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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 1999 Letter Reports

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Date Title
02/11/1999 Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1076, "Service Level I, II, And III Protective Coatings Applied To Nuclear Power Plants".
02/16/1999 Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1080, "Nuclear Power Plant Simulation Facilities For Use In Operator Training And License Examinations".
02/18/1999 List Of Questions To Be Addressed For Possible Resolution Of Key Issues Associated With The Proposed Revision To 10 CFR 50.59 (Changes, Tests and Experiments).
02/18/1999 NFPA 805, "Performance-Based Standard For Fire Protection For Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants".
02/19/1999 Resolution of Generic Safety Issue B-61, "Allowable ECCS Equipment Outage Periods".
02/19/1999 SECY-98-244, "NRC Human Performance Plan".
02/23/1999 Proposed Improvements To The NRC Inspection And Assessment Programs.
03/22/1999 Lessons Learned From The ACRS Review Of The AP600 Design.
03/22/1999 SECY-99-054, "Plans for Final Rule - Revisions to 10 CFR Parts 50, 52, and 72: Requirements Concerning Changes, Tests, and Experiments."
03/23/1999 Proposed Amendment To 10 CFR 50.72, Immediate Notification And 50.73, Licensee Event Reporting System.
03/23/1999 Safety Evaluation Regarding Combustible Gas Control In Containment at Indian Point Unit 2.
03/24/1999 Application Of Westinghouse Best-Estimate Loss-Of-Coolant Accident Analysis Methodology To Upper Plenum Injection Plants.
03/24/1999 Guidance Memorandum For Implementation Of The Revised Enforcement Policy.
03/24/1999 High Burnup Fuel Phenomena Identification And Ranking.
03/25/1999 Proposed ASME Standard For Probabilistic Risk Assessment For Nuclear Power Plant Applications (Phase 1).
04/14/1999 Proposed Final Revision To 10 CFR 50.65, "Requirements For Monitoring the Effectiveness Of Maintenance At Nuclear Power Plants".
04/15/1999 Proposed Rule on AP600 Design Certification.
04/19/1999 Re-Evaluation Of Generic Safety Issue Process.
04/19/1999 SECY-99-017, "Proposed Amendment to 10 CFR 50.55a."
04/19/1999 Status of Efforts on Revising the Commission's Safety Goal Policy Statement.
04/22/1999 Status Of Resolution Of Steam Generator Tube Integrity Issues.
04/23/1999 Proposed Revisions to the NRC Generic Communications Process.
04/29/1999 Proposed Final Revision to 10 CFR 50.65, "Requirements for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants".
05/11/1999 Modified Proposed Final Revision to 10 CFR 50.65, "Requirements for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants".
05/14/1999 Proposed Resolution Of Generic Safety Issue-158, "Performance Of Safety-Related Power-Operated Valves Under Design Basis Conditions".
05/17/1999 Proposed Final Rule - Revisions To 10 CFR Parts 50 And 72 Concerning Changes, Tests, And Experiments.
05/17/1999 Use of Mixed Oxide Fuel In Commercial Nuclear Power Plants.
05/19/1999 Interim Letter on The Safety Aspects of The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's License Renewal Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2.
05/19/1999 Modifications Proposed By The Westinghouse Owners Group To The Core Damage Assessment Guidelines And Post Accident Sampling System Requirements.
05/19/1999 The Role Of Defense In Depth In A Risk-Informed Regulatory System.
06/03/1999 Draft Guide DG-1075, "Emergency Planning And Preparedness For Nuclear Power Reactors."
06/09/1999 Exemption Request To The Hydrogen Control Requirements For The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 & 3.
06/09/1999 Proposed Final Rule Amending The Fitness-For-Duty Rule.
06/09/1999 Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue-165, Spring-Actuated Safety and Relief Valve Reliability.
06/10/1999 Pilot Application of the Revised Inspection and Assessment Programs, Risk-Based Performance Indicators, and Performance-Based Regulatory Initiatives and Related Matters.
06/11/1999 Development of a Low-Power and Shutdown Risk Assessment Program.
06/11/1999 Proposed Options for Using Averted Onsite Costs and Voluntary Initiatives in Regulatory Analyses.
07/19/1999 SECY-99-148, "Credit for Existing Programs for License Renewal."
07/21/1999 Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1086, "Criterion for Triggering a Review Under 50.80 for Non-Owner Operator Service Companies."
07/21/1999 Proposed Final Regulatory Guide 1.181, "Content of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report In Accordance With 10 CFR 50.71(e)".
07/21/1999 Proposed Revision 3 To Regulatory Guide 1.160 (DG-1082), "Assessing and Managing Risk Before Maintenance Activities At Nuclear Power Plants."
07/21/1999 Proposed Revision of NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan For the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants ----- LWR Edition," Chapter 13, "Conduct of Operations".
07/22/1999 Latest Draft of the Differing Professional Opinion Consideration Document.
07/22/1999 Interim Letter Related to the License Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station.
07/22/1999 Revision of Appendix K, "ECCS Evaluation Models, "To 10 CFR Part 50."
07/23/1999 Proposed Final Amendment to 10 CFR 50.55a, "Codes and Standards"
09/10/1999 Proposed Final Revision 4 To Regulatory Guide 1.101 (DG-1075), "Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors".
09/13/1999 Proposed Final NRC Generic Letter 88-18, Supplement 1, "Guidance on Managing Quality Assurance Records in Electronic Media".
09/13/1999 Proposed Final Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.105, "Setpoints for Safety-Related Instrumentation".
09/14/1999 Proposed Final Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 8.15, "Acceptable Programs for Respiratory Protection".
09/15/1999 Safety Evaluation Report Related to Electric Power Research Institute Risk-informed Methods to Inservice Inspection of Piping (EPRI TR-112657, Revision B, July 1999).
09/16/1999 Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.78 (DG-1087), Evaluating the Habitability of a Nuclear Power Plant Control Room During a Postulated Hazardous Chemical Release.
09/17/1999 Modifications Proposed by the Westinghouse Owners Group to the Core Damage Assessment Guidelines and Post Accident Sampling System (PASS) Requirements.
09/17/1999 Proposed Final Rule on Use of Alternative Source Term at Operating Reactors, Draft Regulatory Guide, and Standard Review Plan.
09/17/1999 PROPOSED FINAL RULE ON USE OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCE TERM AT OPERATING REACTORS, DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE, AND STANDARD REVIEW PLAN
09/17/1999 Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue-145, "Actions to Reduce Common Cause Failures".
10/05/1999 Proposed Final Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.8, "Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants"
10/08/1999 Combustion Engineering Owners Group (CEOG) Application to Eliminate the Post-Accident Sampling System from the Plant Design Bases for CEOG Utilities.
10/08/1999 Draft Commission Paper Regarding Proposed Guidelines for Applying Risk-Informed Decisionmaking in License Amendment Reviews.
10/08/1999 Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue 23 (GSI-23), "Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Failure".
10/08/1999 Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue B-55, "Improved Reliability of Target Rock Safety Relief Valves".
10/10/1999 Proposed Final Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 1.101 (DG-1075), "Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors.
10/12/1999 Proposed Plans for Developing Risk-Informed Revisions to 10 CFR Part 50, "Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities"
10/22/1999 Core Research Capabilities.
10/22/1999 Degraded Switchyard Voltage Issues at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3.
11/12/1999 Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1093, "Guidance and Examples for Identifying 10 CFR 50.2 Design Bases".
11/12/1999 Proposed Final Design Certification Rule and Changes to the Design Control Document Associated with AP600 Design.
11/12/1999 Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-148, "Smoke Control and Manual Fire-fighting Effectiveness"
11/12/1999 Proposed Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide 1.160 (DG-1082), "Assessing and Managing Risk Before Maintenance Activities at Nuclear Power Plants".
11/12/1999 Spent Fuel Fires Associated with Decommissioning.
11/17/1999 Implementing a Framework for Risk-Informed Regulation in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
12/07/1999 Proposed Final Amendment to 10 CFR 50.47, "Emergency Plans," Relating to a Reevaluation of Policy on the Use of Potassium Iodide (KI) for the General Public after a Severe Accident at a Nuclear Power Plant.
12/08/1999 Draft Commission Paper Regarding the 120-month Update Requirement for Inservice Inspection and Inservice Testing Programs.
12/10/1999 Proposed Resolution of Generic Safety Issue-190, "Fatigue Evaluation of Metal Components for 60-year Plant Life".
12/10/1999 Report on the Safety Aspects of the License Renewal Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2.
12/15/1999 NUREG-1624, Revision 1, "Technical Basis and Implementation Guidelines for a Technique for Human Event Analysis (ATHEANA)".

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