Note to Editors: NRC Received Eight Reports from ACRS

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No. 97-187

December 19, 1997

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received eight reports from its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The reports, in the form of letters, provide comments on:

-- Proposed Generic Letter, "Augmented Inspection of Pressurized-Water Reactor Class 1 High-Pressure Safety Injection Piping."

-- Draft Regulatory Guide DG-DG-1071, "Standard Format and Content for Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report."

-- Proposed Final Revision 1 to NUREG-1022, "Event Reporting Guidelines 10 CFR 50.72 and 50.73."

-- Proposed Generic Letter on Interim Guidance for Updating Final Safety Analysis Reports.

-- Year 2000 Computer Issue.

-- Proposed Final Regulatory guide 1.174 and Standard Review Plan Chapter 19 for Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulation.

-- Proposed Revisions to 10 CFR 50.59 (Changes, Tests and Experiments).

-- Credit for Containment Overpressure to Provide Assurance of Sufficient Net Positive Suction Head for Emergency Core Cooling and Containment Heat Removal Pumps.

Copies of the reports are available through the NRC's Office of Public Affairs, the NRC's Internet Homepage and the Public Document Room in Washington, D.C. To access the letters on the NRC Internet Homepage use the "Search" function to look for "447th."