Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Durbin, P. W. In Plutonium Information for an ad hoc Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. CONF-740115 (1974)... 

The NRC is requested to conduct a review of the PSID and the companion submittals described in the Licensing Plan and document the conclusions of this review in a Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report. Following briefings and feedback from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on the results of this review, the NRC is further requested to issue a summary statement, referred to herein as a Licensability Statement, which states the key conclusions of this review and which reaches conclusions as to whether the Standard MHTGR reactor concept is licensable. 

Moreover, the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS, 1999, pg. 2 see also ACRS, 2000) has noted that risk-informed regulation requires a strong research program. In particular, the ACRS (1999, pg. 3) was concerned about the adequacy of current risk assessment methods for dealing with fires software-based digital systems aging of structures, systems and components... human performance safety culture, and low-power and shutdown operations. ... 

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (1999), Review and Evaluation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Research Program, NUREG-1635, Vol. 2, Washington, D.C., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Devan M (1999), Presentation from Meeting Minutes, US NRC Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards, Plant License Renewal Subcommittee, Rockville, MD, June 30. 

In 1965, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), at the advice of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), initiated the process that resulted in the estabhshment of the Heavy Section Steel Technology (HSST) Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 1967. In... 

STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS... 

Over a month before the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards had met on the breeder-reactor application, the PRDC had selected 8 August 1956, as the groundbreaking date for the plant. Qsler informed various officials, including Strauss, not only of the date but about the intention of the company trustees to name the project in memory of celebrated atomic pioneer Enrico Fermi. Cisler assumed a construction permit would be issued by that time. In mid-June he sent invitations to the ceremonies. The invitation list included such notables as Eisenhower, Strauss, and Senator Anderson. ... 

The Supreme Court decision, for example, did not resolve the safety questions raised by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The high court did not judge those issues. By confirming the legality of the... 

On the same day that Fields testified. Joint Committee member Bourke Hickenlooper (who did not attend the hearing) coincidentally wrote to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards about the siting question. He wanted to know specifically whether the planned operations... 

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (referred to in the text as the "Safeguards Committee")—Panel of outside experts established by the AEC in 1953 to provide an independent review of the safety aspects of nuclear reactors. Congress made it a statutory body in 1957. 

Industrial Committee on Reactor Location Problems— Panel of industrial and scientific representatives established by the AEG in 1950 to review reactorsiting questions. Its functions were assumed in 1953 by the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. 

Atomic Power Development Associates, APDA-108, "Description of Developmental Fast Neutron Breeder Power Reactor Plant" (1 Sept. 1955), Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) File, AEC/NRC. 

Appendix B to AEC 331/114, minutes of meeting of Subcommittee of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on Detroit Edison (APDA-PRDQ, 20 Mar. 1956, Annex C to Appendix B to AEC 331/114, AEC/DOE. 

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