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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 1998 Letter Reports

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Date Title
02/12/1998Potential Revision To 10 CFR 50.65 (a) (3) Of The Maintenance Rule To Require Licensees To Perform Safety Assessments
02/12/1998Proposed Generic Letter, "Guidance On The Storage, Preservation, and Safekeeping of Quality Assurance Records in Electronic Media"
02/12/1998Final Rulemaking, "Physical Protection For Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste" (10 CFR Parts 60, 72, 73, 74, And 75)
02/19/1998Interim Letter On The Safety Aspects Of The Westinghouse Electric Company Application For Certification Of The AP600 Plant Design
02/24/1998Letter To Congress - Nuclear Safety Research - A Report to The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate
03/11/1998ACRS Comments On Draft Paper On Risk-Informed Performance-Based Regulation
03/12/1998Proposed Final Standard Review Plan Sections and Regulatory Guides for Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulation For Inservice Testing, Graded Quality Assurance, and Technical Specifications
03/12/1998Risk-Ranking Approach For Motor-Operated Valves
03/13/1998Proposed Improvements To The Senior Management Meeting Process
03/16/1998SECY-98-001, Mechanism For Addressing Generic Safety Issues
04/09/1998The Safety Aspects of the Westinghouse Electric Company Application for Certification of the AP600 Plant Design Interim Letter 2
04/09/1998Plans To Increase Performance-Based Approaches In Regulatory Activities
04/09/1998Proposed Rulemaking: Changes To Paragraph (h) Of 10 CFR 50.55a, "Codes and Standards"
04/09/1998Draft Commission Paper, "Status Of The Environmental Qualification Task Action Plan"
04/09/1998Proposed Final Generic Letter, "Year 2000 Readiness Of Computer Systems At Nuclear Power Plants"
05/08/1998Proposed Final Amendment to CFR Part 55, "Initial Licensed Operator Examination Requirements"
05/08/1998Proposed Generic Letter, "Modification Of The NRC Staff's Recommendations For The Post-Accident Sampling System
05/11/1998Elevation of CDF to a Fundamental Safety Goal and Possible Revision of the Commission's Safety Goal Policy Statement
05/12/1998Proposed Human Performance Plan and Proposed Final Standard Review Plan Section and Regulatory Guide For Risk-Informed Inservice Inspection of Piping
06/09/1998NRC Participation In The CABRI Reactor Fuels Research Program
06/09/1998Safety Evaluation Report On Electric Power Research Institute Topical Report, TR-107330, Final Report, "Generic Requirements Specification For Qualifying A Commercially Available PLC For Safety-Related Applications In Nuclear Power Plants,"
06/09/1998Draft Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Amending 10 CFR 50.72, "Immediate Notification Requirements For Operating Nuclear Power Reactors, " And 10 CFR 50.73, "Licensee Event Report System"
06/12/1998Proposed Final Draft Of The NRC's Human Performance Plan
06/12/1998Proposed Final Standard Review Plan Section 3.9.8. And Regulatory Guide 1.178 For Risk-Informed Inservice Inspection Of Piping
06/15/1998NRC Reactor Fuels Research Program
06/15/1998The Safety Aspects Of The Westinghouse Electric Company Application For Certification Of The AP600 Plant Design - Interim Letter 3
06/16/1998Review Of Secy-98-076, "Core Research Capabilities"
07/16/1998Proposed Revisions To 10 CFR 50.59 (Changes, Tests And Experiments)
07/20/1998Draft Supplement 1 To NUREG 1552, "Fire Barrier Penetration Seals In Nuclear Power Plants"
07/21/1998Proposed Final Safety Evaluation Of The BWR Vessel And Internals Project, BWR Pressure Vessel Shell Weld Inspection Recommendations (BWRVIP-05) Report
07/22/1998Draft Regulatory Guide DG-4005, "Preparation Of Supplemental Environmental Reports For Applications To Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses"
07/22/1998Proposed Revision to 10 CFR 50.65 (a) (3) Of The Maintenance Rule To Require Licensees To Perform Safety Assessments
07/23/1998Report On The Safety Aspects Of The Westinghouse Electric Company Application For Certification Of The AP600 Passive Plant Design
07/24/1998General Electric Nuclear Energy Extended Power Uprate Program And Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Power Level Increase Request
09/09/1998Proposed Final Rulemaking: Changes To Paragragh (h) Of 10 CFR Part 50.55a, "Codes And Standards"
09/14/1998Emergency Core Cooling System Strainer Blockage
09/15/1998Application For Power Level Increase For Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2
09/30/1998Impact Of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results And Insights On The Regulatory System
10/06/1998Proposed Final Amendment To CFR Part 55, "Initial Licensed Operator Examination Requirements"
10/06/1998Proposed Rule - "Changes To Requirements For Environmental Review For Review For Renewal Of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses (10 CFR Part 51)"
10/07/1998Proposed Final Revisions To Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.84 (Design And Fabrication Code Case Acceptability), RG 1.85 (Materials Code Case Acceptability, And RG 1.147 (Inservice Inspection Code Case Acceptability)
10/08/1998Proposed Final Regulatory Guide DG-1029, Revision 1.7, "Guidelines For Evaluating Electromagnetic And Radio-Frequency Interference in Safety-Related Instrumentation And Control Systems"
10/14/1998Risk-Informed Pilot Application For Hydrogen Monitoring At Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 & 2
10/16/1998Proposed Priority Rankings Of Generic Safety Issues: Tenth Group
10/20/1998The Nuclear Energy Institute's Petition For Rulemaking to Amend Paragraph (a) of 10 CFR 50.54, Conditions Of Licenses
11/12/1998Proposed Amendments To 10 CFR 50.47; Granting Of Petitions For Rulemaking (PRM 50-63 And 50-63A) Relating To A Re-Evaluation Of Policy On the Use Of Potassium Iodide (ki) After A Severe Accident At A Nuclear Power Plant
11/12/1998Proposed Final Generic Letter, "Laboratory Testing Of Nuclear-Grade Activated Charcoal"
11/13/1998Secy-98-253, "Applicability Of Plant-Specific Backfit Requirements To Plants Undergoing Decommissioning"
11/13/1998Draft Commission Paper Concerning Initiation Of Rulemaking - Revision Of 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) And 55.45(b) Regarding The Use Of Simulators In Operator Licensing
11/13/1998Proposed Inspection Procedure 35XXX, "Graded Quality Assurance"
11/17/1998Proposed Revision To The Enforcement Policy
11/19/1998Proposed Rule On Use Of Alternative Source Term At Operating Reactors
11/20/1998Safety Evaluation Report Related To Westinghouse Owners Group Application Of Risk-Informed Methods To Inservice Inspection of Piping, Topical Report (WCAP-14572, Revision 1)
11/23/1998Reprioritization And Proposed Resolution Of Generic Safety Issue-171, "Engineered Safety Features Failure From Loss-Of-Offsite-Power Subsequent To A Loss-Of-Coolant Accident"
11/23/1998Options For Incorporating Risk Insights Into the 10 CFR 50.59 Process
12/14/1998Proposed Commission Paper Concerning Options For Risk-Informed Revisions To 10 CFR Part 50 - "Domestic Licensing Of Productin And Utilization Facilities"
12/14/1998Rulemaking Plan - Protection Against Discrete Radioactive Particle (DRP) Exposures (10 CFR Part 20)
12/16/1998Proposed Improvements To The NRC Inspection And Assessment Programs - Interim Report

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