACRS report to the Commission on the NRC Safety Research Program | |||
b) | Impact of ACRS comments and recommendations on the scope and direction of the NRC Safety Research Program | |||
c) | Proposed Advanced Reactor Research Plan | |||
d) | New areas of research | |||
e) | Need to curtail or terminate ongoing research activities | |||
f) | Scope, format, and content of the 2003 report to the Commission | |||
4.2) | Discussion among Committee members | |||
5:15 P.M. | ***RECESS** | |||
BREAKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CHAIRMAN | ||||
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 | ||||
5) | 8:30-8:45 A.M. | Opening Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman (Open) (GEA/JTL) | ||
6) | 8:45 - 12:15 P.M. | Use of Formal Decision Analysis (Open) (GEA) | ||
6.1) | Remarks by the Cognizant Subcommittee Chairman regarding: | |||
a) | Introduction to decision analysis through an example | |||
b) | Use of decision analysis in regulatory decisionmaking process | |||
c) | Proper role of the Analytic Hierarchy Process | |||
6.2) | Discussion among Committee members | |||
12:15-1:45 P.M. | ***LUNCH** | |||
7) | 1:45 - 3:30 P.M. | SAPHIRE Code (Open) (Curtis Smith) | ||
7.1) | Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman (GEA) | |||
7.2) | Briefing by Mr. Curtis Smith regarding: | |||
a) | Overview of the SAPHIRE Code | |||
b) | Adequacy of the NRC staff efforts associated with the development of the SAPHIRE Code | |||
c) | Role of SAPHIRE Code in the risk-informed regulatory system | |||
7.3) | Discussion among Committee members and Mr. Smith | |||
8) | 3:30 -5:30 P.M. | Power Uprates (Open) (GBW/DAP) | ||
8.1) | Remarks by the Cognizant Subcommittee Chairmen regarding: | |||
a) | Criteria to be used by the Committee for endorsing or declining power uprates, including PWR power uprates expected in the future | |||
b) | Use of risk information in evaluating power uprates | |||
c) | Quality of staff documents | |||
d) | Lessons learned from review of the power uprate applications | |||
8.2) | Discussion among Committee members | |||
5:30 P.M. | ***RECESS*** | |||
BREAKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CHAIRMAN | ||||
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 | ||||
9) | 8:30 - 8:45A.M. | Opening Remarks by the Subcommittee Chairman (Open) (GEA/JTL)) | ||
10) | 8:45 - 11:30 A.M. | Significance Determination Process(Open) (JDS/WJS) | ||
10.1) | Remarks by the Cognizant Subcommittee Chairmen regarding: | |||
a) | Need for an SDP based on LPSD PRAs or other shutdown | |||
b) | Peer review of SPAR models and SDP worksheets | |||
c) | Thresholds for Performance Indicators | |||
d) | Conflict and discrepancies between aspects of the revised reactor oversight process that are risk-informed (e.g., SDP) and those that are performance based (e.g., PIs) | |||
10.2) | Discussion among Committee members | |||
11) | 11:30 - 12:00 Noon | Adequacy of the Process for Conducting ACRS Business (Open) (GEA/JTL) | ||
11.1) | Remarks by the ACRS Executive Director | |||
11.2) | Discussion of the process for conducting ACRS business (e.g., prioritization of Committee reviews and Committee leadership in the future) | |||
12) | 12:00 - 12:30 P.M. | Summary of Follow-up Items (Open) (GEA/JTL/RPS) | ||
Summary of follow-up items resulting from the meeting, assignments, and proposed schedule for closure of these items. | ||||
12:30 P.M. | ***ADJOURN*** | |||
BREAKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CHAIRMAN |
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