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No. 98-202

November 5, 1998

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received seven reports from its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards following the Committee's meetings on September 2-4 and September 30 - October 2. The reports provide comments on:

-- Emergency core cooling system strainer blockage;

-- Application for power level increase for Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2;

-- A push for a new standard in running nuclear plants;

-- Proposed final rulemaking: changes to paragraph (h) of 10 CFR Part 50.55a, "Codes and Standards;"

-- The Nuclear Energy Institute's petition for rulemaking to amend paragraph(a)of 10CFR 50.54, Conditions of Licenses;

-- Risk-Informed pilot application for hydrogen monitoring at Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2;

-- Proposed priority rankings of generic safety issues: tenth group;

-- Proposed rule - "Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses (10 CFR Part 51);

-- Proposed final amendment to 10 CFR part 55, "Initial Licensed Operator Examination Requirements"

-- Proposed final revisions to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.84 (Design and Fabrication Code Case Acceptability, RG 1.85 (Materials Code Case Acceptability), and RG 1.147 (Inservice Inspection Code Case Acceptability);

-- Proposed final Regulatory Guide DG-1029, Revision 1.7, "Guidelines for Evaluating Electromagnetic and Radio-Frequency Interference in Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control Systems."

Copies of the reports are available through the NRC's Office of Public Affairs, the NRC's Internet homepage (http://www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW) and the Public Document Room.