Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a public meeting July 8-10 in Rockville, Maryland
– By Stephen Heiser –
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a public meeting July 8-10 in Rockville, Md., to discuss several issues of current interest. Topics include: the license renewal application and associated final safety evaluation report for the Beaver Valley Power Station; guidance for closure of inspections, tests, analyses and acceptance criteria under NRC regulations for new reactors; applicability of the TRACE Code to analyze the stability of the Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor design; and regulatory guidance for seismic qualification of electrical and mechanical equipment for nuclear power plants.
The ACRS advises the Commission, independently from the NRC staff, on safety issues related to the licensing and operation of nuclear power plants as well as those issues in the areas of health physics and radiation protection.
The meeting will be held in Room T-2B3 of the agency’s Two White Flint North building, at 11545 Rockville Pike. Sessions on Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9 will run from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Friday, July 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; portions of the meeting may be closed to discuss proprietary information, as well as organizational and personnel matters.
A complete agenda is available on the NRC’s Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/2009/.
Anyone with questions or those wishing to make public statements during the meeting should contact Girija Shukla, at (301) 415-6855. To pursue video conferencing services, contact Theron Brown, at (301) 415-8066.