Domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities: Public workshop meeting,

[Federal Register: December 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 232)]

[Proposed Rules]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities; Public Workshop Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Advance notice of public workshop meeting.

SUMMARY: The Commission has requested the staff to develop and assess options on incorporating risk insights in the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR 50.59. This regulation permits licensees to implement certain changes that do not require prior NRC approval. On or about December 19, 1998, the staff will place in the public document room (PDR) a draft report that identifies options for incorporating risk insights into the existing Sec. 50.59 process. At the same time that the document is placed in the PDR, the staff will issue a notice to hold a public workshop on January 19, 1998, at the NRC auditorium, in Rockville, Maryland. That notice will also solicit comments on this program.

Workshop Meeting Information: A 1-day workshop will be held to review the subject document, address comments and answer questions. Persons other than NRC staff and NRC contractors interested in making a presentation at the workshop should notify Jack Guttmann, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS T10E50, phone (301) 415-7732, e-mail jxg@nrc.gov.

DATES: January 19, 1999.

Agenda: To be published in January, 1999.

Registration: No registration fee is required for this workshop. Interested parties who plan to attend the meeting should preregister in order to ensure adequate space. Persons interested in attending the workshop should notify Jack Guttmann, at US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS T10E50, Washington, D.C., 20555, or by phone (301) 415- 7732, or by e-mail jxg@nrc.gov.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of November, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mary Drouin Acting Branch Chief, Probabilistic Risk Analysis Branch Division of Systems Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

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