Meeting info: NRC Strategic Assessment

["M. Woo" <melissa@zelda.ehs.uiuc.edu>]

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Jan Strasma
NRC Office of Public Affairs
Region III
rjs2@nrc.gov

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Region III Office of Public Affairs
801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL  60532-4351


NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:   RIII-96-68	October 29, 1996
CONTACT:	Jan Strasma  630/829-9663
		Angela Dauginas  630/829-9662
		E-mail:  opa3@nrc.gov


NRC STAFF SCHEDULES TWO-DAY PUBLIC MEETING IN CHICAGO AREA
ON STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT INITIATIVE

	The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled
the last of three public meetings for November 7 - 8 in the
Chicago to receive comments on its direction-setting issue papers
resulting from the agency's strategic assessment process.
Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson initiated the strategic assessment
in September 1995 to provide a comprehensive, critical evaluation
of the agency's direction and decision-making for the rest of
this decade and into the next.  

	The meeting will be held at the Ramada O'Hare Airport
Hotel, 6600 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont, Illinois, two miles
north of Chicago O'Hare International Airport.  The meeting
will be open to the public but advance registration is suggested.  
	
	In addition to the general public, all those who may be
affected by NRC's strategic initiative --- public interest
groups, nuclear industry groups, NRC licensees and their
employees, Federal entities, Agreement States, non-Agreement
States -- are encouraged to attend and provide comments on the
issue papers. 
		 
	The first day, from 9:15 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., will
feature a plenary session entitled "Building Public Trust
and Confidence," and will include discussion of the issue
papers on public communications initiatives, the role of
industry, and enhancing regulatory excellence.

	The afternoon breakout sessions, from 1:00 p.m. until
4:30 p.m., will cover issue papers on NRC's research program
and international activities.  Also during this time, the
session "Assuring the Safe Use and Handling of Nuclear
Materials" will be discussed, including issue papers on safety
oversight of Department of Energy facilities, NRC's relationship
with the Agreement States, and materials and medical oversight.

	The following day, from 8:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.,
the session will feature, "Assuring Safe Operation of Nuclear
Reactors," which will focus on issue papers covering reactor
licensing for future applicants, operating reactor program
oversight, power reactor decommissioning, and risk-informed,
performance-based regulation.

	 From 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., the session, "Assuring
Safe Management of Nuclear Waste," will focus on low-level
waste, high-level waste and spent fuel, and decommissioning
of non-reactor facilities.  An additional session on "Managing
NRC Finances" will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

	For additional information, contact Anna May Haycraft
at 301-415-3075, by internet e-mail: amh@nrc.gov, or by
facsimile at 301-415-3707.

	More detailed information on the strategic assessment
and the meetings is available electronically from the NRC's
Home Page on the World Wide Web at http://www.nrc.gov and on
the FedWorld online service at 1-800-303-9672. Paper copies
are available by calling NRC's Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209. 


	The comment period on the issue papers closes November 15.
In addition to attending the public meeting, individuals may
provide comments in writing and electronically.  Comments may
be sent by internet e-mail to secy@nrc.gov or by regular mail
to Mr. John C. Hoyle, Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, ATTN:  Chief of Docketing and Services
Branch, Washington, DC  20555-0001.

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