[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1176]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Experts' Meeting on High-Burnup Fuel Behavior Under Postulated
Accident Conditions
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting to
develop Phenomena Identification and Ranking Tables (PIRTs). PIRTs have
been used at NRC since 1988, and they provide a structured way to
obtain a technical understanding that is needed to address certain
issues. About twenty of the world's best technical experts are
participating in this activity, and the experts represent a balance
between industry, universities, foreign researchers, and regulatory
organizations. The current PIRT activity is addressing a postulated BWR
accident wherein power oscillations occur, the reactor fails to scram,
and the oscillations then reach sufficient magnitude that fuel failure
may occur before the emergency operating procedures are able to
terminate the oscillations and shut the reactor down.
DATES: February 8-10, 2000, 8:30 am-5:30 pm.
ADDRESSES: Room T10A1 (TWFN) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ralph Meyer, SMSAB, Division of
Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
6789.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will be posted on the
NRC Web site at www.nrc.gov/RES/meetings.html by February 1, 2000. The
meeting is open to the public. Attendees will need to obtain a visitor
badge at the TWFN building lobby.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of January 2000.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles E. Rossi,
Director, Division of Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 00-1176 Filed 1-18-00; 8:45 am]
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