Note to Editors: NRC Received Three Reports From its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

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No. 99-106
May 24, 1999

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received three reports from its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards following the Committee's meeting May 5-8. The reports provide comments on :

• Modifications proposed by the Westinghouse Owners Group to the core damage assessment guidelines and post accident sampling system requirements;

• The role of defense in depth in a risk-informed regulatory system;

• Interim letter on the safety aspects of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's license renewal application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1and 2.

Copies of the reports are available through the NRC's Office of Public Affairs, the NRC's homepage and the Public Document Room.