[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48321-48322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24376]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on 
Thermal-Hydraulic and Severe-Accident Phenomena; Notice of Meeting

    The ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulic and Severe-Accident 
Phenomena will hold a meeting on September 29-30, 1997, Room T-2B3, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    Most of the meeting will be closed to public attendance to discuss 
Westinghouse Electric Corporation proprietary information pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).
    The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:
    Monday, September 29, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business
    Tuesday, September 30, 1997--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of 
business
    The Subcommittee will continue its review of the results of the 
Westinghouse Test and Analysis Program being conducted in support of 
the AP600 design certification and the associated NRC staff's 
Supplemental Draft Safety Evaluation Report. Specifically, the 
Subcommittee will review key elements of the passive containment 
cooling system test and analysis program. The purpose of this meeting 
is to gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and to 
formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for 
deliberation by the full Committee.
    Oral statements may be presented by members of the public with the 
concurrence of the Subcommittee Chairman; written statements will be 
accepted and made available to the Committee. Electronic recordings 
will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are 
open to the

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public, and questions may be asked only by members of the Subcommittee, 
its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral statements 
should notify the cognizant ACRS staff engineer named below five days 
prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can 
be made.
    During the initial portion of the meeting, the Subcommittee, along 
with any of its consultants who may be present, may exchange 
preliminary views regarding matters to be considered during the balance 
of the meeting.
    The Subcommittee will then hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of the Westinghouse Electric 
Corporation, the NRC staff, their consultants, and other interested 
persons regarding this review.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled, the scheduling of sessions 
which are open to the public, the Chairman's ruling on requests for the 
opportunity to present oral statements and the time allotted therefor 
can be obtained by contacting the cognizant ACRS staff engineer, Mr. 
Paul A. Boehnert (telephone 301/415-8065) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 
p.m. (EDT). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to 
contact the above named individual one or two working days prior to the 
meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda, etc., 
that may have occurred.

    Dated: September 9, 1997.
Sam Duraiswamy,
Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.
[FR Doc. 97-24376 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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